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...And the 75th Academy Awards Nominees are...

E-MAIL FRANK OCHIENG

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February 11, 2003 - a date that will be remembered by avid film fans all over the world. Also, a date that will be cherished by the vast movie community, particularly the ones who were pinpointed to potentially receive that revered golden statuette. Well, the 75th Academy Awards are officially off and running as the announcement for the nominees have been released. One can imagine the hysteria that has been created in the attentive halls of Hollywood as moviemakers, actors and their agents alike must have been holding their breath wondering if the call-out for Oscar attention was destined to aim in their direction. And by all accounts, the few that were privileged to be part of the nominating process must be shaking in their benevolent boots.

To be honest, nobody should really be surprised by this year’s Oscar nominees since the choices that were made are somewhat obvious and in many respects were inevitable. In fact, TheWorldJournal.com readers can check out my movie article entitled “Race for the Gold: Frank Ochieng Looks at Potential 2003 Oscar Nods” and see for themselves how close I was to guessing who and what were most likely to receive an Oscar nomination in the main five categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture of the year. Still, as always, there is some heartbreak as folks come to realize some vital omissions in the nominations. In fact, the flip side is that there are some inclusions that are rather surprising yet well deserved.

I will definitely provide the movie enthusiasts at TheWorldJournal.com with by breakdown predictions regarding the 75th Academy Awards in a column entitled: “Frank Ochieng Out in the Forefront: The Prediction for Oscar Gold”. This column will be penned at a later date but right now, let’s take a look at the recent nominations for the 75th Academy Award ceremony that will be aired in a number of weeks.

…And the 75th Academy Awards Nominees from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are…

Best Picture

• CHICAGO (Miramax)
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Achievement in Directing

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski
• TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
• Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)
• Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
• Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Best Supporting Actor

• Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
• Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)
• John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)
• Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)
• Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
• Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)
• Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
• Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best Supporting Actress

• Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
• Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
• Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)
• Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best Animated Feature Film

• ICE AGE (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge
• LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders
• SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg
• SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
• TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista) Ron Clements

Best Adapted Screenplay

• ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
• ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
• CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Best Original Screenplay

• FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks
• MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos
• TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar
• Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

Best Foreign-Language Film

• EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO - Mexico
• HERO - People's Republic of China
• THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST - Finland
• NOWHERE IN AFRICA - Germany
• ZUS & ZO - The Netherlands

Achievement in Art Direction

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gord Sim
• FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso
Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
• ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Achievement in Cinematography

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Dion Beebe
• FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Edward Lachman
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Michael Ballhaus
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Pawel Edelman
• ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Conrad L. Hall

Achievement in Costume Design

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood
• FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard

Best Documentary Feature

• BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (United Artists and Alliance Atlantis)
• DAUGHTER FROM DANANG (Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures)
• PRISONER OF PARADISE (Alliance Atlantis)
• SPELLBOUND (THINKFilm)
• WINGED MIGRATION (Sony Pictures Classics)

Documentary Short Subject

• THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
An Alice Elliott Production
• MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
A Tell the Truth Pictures Production
• TWIN TOWERS
A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production
• WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?
A Public Policy Production

Best Film Editing

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Martin Walsh
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Thelma Schoonmaker
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Peter Boyle
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Michael Horton
• THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Hervé de Luze

Achievement in Makeup

• FRIDA (Miramax) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba
• THE TIME MACHINE (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz

Best Original Score

• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams
• FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein
• FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal
• THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass
• ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman

Original Song

• "Burn It Blue" from FRIDA (Miramax) Music by Elliot Goldenthal, Lyrics by Julie Taymor
• "Father and Daughter" from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon
• "The Hands That Built America" from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Music and Lyrics by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
• "I Move On" from CHICAGO (Miramax) Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
• "Lose Yourself" from 8 MILE (Universal) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, Lyrics by Eminem

Best Animated Short Film

• THE CATHEDRAL A Platige Image Production
• THE CHUBBCHUBBS! (Columbia) A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production
• DAS RAD A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production
• MIKE'S NEW CAR (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production
• MT. HEAD A Yamamura Animation Production

Live-Action Short Film

• FAIT D'HIVER An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
• I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE … (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT …) A La Boîte Production
• INJA (DOG) An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production
• JOHNNY FLYNTON A Red Corner Production
• THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND) An M&M Productions for Novellefilm Production

Achievement in Sound

• CHICAGO (Miramax) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee
• GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
• ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett
• SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick

Achievement in Sound Editing

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins
• MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox and DreamWorks) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
• ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott A. Hecker

Best Visual Effects

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
• SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
• STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow

Well folks, there you have it - the 24 categories that will be represented on the much-anticipated glorious Oscar night! It should prove to be a very noteworthy evening where the motion picture industry will soak up the spotlight in glitzy, high-styling fashion. Until then, let’s all take in the celebration as the countdown to the Academy Awards enthusiasm begin to burst from their starting gates!

Oh yeah, and don’t forget… look out for my aforementioned movie article “Frank Ochieng out in the Forefront: The Predictions for Oscar Gold” coming soon to TheWorldJournal.com pages!

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