2000 YEAR-END REVIEW

Now this is not a typical awards ceremony. Most only permit about five nominees per category; I, however, list the TOP 10 FILMS of the year, and permit as many as I see fit in any other subject. Not to mention, I also include some personal categories. Enjoy!

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TOP 10 FILMS

10) X-Men
9) The Cell
8) Chicken Run
7) Billy Elliot
6) Quills
5) Wonder Boys
4) Traffic
3) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2) Requiem For A Dream
1) Almost Famous [Untitled - Bootleg Cut, Director's Edition]

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BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale - American Psycho
Jim Carrey - How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Robert De Niro - Meet The Parents
Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
Mel Gibson - The Patriot
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
Ed Harris - Pollock
Hugh Jackman - X-Men
Dennis Quaid - Frequency
Geoffrey Rush - Quills

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BEST ACTRESS

Joan Allen - The Contender
Cate Blanchett - The Gift
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream
Michelle Pfieffer - What Lies Beneath
Natalie Portman - Where The Heart Is
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
Vincent D'Onofrio - The Cell
Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix - Quills
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Almost Famous
Tobey Maguire - Wonder Boys
Giovanni Ribisi - The Gift

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Erika Christensen - Traffic
Jennifer Connelly - Requiem For A Dream
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
Frances McDormand - Almost Famous
Anna Paquin - X-Men
Kate Winslet - Quills

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BEST SUPPORTING INANIMATE OBJECT

Wilson - Cast Away

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BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky - Requiem For A Dream
Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
Ed Harris - Pollock
Philip Kauffman - Quills
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Sam Raimi - The Gift
Jon Shear - Urbania
Stephen Soderbergh - Traffic

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BEST THEATRICAL TRAILER

Crime + Punishment In Suburbia

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BEST POSTER

The Cell - for the ingenious tirple posters

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BEST ORIGINAL FILM SONGS

"A Fool In Love" - Meet The Parents
"A Love For All Time" - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
"I Am The Man Of Constant Sorrow" - O Brother, Where Art Thou
"I Believe - Billy Elliot"
"That's The Beat Of A Heart" - Where The Heart Is
"Things Have Changed" - Wonder Boys
"When You Come Back To Me Again" - Frequency
"Where Are You Christmas?" - How The Grinch Stole Christmas

BEST SOUNDTRACK/SCORE

Almost Famous
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Love's Labour's Lost
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Pollock
Requiem For A Dream
X-Men

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BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCES (a.k.a. PEOPLE WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE BUT WANT TO SEE MORE OF)

Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
Erika Christensen - Traffic
Vin Diesel - Boiler Room and Pitch Black
Colin Farrell - Tigerland
Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
Dan Futterman - Urbania
Hugh Jackman - X-Men
Tim Blake Nelson - O Brother, Where Art Thou
Piper Perabo - Rocky & Bullwinkle and Coyote Ugly
Zhang Ziyi - Croughing Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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SCENE STEALERS

Jack Black - High Fidelity
Amanda Peet - The Whole Nine Yards
Donald Sutherland - Space Cowboys
Owen Wilson - Meet The Parents

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