73rd edition of the Oscars

The 73rd edition of the Oscars rewarded the best films of 2000. Organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it took place at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Center in Los Angeles (United States United States) on March 25, 2001.

Award Presenters

• Steve Martin, master of ceremonies.
• John Travolta, In Memoriam.

Summary of awards and nominations

Nominations and winners

Gladiator became the second leading man to win the Best Picture Oscar, the first to do so being Ben-Hur in 1959. Steven Soderbergh was the third person to getting two nominations in the best director category for directing the films: Erin Brockovich and Traffic, the latter being where he would win the statuette. 卧虎藏龙 (Wò hǔ cáng lóng) became the third film to simultaneously receive a nomination in the categories of Best Film and Best Foreign Film, and the film also received ten nominations, making it the most nominated foreign-language film in Oscar history and with four categories won again 卧虎藏龙 (Wò hǔ cáng lóng) would become the most successful foreign-language film of the history, equaling the number of victories achieved by the Swedish film Fanny and Alexander in 1983. On the other hand, River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix have become the first sibling duo to earn a nomination in the category of best supporting actor, the first for Running on Empty in 1988 and the second for Gladiator in this edition.

Steven Soderbergh was the Oscar winner to the best director by Traffic.

Russell Crowe was the Oscar winner to the best actor by Gladiator.

Julia Roberts was the Oscar Winner to Best Actress by Erin Brockovich.

Benicio Del Toro was the Oscar winner to the best cast actor by Traffic.

Marcia Gay Harden was the Oscar winner to the best cast actress by Pollock.

Indicates the winner in each category.

