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'01 FiLM BiTCH Awards
The Winners 2/25/02
(Nominations were posted on 02/09/02)
In honor of the Olympics I'm handing out medals this year instead (also because I like to spread the wealth and if I don't do gold/silver/ bronze than Moulin Rouge! is a clear "sweeper" and I don't normally agree with sweeps... to see awards tally in traditional categories go back to page 2.Honoring favorite cinematic achievements of 2001. 5 nominees in most categories. Semi Finalists and Finalists refer to achievements that were considered and are well regarded. The choice is often difficult.
Contenders I only think it's fair to show what I've seen. If you're dissappointed in my choices you can't just assume I didn't see something. That's what I always assume about the Academy voters! I don't think they see as many movies as devotees. So if you want a complete list of the 90 or so movies I saw in 2001 you can click here.
Major Categories / Tech Categories / Extra Categories / Best Scenes
Best
Cinematography
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A.I.
Artificial Intelligence
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In
the Mood for Love
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The
Man Who Wasn't There
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Moulin
Rouge!
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Mulholland
Drive / From Hell
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Janusz
Kaminski
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Christopher
Doyle & Pin Bing Lee
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Roger
Deakins
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Donald
McAlpine
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Peter
Deming
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Finalists:
Ali -Emmanuel Lubeski *
The Princess and the Warrior -Frank Griebe
Semi Finalists : The Deep End -Giles Nuttgens * Hedwig -Frank DeMarco * Amores Perros |
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Best Costume Design
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Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
Arianne Phillips |
The
Royal Tenenbaums
Karen Patch |
Moulin
Rouge!
Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie |
In
the Mood for Love
William Chang |
Planet
of the Apes
Colleen Atwood |
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Longtime
costuming crazy Arianne meets her match in this slip of a girly boy
from East Berlin. Brilliance and hilarity.
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Risky
non-period stylized wear that becomes iconic before your eyes. The clothes
themselves seem to be giving real performances. Love it.
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In
a film bursting with inspired designs this is eye candy at its greatest.
The best purely theatrical costume work since Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Appropriate
to the time period and the evocation of stifled desire. Who'da thunk
that Cheung could top that catsuit look from Irma Vep?
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Every
bit as impressive as the makeup job. (Minus points for covering up Wahlberg's
bod, considering that Warren is in a bikini.)
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Finalists: The
Others * Lord of the Rings
Semi -Finalists: Mulholland Drive * The Man Who Wasn't There * Curse of the Jade Scorpion |
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Best
Film Editing
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Gosford
Park
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In
the Mood for Love
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Lord
of the Rings
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Moulin
Rouge!
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Mulholland
Drive
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Tim
Squyres
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William
Chang
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Gilbert,
Horton, Selkirk
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Jill
Bilcock
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Mary
Sweeney
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Finalists:
Amelie & Memento
Semi Finalists: Ali * The Man Who Wasn't There * Series 7 * Sexy Beast * Amores Perros |
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In
Retrospect: I
would give the gold to Mulholland Drive's Mary Sweeney
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Best Art Direction/Production Design
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Black
Hawk Down
Arthur Max |
Lord
of the Rings
Grant Major |
The
Man Who Wasn't There
Dennis Gassner |
Moulin
Rouge!
Catherine Martin |
The
Royal Tenenbaums
David Wasco |
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For
a nightmare city and a you-are-there sense of space.
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For
bringing Middle Earth and the Shire to glorious life.
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For
evocative barbershop and noir offices. Gorgeous.
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For
theatricality, chutzpah, and plain ole creative insanity.
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For
sets that are like wonderful and clever little dioramas.
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Finalists:
Hedwig
and the Angry Inch -for the
trailer that folds out into a stage.
