72nd Annual Academy Awards Nominees announced: February 15th, 2000 Ceremony: March 26th, 2000

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The nominees for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards were announced on February 15th, 2000 at 8:38 a.m. EDT by AMPAS President Robert Rehme and actor Dustin Hoffman. The winners, as presented March 26th, 2000:

The 72nd Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, March 26th, 2000 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium (seating: approximately 5000), and broadcast live on the ABC television network at 5:00 p.m. (PST) / 8:00 p.m. (EST), with a half-hour arrivals segment preceding the presentation ceremony.

The Scientific and Technical Achievements were recognized during ceremonies held on Saturday, March 4, 2000 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. These were not televised.

It was announced on January 19th, 2000 that actor-writer-producer-director Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Bonnie & Clyde, Bugsy) was to be presented with the prestigious 35th Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. It is given to "creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production," and was voted upon by the Academy's Board of Governors. The last winner was Norman Jewison in 1999. (Thanks to JMSTREEP and hcgabriel for this information.)

It was announced on January 20th, 2000 that director Andrzej Wajda (Kanal, Man Of Iron, Korczak) was to be presented with an Honourary Award as voted by the AMPAS Board of Governors. He was described as "one of the most respected filmmakers of our time, a man whose films have given audiences around the world an artist's view of history, democracy and freedom, and who in so doing has himself become a symbol of courage and hope for millions of people in postwar Europe." (Thanks to JMSTREEP and David Perry for this information.)

It was announced on January 21st, 2000 that Dr. Roderick T. Ryan has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the AMPAS Board of Governors. It is "presented to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry." Ryan is the 14th recipient. (Thanks to JMSTREEP and Dennis Holly for this information.)

It was announced on September 28, 1999 that Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck would be producing the telecast. This is their first stint in this capacity. Louis J. Horvitz agreed on October 24, 1999 to take on direction duties for the fourth consecutive year. Bruce Vilanch will be the head writer for the telecast. Peter Coyote will serve as announcer. Chuck Workman will be responsible for film imagery and clip packages.

It was announced on December 14, 1999 that Billy Crystal would serve as master of ceremonies for the event. This shall be his seventh stint in this role.

The Zanucks have pledged that this year's ceremony will be absent of dance numbers. However, Kenny Ortega has been announced as the show's choreographer.

It was announced on March 16, 2000 that Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes, Whitney Houston and Queen Latifah will collaborate in an all-star line-up of singers performing a special song medley. Musical directors Burt Bacharach and Don Was will select a series of Oscar-nominated songs over the past seven decades for the medley. (Thanks to JMSTREEP for this information.)

1. Robert Rehme (AMPAS president) introductory speech
2. Billy Crystal opening film montage and song medley
3. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, present Best Achievement in Makeup Oscar
4. Heather Graham and Mike Myers present Best Achievement in Sound Oscar
5. Haley Joel Osment introduces "Child Performers In Film" movie montage
6. Erykah Badu and Tobey Maguire present Best Achievement in Makeup Oscar
7. Winona Ryder introduces clip for Best Picture nominee The Cider House Rules
8. James Coburn presents Best Achievement by an Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar
9. Morgan Freeman introduces "The History Of The World In Film" movie montage
10. Cate Blanchett and Jude Law present Best Achievement in Live Action Short Films Oscar
11. Billy Crystal and Michael Clarke Duncan introduce Buzz Lightyear and Woody
12. Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and Bullseye present Best Achievement in Animated Short Films Oscar
13. Anjelica Huston introduces clip for Best Picture nominee The Insider
14. Vanessa Williams and L.L. Cool J introduce Best Achievement in Music (Original Song) Oscar nominees
15. Sarah McLachlan and Randy Newman perform "When She Loved Me"
16. Aimee Mann performs "Save Me"
17. Phil Collins performs "You'll Be In My Heart"
18. Gloria Estefan and 'N Sync perform "Music Of My Heart"
19. Robin Williams performs "Blame Canada"
20. Cher presents Best Achievement in Music (Original Song) Oscar
21. Thora Birch, Mena Suvari and Wes Bentley present Best Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects Oscar
22. Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke present Best Achievement in Documentary Features Oscar
23. Judi Dench presents Best Achievement by an Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar
24. Jane Fonda presents honourary Oscar
25. Chow Yun-Fat presents Best Achievement in Sound Effects Editing Oscar
26. Salma Hayek recaps the ceremony for Scientific and Technical Achievements
27. Arnold Schwarzenegger presents Best Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar
28. Diane Keaton introduces clip for Best Picture nominee American Beauty
29. Billy Crystal performs "What The Stars Are Thinking" routine
30. Burt Bacharach introduces "Songs From Movies" medley, performed by Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Isaac Hayes, Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick,
31. Angela Bassett introduces clip for Best Picture nominee The Sixth Sense
32. Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas present Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
33. Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves present Best Achievement in Music (Original Score) Oscar
34. Edward Norton introduces "In Memorium" montage
35. Samuel L. Jackson introduces clip for Best Picture nominee The Green Mile
36. Julianne Moore and Russell Crowe present Best Achievement in Art Direction Oscar
37. Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones present Best Achievement in Editing Oscar
38. Jack Nicholson presents Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, featuring testimonials from Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Julie Christie, Annette Bening and Faye Dunaway
39. Brad Pitt presents Best Achievement in Cinematography Oscar
40. Kevin Spacey presents Best Screenplay based on Material Previously Produced or Published Oscars
41. Mel Gibson presents Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Oscar
42. Roberto Benigni presents Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Oscar
43. Gwyneth Paltrow presents Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Oscar
44. Steven Spielberg presents Best Achievement In Direction Oscar
45. Clint Eastwood presents Best Picture Of The Year Oscar

