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The 74th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2001 and were held on March 24, 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was historically notable for honoring two African American actors for their Leading Roles. Laura Ziskin (Spider-Man producer) was executive producer for the first time making her the first woman to solo produce the telecast. She also produced the 2007 telecast. The telecast, which was shown in the United States on ABC, is currently the longest to date. [edit] Winners & Nominees[edit] Best Picture[edit] Best Actor in a Leading RoleTraining Day - Denzel Washington
[edit] Best Actress in a Leading Role
[edit] Best Actor in a Supporting Role
[edit] Best Actress in a Supporting RoleA Beautiful Mind - Jennifer Connelly
[edit] Best Director
[edit] Best Original ScreenplayGosford Park - Julian Fellowes
[edit] Best Adapted ScreenplayA Beautiful Mind - Akiva Goldsman
[edit] Best CinematographyThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Andrew Lesnie
[edit] Best Art Direction-Set DecorationMoulin Rouge! - Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch
[edit] Best Costume DesignMoulin Rouge! - Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
[edit] Best SoundBlack Hawk Down - Michael Minkler , Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro
[edit] Best EditingBlack Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
[edit] Best Sound EditingPearl Harbor - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II [edit] Best Effects, Visual EffectsThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson
[edit] Best MakeupThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Peter Owen and Richard Taylor
[edit] Best Music, Original SongMonsters, Inc. - Randy Newman for the song If I Didn't Have You
[edit] Best Music, Original ScoreThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
[edit] Best Short Film, Animated[edit] Best Short Film, Live Action[edit] Best Documentary, Short Subjects[edit] Best Documentary, Features[edit] Best Foreign Language Film
[edit] Best Animated Feature[edit] OverviewThe 74th Academy Awards ceremony was significant for a number of reasons. It saw the return of the Academy Awards celebrations to Hollywood, after more than forty years away, taking place at the brand new Kodak Theatre. As a result of the new facility, the ceremony was the first to be telecasted to domestic audience on ABC in High Definition due the vast capacity for HDTV equipment that the Kodak Theatre could utilize. Instead of a typical scenery, HD screens were used throughout the ceremony much similar to the technologically ambitious design at the 72nd Academy Awards (that was the first time an HD set was used). The visual graphics and idents were designed by Imaginary Forces (who designed graphics for several TV shows such as Ally McBeal and movies such as Mission Impossible) using a 1080i "gold circles" motif consisting of gold circles that panned through the screen or rotated rapidly. The "gold circles" motif was designed in order for viewers at home to able to watch the ceremony in High Definition. The Oscar ceremony had several young up and coming actors and actresses to present a few of the awards. Among them included Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Hartnett, Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire. The ceremony drew its lowest ratings since 1996 with an estimated 40.54 million watching and 24.87 households watching. Furthermore the tone of this show was quieted by the recent occurrence of the attacks on September 11. Just as the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards were postponed in 2001, many wondered if the Oscars would be postponed as well. Frank Pierson, then president of the Academy stated that the Oscars would proceed as scheduled, and to postpone would mean that "the terrorists have won". However, the red carpet festivities prior to the awards, though not canceled, were severely curtailed as now the availabity of the bleacher seats were determined by a lottery rather than the first come, first serve basis. Also, there were 26 references to the attacks during the telecast.[1] Moulin Rouge! became the first musical to be nominated for best picture since All That Jazz in 1979, a gap of 22 years. It was also the first best picture nominee (and the last as of 2009) produced in Australia since Babe in 1995. [edit] Special EventsWoody Allen made his first ever appearance at this year's Oscar ceremony to present a tribute to films shot in New York City, in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. There was a tribute to the popular scores for motion pictures in the past 74 years. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who would later win Best Documentary at the 76th Academy Awards, made a short film that was shown during the ceremony. The film shows almost 100 people discussing movies. Those featured range from Laura Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev to Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to Kenneth Arrow (1972 Nobel Laureate in Economics) to Morris' son Hamilton. Morris would again make a short film similar to this one except the subject being the 177 nominees of the 79th Academy Awards five years later (also produced by Zinskin). Entertainment during one segment of the ceremony was provided by Cirque du Soleil. This was the first time a big lavish production was used since the 61st Academy Awards (infamous for its Rob Lowe/Snow White blunder). Before the start of every commercial break (except the one after the In Memoriam tribute), famous people ranging from famous actors to athletes to politicians discussed their favorite movie moments. [edit] WinnersThe ceremony also saw both the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars awarded to African-American actors for the first time in Academy Award history; this, in addition to Sidney Poitier winning the Lifetime Achievement award, led some to dub the ceremony The Bloscars and the "Blackademy Awards". However, some controversy was sparked after Denzel Washington's win. Rumor has it that Russell Crowe was the front runner for the award, which would have marked a second consecutive win for Crowe in the Best Actor category, but a violent episode at the BAFTA ceremony several weeks earlier turned the Academy voters against him. Randy Newman, who at the time had the distinction of most nominations without winning, would finally break his curse and win the Oscar for Best Song for Monsters Inc.'s "If I Didn't Have You". After receiving an enthusiastic standing ovation, a bemused but emotional Newman began his acceptance speech with "I don't want your pity!" The 74th Academy Awards would be the first year that the award for Best Animated Feature was presented. According to the rules, at least three animated features have to be widely released in a particular year for the award to appear on the ballot. [edit] Notable Quotations
[edit] List of Presenters and Performers[edit] PresentersPresenters (in order of appearance)
[edit] PerformersPresenters (in order of appearance)
[edit] In MemoriamPresented by Kevin Spacey. The Academy first takes a moment of silence to remember those Americans lost in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The audience takes its moment of silence and with that it is then to take a look at those Hollywood icons that died in the previous year: Jack Lemmon, Nigel Hawthorne, Beatrice Straight, Eileen Heckart, Jason Miller, Ann Sothern, Harold Russell, Kim Stanley, director Michael Ritchie, director Ted Demme, director Budd Boetticher, director Hiroshi Teshigihara, director Herbert Ross, producer Julia Phillips, composer Jay Livingston, producer William Hanna, animator Chuck Jones, producer Samuel Z. Arkoff, costume designer Danilo Donati, cinematographer Sacha Vierny, cinematographer John A. Alonzo, Carroll O'Connor, Aaliyah, George Harrison and Anthony Quinn. [edit] Breakdown[edit] Multiple nominationsThe following films received multiple nominations.
[edit] Multiple awardsThe following films received multiple Oscars.
[edit] Notes
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