On February 11, 2003, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 75th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are...
Best Picture
  • CHICAGO (Miramax)
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
  • THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
  • THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

    Achievement in Directing

  • Rob Marshall for CHICAGO (Miramax)
  • Martin Scorsese for GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
  • Stephen Daldry for THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
  • Roman Polanski for THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
  • Pedro Almodóvar for TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
  • Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
  • Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

    Best Supporting Actor

  • Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
  • Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)
  • John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)
  • Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)
  • Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
  • Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)
  • Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
  • Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

    Best Supporting Actress

  • Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
  • Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
  • Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)
  • Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

    Best Animated Feature Film

  • ICE AGE (20th Century Fox)
  • LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista)
  • SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks)
  • SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista)
  • TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista)

    Best Adapted Screenplay

  • ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
  • ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon
  • THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare
  • THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

    Best Original Screenplay

  • FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
    Story by Jay Cocks
  • MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos
  • TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

    Best Foreign-Language Film

  • EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO - Mexico
  • HERO - People's Republic of China
  • THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST - Finland
  • NOWHERE IN AFRICA - Germany
  • ZUS & ZO - The Netherlands

    Achievement in Art Direction

  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre
    Set Decoration: Gord Sim
  • FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso
    Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
    Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major
    Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
  • ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
    Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

    Achievement in Cinematography

  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Dion Beebe
  • FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Edward Lachman
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Michael Ballhaus
  • THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Pawel Edelman
  • ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Conrad L. Hall

    Achievement in Costume Design

  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood
  • FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell
  • THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth
  • THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard

    Best Documentary Feature

  • BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (United Artists and Alliance Atlantis)
  • DAUGHTER FROM DANANG (Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures)
  • PRISONER OF PARADISE (Alliance Atlantis)
  • SPELLBOUND (THINKFilm)
  • WINGED MIGRATION (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Documentary Short Subject

  • THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
    An Alice Elliott Production
  • MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
    A Tell the Truth Pictures Production
  • TWIN TOWERS
    A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production
  • WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?
    A Public Policy Production

    Best Film Editing

  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Martin Walsh
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Thelma Schoonmaker
  • THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Peter Boyle
  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Michael Horton
  • THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Hervé de Luze

    Achievement in Makeup

  • FRIDA (Miramax) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba
  • THE TIME MACHINE (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz

    Best Original Score

  • CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams
  • FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein
  • FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal
  • THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass
  • ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman

    Original Song

  • "Burn It Blue" from FRIDA (Miramax) Music by Elliot Goldenthal, Lyrics by Julie Taymor
  • "Father and Daughter" from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon
  • "The Hands That Built America" from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Music and Lyrics by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
  • "I Move On" from CHICAGO (Miramax) Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
  • "Lose Yourself" from 8 MILE (Universal) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, Lyrics by Eminem

    Best Animated Short Film

  • THE CATHEDRAL A Platige Image Production
  • THE CHUBBCHUBBS! (Columbia) A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production
  • DAS RAD A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production
  • MIKE'S NEW CAR (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production
  • MT. HEAD A Yamamura Animation Production

    Live-Action Short Film

  • FAIT D'HIVER An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
  • I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE … (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT …) A La Boîte Production
  • INJA (DOG) An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production
  • JOHNNY FLYNTON A Red Corner Production
  • THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND) An M&M Productions for Novellefilm Production

    Achievement in Sound

  • CHICAGO (Miramax) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee
  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock
  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
  • ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett
  • SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick

    Achievement in Sound Editing

  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins
  • MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox and DreamWorks) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
  • ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott A. Hecker

    Best Visual Effects

  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
  • SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
  • STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
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