72nd Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 2000 took place on 26 March 2000 on the penultimate time at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It was the 72nd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1999.
- 3.1 Honorary Award
- 3.2 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Presentation
Billy Crystal led for the seventh time as a presenter by the Academy Awards. The presenters of the candidates are listed below in the respective categories.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
Presented by Clint Eastwood.
American Beauty - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Direction
Presented by Steven Spielberg.
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Lead
Powered by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Leading lady
Presented by Roberto Benigni.
Hilary Swank - Boys Do not Cry
Supporting Actor
Powered by Judi Dench.
Michael Caine - The Cider Post ( The Cider House Rules )
Supporting Actress
Presented by James Coburn.
Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted (Girl, Interrupted )
Design
Powered by Julianne Moore and Russell Crowe.
Sleepy Hollow - Heads will roll - Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young
Camera
Presented by Brad Pitt.
American Beauty - Conrad L. Hall
Costume Design
Powered by Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu.
Topsy Turvy - - Upside Down ( Topsy Turvy - ) - Lindy Hemming
Documentary (Short Film )
Powered by Mena Suvari, Thora Birch and Wes Bentley.
King Gimp - Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
Documentary ( long form )
Powered by Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke.
One Day in September ( One Day in September ) - Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
Section
Presented by Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones.
Matrix ( The Matrix ) - Zach Staenberg
Foreign Language Film
Presented by Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.
All About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar ( Todo sobre mi madre ) (Spain )
MakeUp
Powered by Erykah Badu and Tobey Maguire.
Topsy Turvy - - Upside Down ( Topsy Turvy - ) - Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud
Music ( Original Score )
Powered by Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves.
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge ) - John Corigliano
Music ( Original Song )
Powered by Cher.
" You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan - Phil Collins
Short Film ( Animated)
The Old Man and the Sea - Alexandr Petrov
Short Film ( Live Action )
Powered by Cate Blanchett and Jew Law.
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York - Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel
Sound editor
Powered by Chow Yun -Fat.
Sound re-
Presented by Heather Graham and Mike Myers.
Matrix ( The Matrix ) - John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, David Lee
Visual Effects
Presented by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Matrix ( The Matrix ) - John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
Adapted Screenplay
Presented by Kevin Spacey.
Cider Post ( The Cider House Rules ) - John Irving
Original Screenplay
Presented by Mel Gibson.
American Beauty - Alan Ball
Honorary Oscars
Honorary Award
The honorary Oscar was presented by Jane Fonda.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was presented by Jack Nicholson.
Most successful films
- Five Oscars - American Beauty
- Four Oscars - Matrix