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OSCARS BALLOT
ABOUT THE BALLOT: Not so long ago, pundits were saying there were few clear favorites
for Academy Awards this year. But our experts and readers who entered our Oscar contest were
remarkably consistent in their picks. Here’s how St. Petersburg Times film critic Steve Persall,
academy member Ed. Cassidy and readers voted. (Readers predicted the winners
and picked their own favorites in 10 categories. As you can see, they generally think the academy
will like the same movies they did.) We’ll announce the winners of our Oscar contest in Thursday’s Weekend.
BEST PICTURE
SOUND
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbor
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ACTOR
Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn, I Am Sam
Will Smith, Ali
Denzel Washington, Training Day
Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom
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ACTRESS
Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
Judi Dench, Iris
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones’s Diary
Jim Broadbent, Iris
Ethan Hawke, Training Day
Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings
Jon Voight, Ali
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence, John Williams
A Beautiful Mind, James Horner
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, John Williams
The Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore
Monsters, Inc., Randy Newman
ORIGINAL SONG
If I Didn’t Have You from Monsters, Inc.,Randy Newman
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom
Kate Winslet, Iris
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DIRECTOR
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Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind
Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down
Robert Altman, Gosford Park
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings
David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Monsters, Inc.
Shrek
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Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Sing!
Thoth
FILM EDITING
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Amelie, France
Elling, Norway
Lagaan, India
No Man’s Land, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Son of the Bride, Argentina
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
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Akiva Goldsman, A Beautiful Mind
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World
Rob Festinger and Todd Field, In the Bedroom
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson,
The Lord of the Rings
Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amelie
Julian Fellowes, Gosford Park
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, Memento
Milo Addica and Will Rokos, Monster’s Ball
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums
Amelie
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings
Memento
Moulin Rouge
MAKEUP
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
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Fifty Percent Grey
For the Birds
Give Up Yer Aul Sins
Strange Invaders
Stubble Trouble
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
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ART DIRECTION
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Children Underground
LaLee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Promises
War Photographer
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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The Affair of the Necklace
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman
and Roger S.H. Schulman, Shrek
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May It Be from The Lord of the Rings, Enya,
Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
There You’ll Be from Pearl Harbor, Diane Warren
Until from Kate & Leopold, Sting
Vanilla Sky from Vanilla Sky, Paul McCartney
COSTUMES
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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Monsters, Inc.
Pearl Harbor
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ANIMATED FEATURE
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ORIGINAL SCORE
SUPPORTING ACTOR
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SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
The Accountant
Copy Shop
Gregor’s Greatest Invention
A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
Speed for Thespians
VISUAL EFFECTS
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings
Pearl Harbor
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Academy Award winners previously announced this year:
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Moulin Rouge
Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Edmund M. Di Giulio.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Arthur Hiller.
Honorary Awards (Oscar statuettes): Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford.
VOTING TRENDS from the Academy Awards since 1982
Best Picture race
Best Actress race
Best Supporting Actress race
■ The film with the most nominations (This year,
that’s Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring,
with 13 nods) has won the past 18 of 19 races.
■ The Directors Guild Award winner (which would be
A Beautiful Mind) has won the past 14 of 19 races.
■ Twelve Best Picture winners since 1982 were
released after September (that’s all the nominees
except Moulin Rouge).
BUT: Since 1982, the lowest-grossing nominee
(that’s In the Bedroom) hasn’t won.
■ The winner usually (18 for 19) has at least one
pre-Oscar award (which is true of Halle Berry of
Monster’s Ball, Sissy Spacek of In the Bedroom
and Nicole Kidman of Moulin Rouge).
■ The Best Actress usually (11 for 19) stars in a
Best Picture nominee (favoring Nicole Kidman and
Sissy Spacek).
■ In a reverse of the Best Actor race, 11 Best
Actress winners have had prior Oscar nominations
(Sissy Spacek and Judi Dench of Iris).
BUT: Only one winner since 1982 has appeared in
the lowest-grossing movie (which could be bad
news for Judi Dench).
■ First time nominees usually (18 for 19) win
(favoring Jennifer Connelly of A Beautiful Mind).
■ Nominees with at least one pre-Oscar award
usually (17 for 19) win (that applies to Connelly,
Helen Mirren of Gosford Park and Kate Winslet of
Iris).
BUT: Only one of the past 19 winners has been in
the lowest-grossing film (Sorry, Kate).
Best Actor race
■ The Best Actor usually (14 for 19) is the star of a
Best Picture nominee (This year, that’s either Russell Crowe of A Beautiful Mind or Tom Wilkinson of
In the Bedroom.)
■ The winner usually (12 for 19) has previously
won at least two awards for his performance (Russell Crowe has won both the Screen Actors Guild
and Golden Globe awards).
■ Eleven of 19 winners have been first-time nominees
(that favors either Will Smith of Ali or Tom Wilkinson).
BUT: Since 1982, the winner has not appeared in
the lowest-grossing film (Sorry, Tom).
Best Supporting Actor race
■ The nominee with at least one pre-Oscar award
usually (14 for 19) wins (favoring Jim Broadbent of
Iris).
■ The winner usually (11 for 19) was in a film
released before October (in this field, that’s just
Ben Kingsley of Sexy Beast).
BUT: The youngest nominee has won only once
since 1982 (this year’s baby is 31-year-old Ethan
Hawke of Training Day).
Best Director race
■ The winner usually (16 for 19) has won the
Directors Guild of America award, favoring Ron
Howard for A Beautiful Mind.
■ The film with the most nominations usually (15
for 19) wins the Best Director prize (a plus for Peter
Jackson for Lord of the Rings).
■ Films based on true stories have won 12 of the
past 19 director prizes (another plus for Howard, as
well as Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down).
BUT: Movies that weren’t nominated for Best
Picture have not won the director award in the past
19 years (that trend hurts Scott, and David Lynch
of Mulholland Drive).
SOURCE: ACNielsen EDI’s Academy Awards Guide