2002 Oscar Picks

FILM FESTIVALS

FF2 TWOZIES

Listed below are the Winners of the 2002 ACADEMY AWARDS along with our Picks, our Predictions, and our ever popular list of Egregious Omissions.

There were some major surprises this year and we didn’t do very well with our predictions. Of the eleven categories we predicted, Jan only got four right, and Rich got 5 right.

Our “Best Dressed” contenders are Laura Elena Harring, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, & Rene Zellweger. We will select our final choice after carefully scrutinizing the pages of this week’s PEOPLE magazine.

And the Winner is: Sharon Stone

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Enjoy! Jan & Rich

MAJOR OSCAR CATEGORIES

Best Film	Best Director	Best Actor
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay	Best Musical Score
Best Song	Best Cinematographer	Best Costumes
Best Dressed		Art Direction

Best Film

Choices:

	BEAUTIFUL MIND
	GOSFORD PARK
	IN THE BEDROOM
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	MOULIN ROUGE

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: LORD OF THE RINGS
	Should Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Egregious Omissions:

	BLACK HAWK DOWN
	DINNER RUSH
	LANTANA

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Should Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Egregious Omissions:

	BLACK HAWK DOWN
	LANTANA
	MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

& the OSCAR goes to: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Top

Best Director

Choices:

	Ron Howard for BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Ridley Scott for BLACK HAWK DOWN
	Robert Altman for GOSFORD PARK
	Peter Jackson for LORD OF THE RINGS
	David Lynch for MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: Altman
	Should Win: Howard

Egregious Omissions:

Bob Giraldi for DINNER RUSH

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: Howard
	Should Win: Howard

Egregious Omissions:

	Joel Coen for MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
	Todd Field for IN THE BEDROOM

NOTE: See TRIBUTE TO ROBERT ALTMAN

& the OSCAR goes to: Ron Howard for BEAUTIFUL MIND

Best Actor

Choices:

	Will Smith for ALI
	Russell Crowe for BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Sean Penn for I AM SAM
	Tom Wilkinson for IN THE BEDROOM
	Denzel Washington for TRAINING DAY

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: Washington
	Should Win: Crowe

Egregious Omissions:

	Kevin Kline for LIFE AS A HOUSE
	Billy Bob Thornton for MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: Crowe
	Should Win: Crowe

Egregious Omissions:

	Anthony LaPaglia for LANTANA
	Billy Bob Thornton for MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
	Jack Nicholson for PLEDGE

& the OSCAR goes to: Denzel Washington for TRAINING DAY

Best Actress

Choices:

	Renee Zellweger for BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY
	Sissy Spacek for IN THE BEDROOM
	Judi Dench for IRIS
	Halle Berry for MONSTER’S BALL
	Nicole Kidman for MOULIN ROUGE

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: Spacek
	Should Win: Spacek

Egregious Omissions:

	Stockard Channing for BUSINESS OF STRANGERS
	Emily Watson for LUZHIN DEFENSE

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: Spacek
	Should Win: Spacek

Egregious Omissions:

	Stockard Channing for BUSINESS OF STRANGERS
	Charlotte Rampling for UNDER THE SAND

& the OSCAR goes to: Halle Berry for MONSTER’S BALL

Top

Best Supporting Actor

Choices:

	Jon Voight for ALI
	Jim Broadbent for IRIS
	Ian McKellen for LORD OF THE RINGS
	Ben Kingsley for SEXY BEAST
	Ethan Hawke for TRAINING DAY

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: Kingsley
	Should Win: Kingsley

Egregious Omissions:

	Mario Van Peebles for ALI
	Steve Zahn for RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
	Eddie Murphy for SHREK

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: Kingsley
	Should Win: Kingsley

Egregious Omissions:

	Jude Law for AI
	Steve Buscemi for GHOST WORLD
	Eddie Murphy for SHREK

& the OSCAR goes to: Jim Broadbent for IRIS

Best Supporting Actress

Choices:

	Jennifer Connelly for BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Helen Mirren for GOSFORD PARK
	Maggie Smith for GOSFORD PARK
	Marisa Tomei for IN THE BEDROOM
	Kate Winslet for IRIS

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: Connelly
	Should Win: Connelly

Egregious Omissions:

	Frances O’Connor for AI
	Brittany Murphy for SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: Connelly
	Should Win: Connelly

Egregious Omissions:

Julia Stiles for
BUSINESS OF STRANGERS

& the OSCAR goes to: Jennifer Connelly for BEAUTIFUL MIND

Best Adapted Screenplay

Choices:

	BEAUTIFUL MIND
	GHOST WORLD
	IN THE BEDROOM
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	SHREK

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Should Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Egregious Omissions:

	BLACK HAWK DOWN
	LANTANA

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND
	Should Win: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Egregious Omissions:

	BLACK HAWK DOWN
	LANTANA

& the OSCAR goes to: BEAUTIFUL MIND

Top

Best Original Screenplay

Choices:

	AMELIE
	GOSFORD PARK
	MEMENTO
	MONSTER’S BALL
	ROYAL TENNENBAUMS

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: MEMENTO
	Should Win: MEMENTO

Egregious Omissions:

	CENTER OF THE WORLD
	DISH
	SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: MEMENTO
	Should Win: MEMENTO

Egregious Omissions:

	BUSINESS OF STRANGERS
	FAT GIRL
	HEIST
	MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
	SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK

& the OSCAR goes to: GOSFORD PARK

Best Musical Score

Choices:

	AI
	BEAUTIFUL MIND
	HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	MONSTERS, INC.

& the OSCAR goes to: LORD OF THE RINGS

Best Song

Choices:

	Sting for KATE & LEOPOLD
	Enya for LORD OF THE RINGS
	Newman for MONSTERS, INC
	Warren for PEARL HARBOR
	McCartney for VANILLA SKY

& the OSCAR goes to: Randy Newman for MONSTERS, INC

Top

Best Cinematographer

Choices:

	AMELIE
	BLACK HAWK DOWN
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
	MOULIN ROUGE

Jan’s & Rich’s Pick:

Will & Should Win: MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

& the OSCAR goes to: LORD OF THE RINGS

Best Costumes

Choices:

	AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
	GOSFORD PARK
	HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	MOULIN ROUGE

Jan’s & Rich’s Pick:

Will & Should Win: MOULIN ROUGE

& the OSCAR goes to: MOULIN ROUGE

Top

Art Direction

Choices:

	AMELIE
	GOSFORD PARK
	HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE
	LORD OF THE RINGS
	MOULIN ROUGE

Jan’s Pick:

	Will Win: GOSFORD PARK
	Should Win: GOSFORD PARK

Egregious Omissions:

GHOST WORLD

Rich’s Pick:

	Will Win: LORD OF THE RINGS
	Should Win: LORD OF THE RINGS

Egregious Omissions:

GHOST WORLD

& the OSCAR goes to: MOULIN ROUGE

Top

Best Dressed

Choices:

	Laura Elena Harring
	Marcia Gay Harden
	Jennifer Lopez
	Sharon Stone
	Rene Zellweger

& the Winner is: Sharon Stone

to see a great photo of her from the Oscars click here.