The Others -all those locked doors and for the 'letting the light in' scene. Semi Finalists: * From Hell -for its gothic flamboyance * In the Mood for Love -for tight hallways, restrictive buildings, and overall gorgeousity. * With a Friend Like Harry -the pink bathroom is tops! * Mulholland Drive -so perfect...particular Betty's apartment. Gosford Park -For the set as a character in the film. |
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Best
Original Music Score
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Ali
Lisa Gerrard |
Mulholland
Drive
Angelo Badalementi |
Waking
Life
Clover Gill |
Gosford
Park Patrick
Doyle
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A
Beautiul Mind
James Horner |
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Moving
and fascinating
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Foreboding
and mysterious
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Originality
and brilliance
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Playful
and pretty
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A
Beautiful Score
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Please see also the Extras for more music awards. The Academy really needs to look at this category. Traditional scoring seems more and more like a minority sport. Most scores today tend to be heavily mixed and matched with songs or previously recorded material with additional new underscoring: Famous examples this year: Moulin Rouge!, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Royal Tenenbaums, and more... |
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Finalists:
Other
Notables: The Others -Alejandro Amenabar
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Planet of the Apes -Danny Elfman
Semi Finalists: Sexy Beast -? * Lord of the Rings -Howard Shore * Amelie -Yann Tiersen |
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Confession:
I was smoking crack when I didn't include Amélie
in the list of nominees. Having since come to my senses
-I am deeply embarassed that I let my feelings for the film get in the
way of the joys of the soundtrack. I would trade ABM for that
French whimsy fest in this particular category.
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Best Original Song
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The
Way It's Meant to Be
Gosford Park |
Spectacular!
Spectacular!
Moulin Rouge |
Come
What May
Moulin Rouge |
May
It Be
Lord of the Rings |
I'll
Make It Up As I Go
The Score |
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Written
by Patrick Doyle and Robert Altman for Gosford Park.
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Written
by ??? Performed by Cast of Moulin Rouge!
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Written
by David Baerswald. Performed by MacGregor and Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
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Written
and Performed by Enya for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring
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Written
by David Foster. Performed by Diana Krall for The Score
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Please
see also the Extras
for more music awards. The Academy really needs to look at the rules
for their music categories.
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Finalists:
?
Semi Finalists: ? |
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Best Sound Design
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Ali
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Amores
Perros |
Moulin
Rouge!
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Mulholland
Drive
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The Princess and the Warrior
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Majestic
and still intimate.
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Appropriatly
harsh and great.
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Complicated
and spectacular!
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Sinister
and perfectly Lynch.
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Layered
and hypnotic.
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Finalists:
The Others
Semi Finalists: Lord of the Rings * Black Hawk Down |
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Best
Sound Effects Editing
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Black
Hawk Down
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The
Lord of the Rings
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Moulin
Rouge!
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Kaboom.
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Hocus
Pocus
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Sing
it!
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Best Visual Effects
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The
Lord of the Rings
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A.I.
Artificial Intelligence
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Waking
Life
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Magically
imagined.
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Breathtakingly
defined.
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Innovatively
painted.
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Best Make Up
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Planet
of the Apes
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Moulin
Rouge!
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The
Lord of the Rings
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"Get
your filthy hands off me you damn dirty human!
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"Wilting
flower? Bright and Bubbly. Or smoldering temptress? "
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"My
what hairy feet you have!
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(and 2 Extra Categories
that should be "traditional"
considering the number of films that use them)
Best
Adapted or Combination Score
(songs or previously recorded material with underscore)
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In
the Mood for Love
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Moulin
Rouge!
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Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
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The
Royal Tenenbaums
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The
Man Who Wasn't There
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?
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Armstrong,
Baerwald, DeVries & various artists |
Stephen
Trask
adapting his own material. |
Mark
Mothersbaugh
& various artists. |
Carter
Burwell & Beethoven
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Best Ensemble Cast
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The
Royal Tenenbaums
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Sexy
Beast
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Gosford
Park
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The
Fellowship of the Ring
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Together
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The
iconic faces of the cast and the damaged beauty of the characters seems
a perfect bittersweet match.
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This
terrific cast expertly plays off one another until the subtext of each
scene vibrates with resonance.
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Robert
Altman's who's who of Brit- film cast swiftly sketch a huge array of
full-bodied characterizations.
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Peter
Jackson's film was blessed with the best possible casting -every player
vibrantly invokes a magic and gravitas.
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Lukas
Moodyson and cast work so touchingly together you'd think they did
live in a commune after all.
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Semi
Finalists: Our Song, Moulin Rouge! & The King
is Alive
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