OSCAR PREDICTIONS
AND OTHER END-OF-2002 LISTS
By Scott Bettencourt
Predictions are in boldface, followed by those which I personally would
nominate in italics. For several categories I have NOT provided my own
nominations, since frankly I know jack about costumes, sound and so forth.
PICTURE
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
CHICAGO
THE HOURS
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
ROAD TO PERDITION
ADAPTATION
CODE UNKNOWN
FAR FROM HEAVEN
THE WAY WE LAUGHED
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
ACTOR
NICOLAS CAGE - Adaptation
MICHAEL CAINE - The Quiet American
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - Gangs Of New York
TOM HANKS - Road To Perdition
JACK NICHOLSON - About Schmidt
ADRIEN BRODY - The Pianist
NICOLAS CAGE - Adaptation
STEVE COOGAN - 24 Hour Party People
JOHN CUSACK - Max
SAM ROCKWELL - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
ACTRESS
NICOLE KIDMAN - The Hours
JULIANNE MOORE - Far From Heaven
MERYL STREEP - The Hours
NIA VARDALOS - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
RENEE ZELLWEGER - Chicago
GOLDIE HAWN - The Banger Sisters
NICOLE KIDMAN - The Hours
JULIANNE MOORE - Far From Heaven
SAMANTHA MORTON - Morvern Callar
SARAH POLLEY - The Weight of Water
SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRIS COOPER - Adaptation
ED HARRIS - The Hours
PAUL NEWMAN - Road To Perdition
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - Nicholas Nickleby
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN - Catch Me If You Can
ALAN ARKIN - 13 Conversations About One Thing
CHRIS COOPER - Adaptation
IAN HOLM - Esther Kahn
JOAQUIN PHOENIX - Signs
RUSSELL SAMS - The Rules of Attraction
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KIM BASINGER - 8 Mile
KATHY BATES - About Schmidt
JULIANNE MOORE - The Hours
MERYL STREEP - Adaptation
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES - Chicago
KATHY BATES - About Schmidt
VIOLA DAVIS - Antwone Fisher
BEBE NEUWIRTH - Tadpole
SAMANTHA MORTON - Minority Report
PARKER POSEY - Personal Velocity
DIRECTOR
STEPHEN DALDRY - The Hours
ROB MARSHALL - Chicago
ROMAN POLANSKI - The Pianist
MARTIN SCORSESE - Gangs Of New York
STEVEN SPIELBERG - Catch Me If You Can
GIANNI AMELIO - The Way We Laughed
ALFONSO CUARON - Y Tu Mama Tambien
MICHAEL HANEKE - Code Unknown
TODD HAYNES - Far From Heaven
SPIKE JONZE - Adaptation
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Todd Haynes
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE - Paul Thomas Anderson
SIGNS - M. Night Shyamalan
SUNSHINE STATE - John Sayles
TALK TO HER - Pedro Almodovar
CODE UNKNOWN - Michael Haneke
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE - Frank Cottrell Boyce
THE WAY WE LAUGHED - Gianni Amelio, Daniele Gaglianone, Lillo Iacolino,
Alberto Taraglio
WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? - Tsai Ming-liang, Yang Pi-ying
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron
SCREENPLAY ADAPTATION
ABOUT SCHMIDT - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
ADAPTATION - Charlie Kaufman
CHICAGO - Bill Condon
THE HOURS - David Hare
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING - Nia Vardalos
ABOUT SCHMIDT - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
ADAPTATION - Charlie Kaufman
THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS - Jeff Stockwell, Michael Petroni
ENIGMA - Tom Stoppard
THE GREY ZONE - Tim Blake Nelson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHICAGO - Dion Beebe
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Ed Lachman
GANGS OF NEW YORK - Michael Ballhaus
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Andrew Lesnie
ROAD TO PERDITION - Conrad Hall
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Ed Lachman
THE FOUR FEATHERS - Robert Richardson
LES DESTINEES - Eric Gauthier
MINORITY REPORT - Janusz Kaminski
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Emmanuel Lubezki
ART DIRECTION
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
MINORITY REPORT
ROAD TO PERDITION
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
FAR FROM HEAVEN
GANGS OF NEW YORK
MINORITY REPORT
SOLARIS
SOUND
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
CHICAGO
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
SPIDER-MAN
ORIGINAL SONG
"FATHER AND DAUGHTER" - The Wild Thornberrys Movie - Paul Simon
"GOLLUM'S SONG" - The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - Howard
Shore, Fran Walsh
"THE HANDS THAT BUILT AMERICA" - Gangs Of New York - U2
"HERE I AM" - Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron - Hans Zimmer, Bryan
Adams, Gretchen Peters
"I MOVE ON" - Chicago - John Kander, Fred Ebb
"BURN IT BLUE" - Frida - Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor
"ENOUGH" - Enough - Aimee Mann
"GOLLUM'S SONG" - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Howard
Shore, Fran Walsh
"IF WE COULD REMEMBER" - The Sum of All Fears - Jerry Goldsmith,
Paul Williams
"SNAP" - Auto Focus - Angelo Badalamenti, Paul Schrader
ORIGINAL SCORE
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - John Williams
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Elmer Bernstein
THE HOURS - Philip Glass
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Howard Shore
ROAD TO PERDITION - Thomas Newman
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - John Williams
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Elmer Bernstein
FRIDA - Elliot Goldenthal
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Howard Shore
ROAD TO PERDITION - Thomas Newman
FILM EDITING
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Michael Kahn
CHICAGO - Martin Walsh
GANGS OF NEW YORK - Thelma Schoonmaker
THE HOURS - Peter Boyle
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Michael Horton
ADAPTATION - Eric Zumbrunnen