Scheduled presenters, as announced in chronological order, were:

Gwyneth Paltrow Ashley Judd Chow Yun-Fat Steven Spielberg Jane Fonda Haley Joel Osment Clint Eastwood Jude Law James Coburn Roberto Benigni Salma Hayek Samuel L. Jackson Arnold Schwarzenegger Mike Myers Charlize Theron Brad Pitt Judi Dench Keanu Reeves Annette Bening Kevin Spacey Heather Graham Cameron Diaz Lucy Liu Drew Barrymore

Tommy Lee Jones Cate Blanchett Tobey Maguire Mel Gibson Uma Thurman Edward Norton Angela Bassett Morgan Freeman Antonio Banderas Ethan Hawke Erykah Badu Penelope Cruz Jack Nicholson LL Cool J Russell Crowe Michael Clarke Duncan Diane Keaton Wes Bentley Julianne Moore Vanessa Williams Anjelica Huston Winona Ryder Mena Suvari

Thanks to JMSTREEP for presenter info.

Musical performers were:

• Phil Collins for "You'll Be In My Heart", Tarzan
• 'N Sync and Gloria Estefan for "Music Of My Heart", Music Of The Heart
• Aimee Mann for "Save Me", Magnolia
• Sarah McLachlan for "When She Loved Me", Toy Story 2
• Robin Williams for "Blame Canada", South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Voting for the Academy Award nominees are handled by the specific branches of AMPAS.

Preliminary thoughts and musings. (Periodic column)

Column #00 - "Oscar Patrol" column from the my 1999 Toronto International Film Festival reports (99/09/25)

Column #01 - Pre-awards musings (99/12/07-10)

Column #02 - Reactions to the National Board Of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Society Of Boston Film Critics Awards; responses to correspondence (99/12/13)

Column #03 - Reactions to the New York Film Critics Circle and Toronto Film Critics Association awards; reactions to the Golden Satellite nominees; Golden Globe nominee predictions (99/12/19) ["Big Nine": 34 out of 45, 67% overall]

Column #04 - Reactions to the Golden Globe nominations; responses to correspondence (99/12/20)

Column #05 - Reactions to the Broadcast Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, National Society Of Film Critics and Florida Film Critics Circle awards; Sharon Stone's Display of Generosity (00/01/13)

Column #06 - Reactions to the Independent Spirit Award nominations, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle awards, the AMPAS Feature Documentary, Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects semifinalists, the American Cinema Editor nominees, the Golden Satellite Award winners, the Producers Guild of America nominees, plus comments on the annual Oscar Presenter contest and Election, Golden Globe winner predictions and responses to correspondence (00/01/21)

Column #07 - Reactions to the Golden Globe awards, Memo To The Academy, reactions to the Directors Guild of America nominees, the Screen Actors Guild nominees, the Writers Guild of American nominees, the American Society of Cinematographers nominees, the Motion Picture Sound Editors nominees, the Art Directors Guild nominees, the Costume Designers Guild nominees, plus responses to correspondence (00/02/02)

Column #08 - Academy Award nominee predictions and commentary (00/02/13) ["Big Six": 24 out of 30, 71% overall]

Column #09 - Academy Award nominee reactions, What Happened To The Hurricane?, Spoilsports of the Year, plus responses to correspondence (00/02/16)

Column #10 - Academy Award winner predictions and commentary (00/03/22) ["Big Six": 5 out of 6, 60% (ugh) overall]

The following is a listing of the winner predictions by various other film critics and reviewers for this year's Oscar race.

Six critics successfully picked all of the Big Six winners: David Ansen, Dennis King, Todd McCarthy, Jonathan Ross, Susan Stark, Anne Thompson, and Kenneth Turan.

Thanks to JMSTREEP, David Perry and Daniel Kenealy for their invaluable assistance.

Key:

Betting odds, as listed by oddsmakers in the United States.

