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Academy Awards, USA: 2000

Oscar

Date:	26 March
Host:	Billy Crystal
Location:	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	55 Oscar statuettes "disappear" while being shipped from their manufacturer R.S. Owens, Chicago, to Los Angeles. Over the weekend of March 18th 52 of those 55 statuettes are being found by salvage worker Willie Fulgear near a trash bin in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Fulgear is officially presented with a 50,000 dollar reward from Roadway Express, the trucking outfit that had been shipping the Oscars when they disappeared, and also is invited to the Oscar ceremony by the Academy. Probably only Oscar himself knows what would have happened if the statuettes had not been found as manufacturer R.S. Owens would not have been able to deliver a new batch of statuettes for the ceremony in time. Over 4,000 Oscar voting ballots are lost in the mail, forcing a new batch to be sent out and prompting the Academy to extend the voting deadline by two days.

Best Picture


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Bruce Cohen; Dan Jinks
Other Nominees:
	Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Richard N. Gladstein Green Mile, The (1999) - David Valdes (I); Frank Darabont Insider, The (1999) - Michael Mann (I); Pieter Jan Brugge Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Frank Marshall (I); Kathleen Kennedy (I); Barry Mendel

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Kevin Spacey
Other Nominees:
	Hurricane, The (1999) - Denzel Washington Insider, The (1999) - Russell Crowe Straight Story, The (1999) - Richard Farnsworth Sweet and Lowdown (1999) - Sean Penn (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Hilary Swank
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Annette Bening End of the Affair, The (1999) - Julianne Moore (I) Music of the Heart (1999) - Meryl Streep Tumbleweeds (1999) - Janet McTeer

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Michael Caine (I)
Other Nominees:
	Green Mile, The (1999) - Michael Clarke Duncan Magnolia (1999) - Tom Cruise Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Haley Joel Osment Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Jude Law

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Angelina Jolie
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Catherine Keener Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Chloë Sevigny Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Toni Collette Sweet and Lowdown (1999) - Samantha Morton

Best Director


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Lasse Hallström Insider, The (1999) - Michael Mann (I) Sixth Sense, The (1999) - M. Night Shyamalan

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Alan Ball (I)
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Charlie Kaufman Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson Sixth Sense, The (1999) - M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published


Winner:
	Cider House Rules, The (1999) - John Irving (I)
Other Nominees:
	Election (1999) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III) Green Mile, The (1999) - Frank Darabont Insider, The (1999) - Eric Roth (I); Michael Mann (I) Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Anthony Minghella

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Conrad L. Hall
Other Nominees:
	End of the Affair, The (1999) - Roger Pratt Insider, The (1999) - Dante Spinotti Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Emmanuel Lubezki Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) - Robert Richardson (I)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Rick Heinrichs (art director); Peter Young (I) (set decorator)
Other Nominees:
	Anna and the King (1999) - Luciana Arrighi (art director); Ian Whittaker (I) (set decorator) Cider House Rules, The (1999) - David Gropman (art director); Beth A. Rubino (set decorator) Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Roy Walker (I) (art director); Bruno Cesari (set decorator) Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Eve Stewart (art director); John Bush (X) (set decorator)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Lindy Hemming
Other Nominees:
	Anna and the King (1999) - Jenny Beavan Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Colleen Atwood Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Ann Roth (I); Gary Jones (II) Titus (1999) - Milena Canonero

Best Sound


Winner:
	Matrix, The (1999) - John T. Reitz; Gregg Rudloff; David E. Campbell; David Lee (XVII)
Other Nominees:
	Green Mile, The (1999) - Robert J. Litt; Elliot Tyson; Michael Herbick; Willie D. Burton Insider, The (1999) - Andy Nelson (I); Doug Hemphill; Lee Orloff Mummy, The (1999) - Leslie Shatz; Chris Carpenter (I); Rick Kline; Chris Munro Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Gary Rydstrom; Tom Johnson (I); Shawn Murphy (I); John Midgley (I)

Best Editing


Winner:
	Matrix, The (1999) - Zach Staenberg
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Tariq Anwar; Christopher Greenbury Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Lisa Zeno Churgin Insider, The (1999) - William Goldenberg; Paul Rubell; David Rosenbloom Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Andrew Mondshein

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing


Winner:
	Matrix, The (1999) - Dane A. Davis
Other Nominees:
	Fight Club (1999) - Ren Klyce; Richard Hymns Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Ben Burtt; Tom Bellfort

