| 72nd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 26, 2000 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | Billy Crystal | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | American Beauty | |||
| Most wins | American Beauty (5) | |||
| Most nominations | American Beauty (8) | |||
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The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, which honored the best achievements in film in 1999, was held on March 26, 2000 at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. It was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards.
The Academy Awards ceremony was dominated by two films. The first was American Beauty, which was nominated in 8 categories and won 5 awards, including Best Picture. The other film, The Matrix, despite not being nominated for Best Picture, won 4 awards. Notably, this broadcast was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast to receive a TV Parental Guidelines rating of TV-14, in part due to the showing of many American Beauty clips featuring scenes of sex, innuendo, and violence. Despite its containing an offensive word, the Oscar-nominated song "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was performed, with performer Robin Williams cleverly "hiding" the word; he also added a line riffing Celine Dion from a second rendition of the song later in the movie. The first Oscar show to be rated under the TV Parental Guidelines was the 69th Academy Awards, broadcast in 1997, but it was rated TV-PG (Parental Guidance). It was also the first Academy Awards ceremony—and the first major awards ceremony—to be telecast in high-definition. ABC chose to air the Oscars in 720p format.
Nominees and Winners
Picture
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- American Beauty — Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
- Nominees
- The Cider House Rules — Richard N. Gladstein
- The Green Mile — David Valdes, Frank Darabont
- The Insider — Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
- The Sixth Sense — Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
Actor in a Leading Role
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Kevin Spacey — American Beauty
- Nominees
- Russel Crowe — The Insider
- Richard Farnsworth — The Straight Story
- Sean Penn — Sweet and Lowdown
- Denzel Washington — The Hurricane
Actress in a Leading Role
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Hillary Swank — Boys Don't Cry
- Nominees
- Annette Bening — American Beauty
- Janet McTeer — Tumbleweeds
- Julianne Moore — The End of the Affair
- Meryl Streep — Music of the Heart
Actor in a Supporting Role
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Michael Caine — The Cider House Rules
- Nominees
- Tom Cruise — Magnolia
- Michael Clarke Duncan — The Green Mile
- Jude Law — The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Haley Joel Osment — The Sixth Sense
Actress in a Supporting Role
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Angelina Jolie — Girl, Inturrupted
- Nominees
- Toni Collette — The Sixth Sense
- Catherine Keener — Being John Malkovich
- Samantha Morton — Sweet and Lowdown
- Chloë Sevigny — Boys Don't Cry
Art Direction
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Sleepy Hollow — Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young
- Nominees
- Anna and the King — Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker
- The Cider House Rules — David Gropman, Beth Rubino
- The Talented Mr. Ripley — Roy Walker, Bruno Cesari
- Topsy-Turvy — Eve Stewart, Eve Stewart, John Bush
Cinematography
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- American Beauty — Conrad L. Hall
- Nominees
- The End of the Affair — Roger Pratt
- The Insider — Dante Spinotti
- Sleepy Hollow — Emmanuel Lubezki
- Snow Falling on Cedars — Robert Richardson
Costume Design
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Topsy-Turvy — Lindy Hemming
- Nominees
- Anna and the King — Jenny Beavan
- Sleepy Hollow — Colleen Atwood
- The Talented Mr. Ripley — Ann Roth, Gary Jones
- Titus — Milena Canonero
Directing
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- American Beauty — Sam Mendes
- Nominees
- Being John Malkovich — Spike Jonze
- The Cider House Rules — Lasse Hallström
- The Insider — Michael Mann
- The Sixth Sense — M. Night Shyamalan
Documentary (Feature)
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- One Day in September — Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
- Nominees
- Buena Vista Social Club — Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg
- Genghis Blues — Roko Belic, Adrian Belic
- On the Ropes — Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
- Speaking in Strings — Paola di Florio, Lilibet Foster
Documentary (Short Subject)
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- King Gimp — Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
- Nominees
- Eyewitness — Bert Van Bork
- The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo — Simeon Soffer, Jonathan Stack
Film Editing
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- The Matrix — Zach Staenberg
- Nominees
- American Beauty — Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
- The Cider House Rules — Lisa Zeno Churgin
- The Insider — William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom
- The Sixth Sense — Andrew Mondshein
Foreign Language Film
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- All About My Mother — Spain
- Nominees
- Caravan — Nepal
- East-West — France
- Solomon and Gaenor — United Kingdom
- Under the Sun — Sweden
Makeup
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Topsy-Turvy — Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud
- Nominees
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — Michèle Burke, Mike Smithson
- Bicentennial Man — Greg Cannom
- Life — Rick Baker
Music (Original Score)
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Red Violin — John Corigliano
- Nominees
- American Beauty — Thomas Newman
- Angela's Ashes — John Williams
- The Cider House Rules — Rachel Portman
- The Talented Mr. Ripley — Gabriel Yared
Music (Original Song)
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan — Phil Collins
- Nominees
- "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut — Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman
- "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart — Diane Warren
- "Save Me" from Magnolia — Aimee Mann
- "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 — Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Old Man and the Sea — Aleksandr Petrov
- Nominees
- Humdrum — Peter Peake
- My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts — Torill Kove
- 3 Misses — Paul Driessen
- When the Day Breaks — Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis
Short Film (Live Action)
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York — Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel
- Nominees
- Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico) — Henrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. Horsten
- Killing Joe — Mehdi Norowzian, Steve Wax
- Kleingeld (Small Change) — Marc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele Lins
- Major and Minor Miracles — Marcus Olsson
Sound
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- The Matrix — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee
- Nominees
- The Green Mile — Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton
- The Insider — Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill, Lee Orloff
- The Mummy — Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, Chris Munro
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace — Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, John Midgley
Sound Effects Editing
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- The Matrix — Dane A. Davis
- Nominees
- Fight Club — Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace — Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort
Visual Effects
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- The Matrix — John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
- Nominees
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace — John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman
- Stuart Little — John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III, Eric Allard
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Cider House Rules — John Irving
- Nominees
- Election — Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- The Green Mile — Frank Darabont
- The Insider — Eric Roth, Michael Mann
- The Talented Mr. Ripley — Anthony Minghella
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- American Beauty — Alan Ball
- Nominees
- Being John Malkovich — Charlie Kaufman
- Magnolia — Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Sixth Sense — M. Night Shyamalan
- Topsy-Turvy — Mike Leigh
Non-Competitive and Honorary Awards
Honorary Award
See also: Academy Honorary Award
- Winner
- To Andrzej Wajda in recognition of five decades of extraordinary film direction.
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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
See also: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- Winner
- Warren Beatty
- Nominees
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Gordon E. Sawyer Award
See also: Gordon E. Sawyer Award
- Winner
- Roderick T. Ryan
- Nominees
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