Thanks to David Perry for corroborating this information.

Legend:
Stardust Hotel: Joe Lupo, Las Vegas, 00/02/17
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, 00/02/28

Several rule changes have been implemented for the 72nd Academy Awards and thereafter.

• Statuettes for the Best Picture category will be limited to a maximum of three producers, who "shall be those three who have performed the major portion of the producing functions" and have received "producer" or "produced by" credits

• The Best Achievement In Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) category has been eliminated.

• Candidates in the Best Achievement In Music (Original Song) must now be specifically written for the film in which it appears.

Only two scores were submitted for consideration in the Best Achievement In Music (Original Song Score) this year. The category has consequently been cancelled for this year. The two scores submitted are no longer eligible for consideration in the remaining Best Achivement In Music (Original Dramatic Score) category, and are effectively disqualified. These scores are:

• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, composed by Marc Shaiman

• Tarzan, composed by Mark Mancina

[Note] I have continued to see trade advertisement by Disney in support of the Tarzan score by Mark Mancina. Anybody know what's going on here?

The following is a list of the record-setting 47 films submitted for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year. Each country may submit one film for consideration. Each country is invited to submit its best film of the year to the Academy. Selection of each country's representative picture is made by juries comprising filmmakers from that country. Entry forms were due by November 1st, with film prints due by November 15th.

To be eligible for submission, a film must have its first public showing for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial cinema in its home country between November 1, 1998 and October 31, 1999. It must also have been produced with a predominantly non-English dialogue track in a language of the submitting country. The print submitted for award consideration must be identical in form with the final version in general release in the country of origin.

Foreign-language films may be eligible for Academy Awards in other categories, save the Best Documentary Feature award, providing they meet the requirements of those categories. Films submitted for Best Foreign Language Film Award consideration shall not be eligible for Academy Award consideration in any category in any subsequent awards year.

These films are scheduled to be screened by AMPAS' Foreign Language Film Award Committee, chaired by Mark Johnson, beginning December 1st, 1999.

The following is a list of the twelve films selected as semi-finalists for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar by a committee of Academy member-documentarians, as announced January 3, 2000. These twelve films were selected from a pool of 55 submissions, and were then screened in Beverly Hills, New York and San Francisco, where all local members of the Academy were invited to screen and participate in the final determination of the nominees. Five of these candidates will make up the final nominees for the Oscar.

Thanks to JMSTREEP for providing this listing.

The following is a list of the seven films selected as semi-finalists for the Best Visual Effects Oscar by the executive committee of AMPAS' visual effects branch on January 6, 1999. Three of these candidates could make up the final nominees for the Oscar. The Academy's visual effects branch was scheduled to screen 15-minute excerpt reels from each of these films on February 9, 2000 before casting their nomination ballots.

The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is given to up to four individuals (as selected by the film's producer[s]) responsible for supervising the effects work on the designated film.

Thanks to JMSTREEP for providing this listing.

The following is a list of the seven films selected as semi-finalists for the Best Sound Effects Editing Oscar by the executive committee of AMPAS' sound effects editing branch on January 14, 2000. Up to three of these candidates could make up the final nominees for the Oscar. The Academy's Sound Effects Editing Award Nominating Committee was scheduled to screen 10-minute clip reels from each of these films on February 8, 2000 before casting their nomination ballots.

Thanks to David Perry, hcgabriel and JMSTREEP for providing this listing.

The following is a list of the five films selected as semi-finalists for the Best Makeup Oscar by the executive committee of AMPAS' makeup award nominating committee on January 25, 2000. Up to three of these candidates could make up the final nominees for the Oscar. The Academy's Makeup Award Nominating Committee was scheduled to screen 10-minute clip reels from each of these films on February 12, 2000 before casting their nomination ballots.

Thanks to hcgabriel and David Perry for providing this listing.

(Although the Academy rules stipulate that a maximum of three productions can be recognized with Academy Award nominations, this year saw four nominees announced. Anybody know what's going on with this?)

The following is a list of the ten films selected as semi-finalists for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar as announced January 26, 2000. These ten films were screened in early February for the Short Films and Feature Animation branch members. Between three and five of these candidates made up the final nominees for the Oscar.

Thanks to JMSTREEP and David Perry for providing this listing.

The following is a list of the ten films selected as semi-finalists for the Live Action Short Film Oscar as announced January 26, 2000. These ten films were screened in early February for the Short Films and Feature Animation branch members. Between three and five of these candidates made up the final nominees for the Oscar.

Thanks to JMSTREEP and David Perry for providing this listing.

The following is a list of the scientific and technical achievements awarded during ceremonies on March 4, 2000, as announced January 5, 2000.

Thanks to hcgabriel for providing this listing.

Alex Fung (aw220@freenet.carleton.ca)

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