Best Effects, Visual Effects


Winner:
	Matrix, The (1999) - John Gaeta (I); Janek Sirrs; Steve Courtley; Jon Thum
Other Nominees:
	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - John Knoll; Dennis Muren; Scott Squires; Rob Coleman (I) Stuart Little (1999) - John Dykstra (I); Jerome Chen; Henry Anderson (I); Eric Allard

Best Makeup


Winner:
	Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Christine Blundell; Trefor Proud
Other Nominees:
	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - Michèle Burke; Mike Smithson (I) Bicentennial Man (1999) - Greg Cannom Life (1999/I) - Rick Baker (I)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Tarzan (1999) - Phil Collins (I) - For the song "You'll Be In My Heart".
Other Nominees:
	Magnolia (1999) - Aimee Mann - For the song "Save Me". Music of the Heart (1999) - Diane Warren - For the song "Music Of My Heart". South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) - Trey Parker (I); Marc Shaiman - For the song "Blame Canada". Toy Story 2 (1999) - Randy Newman (I) - For the song "When She Loved Me".

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	Violon rouge, Le (1998) - John Corigliano
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Thomas Newman (I) Angela's Ashes (1999) - John Williams (I) Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Rachel Portman Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Gabriel Yared

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Old Man and the Sea, The (1999) - Aleksandr Petrov (I)
Other Nominees:
	3 Misses (1998) - Paul Driessen (I) Humdrum (1998) - Peter Peake (I) My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1999) - Torill Kove When the Day Breaks (1999) - Wendy Tilby; Amanda Forbis

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1998) - Barbara Schock; Tammy Tiehel
Other Nominees:
	Bror, min bror (1998) - Henrik Ruben Genz; Michael W. Horsten Killing Joe (1999) - Mehdi Norowzian; Steve Wax Kleingeld (1999) - Marc-Andreas Bochert; Gabriele Lins Stora & små mirakel (1999) - Marcus Olsson (I)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	King Gimp (1999) - Susan Hannah Hadary; William A. Whiteford
Other Nominees:
	Eyewitness (1999/I) - Bert Van Bork Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo, The (1999) - Simeon Soffer; Jonathan Stack

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	One Day in September (1999) - Arthur Cohn; Kevin Macdonald
Other Nominees:
	Buena Vista Social Club (1999) - Wim Wenders; Ulrich Felsberg Genghis Blues (1999) - Roko Belic (I); Adrian Belic On the Ropes (1999) - Nanette Burstein; Brett Morgen (I) Speaking in Strings (1999) - Paola di Florio; Lilibet Foster

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Spain.
Other Nominees:
	Est - Ouest (1999) - France. Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef (1999) - Nepal. Solomon and Gaenor (1999) - UK. Under solen (1998) - Sweden.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Andrzej Wajda - For five decades of extraordinary film direction (Oscar statuette).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Warren Beatty

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	4 March
Host:	Salma Hayek
Location:	Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Fritz Gabriel Bauer - For the concept, design and engineering of the Moviecam Superlight 35mm Motion Picture Camera. Huw Gwyllyn; Karl Lynch; Mark Crabtree - For the design and development of the AMS/Neve-Logic Digital Film Console for motion picture sound mixing. James Moultrie (II); Mike Salter (II); Mark Craig Gerchman - For the mechanical (Moultrie) and the optical design (Salter/Gerchman) of the Cooke S4 Range of Fixed Focal Length Lenses for 35mm motion picture photography. Ian Neil (II); Rick Gelbard; Panavision, Inc. - For the optical (Neil) and the mechanical design (Gelbard) and for the development (Panavision) of the Millennium Camera System viewfinder. Nick Phillips (I) - For the design and development of the three-axis Libra III remote control camera head. Marlowe A. Pichel - For development of the process for manufacturing Electro-Formed Metal Reflectors which, when combined with the DC Short Arc Xenon Lamp, became the worldwide standard for motion picture projection systems. L. Ron Schmidt - For the concept, design and engineering of the Linear Loop Film Projectors. Nat Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation) - For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Leslie Drever - For the design and development of the Light Wave microphone windscreens and isolation mounts from Light Wave Systems. Vivienne Dyer; Chris Woolf - For the design and development of the Rycote Microphone Windshield Modular System. Richard C. Sehlin (Eastman Kodak); Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz (Eastman Kodak); Mary L. Schmoeger (Eastman Kodak) - For the concept (Sehlin), the design and development (Bogdanowicz/Schmoeger) of the Eastman Lamphouse Modification Filters. Hoyt Yeatman (Dream Quest Images); John C. Brewer (Eastman Kodak) - For the identification and diagnosis leading to the elimination of the 'red fringe' artifact in traveling matte composite photography.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award


Awarded to:
	Roderick T. Ryan