Best movie Submitted by: Michael Douglas	Best director Submitted by: Tom Cruise
Gladiator— Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig.	Steven Soderbergh - Traffic.
Chocolat- David Brown, Golden Kit and Leslie Holleran. Erin Brockovich- Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. Traffic- Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick and Laura Bickford. Wò h Sicilia caung lóng— Bill Kong, Hsu Li-kong and Ang Lee.	Stephen Daldry — Billy Elliot. Ang Lee — Wò h Sicilia caung lóng Steven Soderbergh — Erin Brockovich Ridley Scott — Gladiator
Best actor Submitted by: Hilary Swank	Best actress Submitted by: Kevin Spacey
Russell Crowe- Gladiatoras General Maximus Decimus Meridius.	Julia Roberts - Erin BrockovichLike Erin Brockovich.
Javier Bardem — Before darklike Reinaldo Arenas. Tom Hanks — ShipwreckLike Chuck Noland. Ed Harris — Pollocklike Jackson Pollock. Geoffrey Rush — Quillslike Marquis de Sade.	Joan Allen — Candidate to powerlike Laine Hanson. Juliette Binoche — Chocolatlike Vianne Rocher. Ellen Burstyn — Requiem for a Dreamlike Sara Goldfarb. Laura Linney — You can count on me.like Sammy Prescott.
Best cast actor Submitted by: Angelina Jolie	Best cast actress Submitted by: Nicolas Cage
Benicio Del Toro- Trafficlike Javier Rodriguez.	Marcia Gay Harden- PollockLike Lee Krasner.
Jeff Bridges — Candidate to poweras President Jackson Evans. Willem Dafoe — The shadow of the vampireLike Max Schreck. Albert Finney — Erin Brockovichlike Edward L. Masry. Joaquin Phoenix — GladiatorLike Comfort.	Judi Dench — Chocolatlike Armande Voizin. Kate Hudson — Almost famouslike Penny Lane. Frances McDormand — Almost famouslike Elaine Miller. Julie Walters — Billy Elliot.like Georgia Wilkinson.
Best original script Submitted by: Tom Hanks	Best adapted script Submitted by: Arthur C. Clarke
Almost famous - Cameron Crowe.	Traffic — Stephen Gaghan, based on Traffik by Simon Moore.
Billy Elliot. Lee Hall. Erin Brochovich - Susannah Grant. Gladiator — David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson. You can count on me. - Kenneth Lonergan.	Chocolat — Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on Chocolat for Joanne Harris. O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Odyssey from Homer. Wonder Boys — Steve Kloves, based on Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. Wò h Sicilia caung lóng — Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung, based Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Du Lu.
Best foreign film (non-English speaking) Submitted by: Juliette Binoche and Jack Valenti
Wò h Sicilia caung lóng (Taiwan) in Mandarin — Ang Lee.
Love dogs (Mexico) in Spanish — Alejandro González Iñárritu. Divided We Fall (Czech Republic) in Czech — Jan Hrebejk. Everybody's Famous! (Belgium) in Danish and English — Dominique Deruddere. The Taste of Others (France) in French — Agnès Jaoui.
Best long documentary Submitted by: Samuel L. Jackson	Best short documentary Submitted by: Samuel L. Jackson
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport - Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer.	Big Mama - Tracy Seretean.
Legacy - Tod Lending. Long Night's Journey into Day - Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy - Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker. Sound and Fury — Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg.	Curtain Call - Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer. Dolphins - Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore. On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom - Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz. The Man on Lincoln's Nose - Daniel Raim.
Better short film Submitted by: Ben Stiller	Best animated short film Submitted by: Ben Stiller
I want to be - Florian Gallenberger.	Father and daughter - Michaël Dudok de Wit.
A Soccer Story - Paulo Machline. By Courier - Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick. One Day Crossing - Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi. Seraglio - Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell.	Periwig Maker - Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler. Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt.
Best soundtrack Submitted by: Goldie Hawn	Best original song Submitted by: Jennifer Lopez
Wò h Sicilia caung lóng - Tan Dun	«Things Have Changed» - Wonder Boys; Music and Letter by Bob Dylan.
Chocolat — Rachel Portman The patriot - John Williams Gladiator - Hans Zimmer. Malèna Ennio Morricone	«A Fool In Love» — Meet the Parents; Music and Letter by Randy Newman. «To Love Before Time» — Wò h Sicilia caung lóng; Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Letra by James Schamus. «I've Seen It All» — Dancer in the Dark; Music by Björk; Letter by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson «My Funny Friend and Me» — The Emperor's New Groove; Music by Sting and David Hartley; Letra by Sting.
Best Sound Edition Submitted by: Mike Myers	Better sound Submitted by: Mike Myers
U-571 - Jon Johnson.	Gladiator - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Ken Weston.
Space Cowboys - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.	The patriot - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff. The perfect storm — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and Keith A. Wester. Shipwreck - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan. U-571 — Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline and Ivan Sharrock.
Best artistic direction Submitted by: Catherine Zeta-Jones	Better photograph Submitted by: Julia Roberts
Wò h Sicilia caung lóng — Artistic direction and decoration design: Tim Yip.	Wò h Sicilia caung lóng - Peter Pau.
The Grinch – Artistic direction: Michael Corenblith; Design of decorations: Merideth Boswell. Gladiator — Artistic direction: Arthur Max; Design of decorations: Crispian Sallis. Quills — Artistic direction: Martin Childs; Design of decorations: Jill Quertier. Vatel — Artistic direction: Jean Rabasse; Design of decorations: Françoise Benoît-Fresco.	The patriot - Caleb Deschanel. Gladiator - John Mathieson. Malèna - Lajos Koltai. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Roger Deakins.
Better makeup. Submitted by: Kate Hudson	Best costume design Submitted by: Penelope Cruz
The Grinch - Rick Baker and Gail Ryan.	Gladiator - Janty Yates.
The shadow of the vampire - Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley. The Cell - Michèle Burke and Edouard Henriques.	102 Dalmatians - Anthony Powell. The Grinch - Rita Ryack. Quills - Jacqueline West. 'Wò h coling lóng' — Tim Yip.
Better assembly Submitted by: Russell Crowe	Best visual effects Submitted by: Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat
Traffic - Stephen Mirrione.	Gladiator - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey.
Almost famous - Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein. Gladiator - Pietro Scalia. Wonder Boys - Dede Allen. Wò h Sicilia caung lóng - Tim Squyres.	The shadowless man - Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk and Stan Parks. The perfect storm — Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier and Walt Conti.

Honorary Oscar

• Jack Cardiff
• Ernest Lehman

In Memoriam

As every year, those who have died during the year are remembered: Charles Gray, Richard Coiller, Wally Rose (stuntman), Helen Martin, Clarie Trevor, Lewis Allen (director), Douglas Fairbanks Jr., David Bretherton (editor), Julie London, Paul Bartel, John Gielgud, David Tomlinson, Walter Matthau, Max Showalter, Alec Guinness, Loretta Young, Harold Nicholas, Robert Swink, Toru Tanaka, Jack Nitzche (composer), Beah Richards, Ann Doran, Richard Mulligan, Richard Farnsworth, Sam O'Steen (editor), Gwen Verdon, Ring Lardner Jr. (writer), Francis Lederer, Nancy Marchand, George Wells (screenwriter), Werner Klemnperer, Richard Hazard (conductor), James Card (film preservationist), Nils Poppe, Billy Barty, Jason Robards, Ray Walston, Jacques Marin, Howard W. Koch (producer), Stanley Kramer (director), and Jim Varney.