That time of year is here again when the most popular name on everyone’s lips is “Oscar.” The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the nominees for the 74th Annual Academy Awards Tuesday. The awards will be presented March 24. Vote for your pick on the Oregon Daily Emerald’s online Oscar poll at www.dailyemerald.com.
Best Picture: “A Beautiful Mind,” “Gosford Park,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Moulin Rouge”
Best Director: Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”), Ridley Scott (“Black Hawk Down”), Robert Altman (“Gosford Park”), Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”), David Lynch (“Mulholland Drive”)
Best Actor: Russell Crowe (“A Beautiful Mind”), Sean Penn (“I Am Sam”), Will Smith (“Ali”), Denzel Washington (“Training Day”), Tom Wilkinson (“In the Bedroom”)
Best Actress: Halle Berry (“Monster’s Ball”), Judi Dench (“Iris”), Nicole Kidman (“Moulin Rouge”), Sissy Spacek (“In the Bedroom”), Renée Zellweger (“Bridget Jones’ Diary”)
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent (“Iris”), Ethan Hawke (“Training Day”), Ben Kingsley (“Sexy Beast”), Ian McKellen (“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”), Jon Voight (“Ali”)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), Helen Mirren (“Gosford Park”), Maggie Smith (“Gosford Park”), Marisa Tomei (“In the Bedroom”), Kate Winslet (“Iris”)
Best Original Screenplay: Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; dialogue by Guillaume Laurant (“Amélie”), Julian Fellowes (“Gosford Park”), Christopher Nolan (“Memento”), Milo Addica and Will Rokos (“Monster’s Ball”), Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums”)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (“Ghost World”), Rob Festinger and Todd Field (“In the Bedroom”), Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”), Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman (“Shrek”)
Best Foreign Film: “Amélie,” “Elling,” “Lagaan,” “No Man’s Land,” “Son of The Bride”
Best Animated Feature: “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Shrek”
Best Sound: “Amélie,” “Black Hawk Down,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Pearl Harbor”
Best Editing: “A Beautiful Mind,” “Black Hawk Down,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Memento,” “Moulin Rouge”
Best Visual Effects: “A.I.,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Pearl Harbor”
Best Art Direction: “Amélie,” “Gosford Park,” “Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Moulin Rouge”
Best Sound Effects Editing: “Pearl Harbor,” “Monsters, Inc.”
Best Costume Design: “The Affair of The Necklace,” “Gosford Park,” “Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Best Score: “A.I.,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Lord of The Rings,” “Monsters, Inc.”
Best Makeup: “A Beautiful Mind,” “The Lord of The Rings,” “Moulin Rouge”
Best Short (Animated): “Fifty Percent Grey,” “For the Birds,” “Give Up Yer Aul Sins,” “Strange Invaders,” “Stubble Trouble”
Best Song: “Until” (“Kate & Leopold”), “May It Be” (“The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”), “If I Didn’t Have You” (“Monsters Inc.”), “There You’ll Be” (“Pearl Harbor”), “Vanilla Sky” (“Vanilla Sky”)
Best Short (Live Action): “The Accountant,” “Copy Shop,” “Gregor’s Greatest Invention,” “A Man Thing” (Meska Sprawa), “Speed For Thespians”
Best Cinematography: “Amélie,” “Black Hawk Down,” “The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “Moulin Rouge”
Best Documentary Feature: “Children Underground,” “Lalee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton,” “Murder On A Sunday Morning,” “Promises,” “War Photographer”
Best Documentary Short Subject: “Sing!,” “Artists and Orphans: A True Drama,” “Thoth”– Jen West