The winners of the 4th annual Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards for the year 2000, known as the Sierra Awards were voted and announced on December 21st, 2000.

BEST PICTURE

Erin Brockovich

NOMINEES:

All The Pretty Horses
Billy Elliot
Almost Famous
Quills
 

BEST DIRECTOR

Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brokovich & Traffic

NOMINEES:

Sofia Coppola - The Virgin Suicides
Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
Ridley Scott - Gladiator
Robert Zemeckis - Cast Away
 

BEST ACTOR

Geoffrey Rush - Quills

NOMINEES:

Russell Crowe - Gladiator
Matt Damon - All the Pretty Horses
Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys & Traffic
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
 

BEST ACTRESS

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream

NOMINEES:

Joan Allen - The Contender
Björk - Dancer in the Dark
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight
 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio Del Toro - Traffic

NOMINEES:

Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator & Quills
Fred Willard - Best In Show
James Woods - The Virgin Suicides
 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

NOMINEES:

Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
Frances McDormand - Almost Famous & Wonder Boys
Connie Nielsen - Gladiator
Kate Winslet - Quills
 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Susannah Grant & Richard LaGravanese - Erin Brockovich

NOMINEES:

Almost Famous
Gladiator
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Traffic
 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Steve Kloves - Wonder Boys

NOMINEES:

All The Pretty Horses
American Psycho
Quills
The Virgin Suicides
 

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Girl On The Bridge - by Patrice Leconte

NOMINEES:

Butterfly
East/West
Malena
Mifune

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg, by Aviva Kempner

NOMINEES:

Beyond The Mat
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
 

BEST FAMILY FILM

Chicken Run

NOMINEES:

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Emperor's New Groove
Rugrats In Paris: The Movie
The Tigger Movie
 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

NOMINEES:

All The Pretty Horses
Cast Away
Gladiator
The Virgin Suicides
 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Janty Yates - Gladiator

NOMINEES:

Almost Famous
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Quills
 

BEST EDITING

Pietro Scalia - Gladiator

NOMINEES:

Almost Famous
Thirteen Days
Traffic
Wonder Boys

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard - Gladiator

NOMINEES:

All The Pretty Horses
Almost Famous
The Patriot
Unbreakable
 

BEST SONG

Wonder Boys - "Things Have Changed", Bob Dylan
 

NOMINEES:

Almost Famous - "Fever Dog", Stillwater
Meet the Parents - "Meet the Parents", Randy Newman
The Emperor's New Groove - "My Funny Friend and Me", Sting
Red Planet - "The Tower that Ate People" - Peter Gabriel
 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Gladiator

NOMINEES:

Cast Away
The Perfect Storm
U-571
X-Men
 

BEST MALE NEWCOMER

Rob Brown - Finding Forrester

NOMINEES:

Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
David Gordon Green - George Washington
Ashton Kutchner - Dude, Where's My Car?
Kip Pardue - Remember The Titans
 

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER

Karyn Kusama - Girlfight
Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight

NOMINEES:

Björk - Dancer in the Dark
Sofia Coppola - The Virgin Suicides
 

YOUTH IN FILM AWARD:

Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot

NOMINEES:

Lucas Black - All The Pretty Horses
Frankie Muniz - My Dog Skip
Hayden Panettiere - Dinosaur & Remember The Titans

BEST DVD:

Gladiator

NOMINEES:

Fight Club
Jurassic Park/Lost World Boxed Set
Magnolia
Rocky Horror Picture Show - 25th Anniversary
 

WILLIAM HOLDEN LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD

William Goldman
 
 
 
 
 

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