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER - Greg Hayden, Jon Poll
MINORITY REPORT - Michael Kahn
THE RING - Craig Wood
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE - Trevor Waite, Michael Winterbottom
COSTUME DESIGN
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
ROAD TO PERDITION
MAKEUP
THE HOURS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
STAR TREK: NEMESIS
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
THE HOURS
THE RING
VISUAL EFFECTS
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
SPIDER-MAN
ANIMATED FEATURE
ICE AGE
LILO & STITCH
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
[SPIRITED AWAY]
[TREASURE PLANET]
(There can be either three or five nominations in this category, so
I've enclosed the potential fourth and fifth nominees in brackets)
ICE AGE
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS
SPIRITED AWAY
And finally, here are my nominations for a category which doesn't really
exist but damn it, it ought to:
TITLE DESIGN
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
DIE ANOTHER DAY
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
PANIC ROOM
SPIDER
TEN FAVORITE FILMS OF 2002
ADAPTATION
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
DIE ANOTHER DAY
LAGAAN
MINORITY REPORT
THE RING
THE RULES OF ATTRACTION
STAR TREK: NEMESIS
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
TEN FAVORITE FILM MUSIC CDS OF 2002
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [2 DISC OSCAR PROMO]
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
FLESH + BLOOD
THE FURY: THE DELUXE EDITION
LOGAN'S RUN
MINORITY REPORT
THE SAND PEBBLES: THE DELUXE EDITION
STAR TREK: NEMESIS
SWORDFISH
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
15 MORE FILM MUSIC CDS I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED IN 2002
THE BRIDE
DIE HARD
FAREWELL MY LOVELY/MONKEY SHINES
I SPY
JOE VS. THE VOLCANO
LETHAL WEAPON
THE MAN FROM UNCLE
THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING
THE NIGHT WALKER
POINT BLANK/THE OUTFIT
THE PRIZE
THE SHIPPING NEWS
THE STALKING MOON
THE SWARM
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
TEN BEST COMMERCIALLY UNRELEASED FILM SCORES OF 2002
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER - George S. Clinton
THE COUNTRY BEARS - Christopher Young
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES - Rachel Portman
MAX - Dan Jones
THE PIANIST - Wojciech Kilar
READ MY LIPS - Alexandre Desplat
THE RING - Hans Zimmer
THE ROOKIE - Carter Burwell
STUART LITTLE 2 - Alan Silvestri
13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING - Alex Wurman
MY IMPOSSIBLE DREAM WISH LIST OF CDS TO COME OUT IN
2003
BLACK SUNDAY
DAMNATION ALLEY
FAMILY PLOT
THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER
MAGIC
THE MONSTER SQUAD
THE SATAN BUG
SECONDS
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (complete)
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI
FAVORITE THINGS FROM THE MOVIES OF 2002
Adam Sandler's climactic speech to Philip Seymour Hoffman in Punch-Drunk
Love
"Anderton's Great Escape" - John Williams shows us how action music
of the year 2054 sounds wonderfully like that of 1965, in Minority Report
The animated titles to Catch Me If You Can, letting us know that
though this is based on a true story, we're encouraged to enjoy it as a
pure movie-movie
Any musical number from Lagaan
Anything Dr. Evil says in Austin Powers in Goldmember, especially
"How about noooooo, you crazy Dutch bastard?"
Anything Morgan Freeman says or does in The Sum of Al Fears, High
Crimes, and the Dreamcatcher trailer
The cinematography, art direction, and visual effects of Solaris
"Don't go home. He knows." Samantha Morton takes a rare trip to the
mall in Minority Report
Eric Gauther's luminous, seemingly effortless cinematography for Les
Destinees
The final revelation from The Way We Laughed
The finale to Y Tu Mama Tambien
George S. Clinton's wonderfully mysterioso theme for Goldmember in Austin
Powers in Goldmember
"The Hand of Fate": while Mel Gibson regains his faith, James Newton
Howard reaches a personal best of composing excellence in Signs
Ian Holm teaching Summer Phoenix what to think during each step she
takes across the stage in Esther Kahn
Jerry Goldsmith plays a couple bars of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies"
as Patrick Stewart strides through the corridors of the Enterprise-E in
the penultimate shot of Star Trek: Nemesis; it may not have quite
the weight of Shatner's "I feel young" from Wrath of Khan, but it
still packs a punch for an aging Trekkie like me
John Williams' utterly delightful score to Catch Me If You Can
Kathy Bates in About Schmidt
Matt Damon demonstrating an offbeat way to quickly descend a flight
of stairs in The Bourne Identity
"The Mission": Jerry Goldsmith proves he still knows how to compose
an unpredictable main title, for The Sum of All Fears
The movie theater sequence from What Time Is It There?
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation
Priest Vincent D'Onofrio taking an idle moment to glance at a Magic
8-Ball in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Rorsarch blots formed out of peeling paint, filmed off center -- the
titles to Spider
Russell Sams requiring only two scenes to steal an entire movie -- The
Rules of Attraction
Samantha Morton telling Tom Cruise to "Ruuuuunnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!" - Minority
Report
The shot of Jack Nicholson at the airport waiting for his daughter in
About Schmidt
The stoned zookeeper in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can
And my favorite piece of filmmaking of 2002, the trailer to Catch
Me If You Can - especially the final, "Don't Rain On My Parade" section,
an effortless blend of music, editing and split screens.
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