Predicting the 2003 Oscar winners.
Except for the omission of Scarlett Johansson and the inevitable sycophancy surrounding �The Lord of the Rings,� the Oscars for 2003 are a fine set of movies. I would have liked to see �Kill Bill Volume 1� and �Bad Santa� up for something, as well as little-seen art films like �Man on the Train,� �All the Real Girls,� �Better Luck Tomorrow,� �The Good Thief,� �Northfork,� and �Owning Mahowny.� But you can�t please all the people all the time (click here for Why Should We Care About the Oscars?).
So away we go: here�s how my Beautiful & Talented Wife and I would vote, if by some miracle we had the vote, and our predictions on which pictures the Academy will favor.
March 1st: Winners added in yellow.
Prestige Awards Acting
Visuals Music & Sound
ACTOR
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law, Cold Mountain
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Sean Penn, Mystic River
PREDICTIONS
F&SN Critic: Sean Penn
2nd Pick: Bill Murray
HB&TW: Bill Murray
2nd Pick: Sean Penn
IF THEY LET US VOTE
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Bill Murray
2nd Pick: Sean Penn
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Djimon Honsou, In America
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Ken Watanabe, Last Samurai
PREDICTIONS
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Tim Robbins
F&SN 2nd Pick: This is really a lock
HB&TW 2nd Pick: Ken Watanabe
IF THEY LET US VOTE
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Tim Robbins
2nd Pick: Watanabe or Baldwin (it�s too tough!)
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Diane Keaton, Something�s Gotta Give
Samantha Morton, In America
Charlize Theron, Monster
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
PREDICTIONS
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Charlize Theron
2nd Pick: Diane Keaton
IF THEY LET US VOTE
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Charlize Theron
F&SN 2nd Pick: Keisha Castle-Hughes
HB&TW 2nd Pick: Samantha Morton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter, Thirteen
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain
PREDICTIONS
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Renee Zellweger
F&SN 2nd Pick: Marcia Gay Harden
HB&TW 2nd Pick: Shohreh Aghdashloo
IF THEY LET US VOTE
F&SN Critic and HB&TW: Holly Hunter
F&SN 2nd Pick: Marcia Gay Harden
HB&TW 2nd Pick: Shohreh Aghdashloo