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2002 Oscar Awards
Nominations were announced 11 February 2003; polls closed 18 March;
the 75th Academy Awards show was televised 23 March 2003
complete listings of 2003 Academy Awards for films of 2002
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And the winner is...
"Chicago" [Miramax Dec 2002]
 | Directed by Rob Marshall; based on the musical by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb, based on the play by Maurine Watkins; starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah & John C. Reilly; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (CZJ), Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Editing, Best Sound; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Actress (RZ), Best Actor (JCR), second Best Supporting Actress (QL), Best Cinematography, Best Original Song – for a total of 13 nominations!; also won DGA, won 3 of 5 SAG noms & won 2 of 12 BAFTA noms; WGA nom
Buena Vista color VHS [8/2003] for $20.99 Buena Vista color DVD [8/2003] for $19.45 Buena Vista widescreen DVD [8/2003] for $19.45 Sony soundtrack CD [1/2003] for $13.49 full credits from IMDb • official website |
"About Schmidt" [2002]
full credits from IMDb
"Adaptation" [Propaganda Films Dec 2002]
 | An oddity: a movie about the outrageous events occurring while adapting a non-fiction book, "The Orchid Thief", as a feature film, with Cage playing the dual role of twin writer-brothers with polar-opposite personalities. Directed by Spike Jonze; starring Nicolas Cage (dual role), Meryl Streep (dual role), Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour & Rheagan Wallace; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (CC); nominations for Best Script/Adaptation {predicted here}, Best Actress (Streep), Best Actor (Cage); also won 1 of 4 BAFTA noms; noms for SAG (3), USC Scripter & WGA awards; listed A.F.I. Best 10 Films of 2002; PEN Center West Award for 'Best Screenplay' 2002
Sony widescreen color DVD [5/2003] for $13.99 Sony color VHS [8/2003] out of prodn/many used Astralwerks/EMD soundtrack CD [11/2002] for $18.98 full credits from IMDb "Adaptation: The Shooting Script" by Charlie Kaufman Newmarket Press 9¼x7 pb [1/2003] for $13.27 Newmarket Press hardcover [11/2002] for $28.94 |
 | "The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty & Obsession" [1999] by Susan Orlean Ballantine 8.2x5½ pb [10/2002] for $11.20 EconoClad hardcover [9/2000] for $16.14 Random House hardcover [1/99] out of stock/used Random House UNABR audio CD [9/2002] for $27.97 Penguin ABR audio [9/2002] for $18.87 |
| | "Bowling for Columbine" [2002 documentary] Directed by Michael Moore • full credits from IMDb • official movie website |
"Frida" [Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002]
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Directed by Julie Taymor; Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Salma Hayek), 5 others {won 2}, won 1 of 4 BAFTA noms
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"Gangs of New York" [Miramax Dec 2002]
 | Directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas & Liam Neeson; listed AFI Best 10 Films of 2002; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director {predicted here}, Best Original Script, Best Actor (DDL), Best Cinematography, 5 more; also DGA, SAG (DDL), WGA & 12 BAFTA noms
Buena Vista color VHS [7/2003] for $20.99 Miramax widescreen DVD [7/2003] for $19.49 Interscope soundtrack CD [12/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official website |
 | "Gangs of New York: Making the Movie" [2003] by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, photographs by Mario Tursi & Brigitte Lacombe Talk/Miramax 10.3x9 pb [1/2003] for $17.47 |
"The Hours" [Miramax Dec 2002]
"Lord of The Rings II: The Two Towers"
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2002]
 | Co-written & directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Morten-sen, Christopher Lee,& Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Visual Effetcs, Best Sound Affects, Best Art Direction; nominated for DGA, USC Scripter, & 9 BAFTA awards
credits from IMDb
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"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" [2002]
nominated for Best Screenplay Oscar; top-grossing romantic comedy film of all time
full credits from IMDb
"The Pianist" [2002]
Directed by Roman Polanski • full credits from IMDb
"The Quiet American" [Mirage Nov 2002]
 | Directed by Phillip Noyce; based on the novel by Grahame Green; starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser & Do Thi Hai Yen; listed AFI Best 10 Films of 2002; Oscar nomination for Best Actor (Caine) {predicted here}
Miramax widescreen DVD [9/2004] for $17.39 Buena Vista color VHS [2/2004] for $14.99 Varese soundtrack CD [11/2002] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb |
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based on the novel by Grahame Green [1955]
Penguin Classics 8.4x5½ pb [9/2004] for $11.20 Penguin Classics pb [11/2002] for $10.40 Modern Library hardcover [10/92] for $10.47 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [2/2003] for $32.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [2/2003] for $19.77 M.B.A.P. ABR audio [10/2003] for $10.39 Blackstone audio [8/97] for $41.94 |
"Road To Perdition"
[DreamWorks/Fox July 2002]
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A professional hitman for the Irish mob is forced to flee with his son after the boy witnesses a killing. Directed by Sam Mendes; based on the graphic novel {below}; starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig & Tyler Hoechlin; won Oscar for Best Cinematography, noms for Best Supporting Actor (Newman), 4 more; won 2 of 3 BAFTA noms
Dreamworks Video widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2010] for $21.99 DreamWorks widescreen DVD [2/2003] for $8.49 DreamWorks widescreen DVD [2/2003] for $13.99 DreamWorks color DVD [2/2003] for $13.99 DreamWorks color VHS [8/2003] for $9.49 Universal soundtrack CD [11/2002] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb DreamWorks official website |
 | "Road To Perdition" [graphic novel; 1998] written by Max Allan Collins, art by Richard Rayner Onyx pb [6/2002] for $6.99 Pocket 8x5½ pb [7/2002] for $11.20 Monarch / DC pb [5/98] out of print/used |
"Spirited Away" [USA release Sept 2002]
Directed by Hayao Myazaki; Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature,
won 4 Annie Awards, won 4 of 5 Mainichi Film Concours noms
DVDs & videos, posters, books and more on
Magic Lantern's Hayao Miyazaki Page
"Talk To Her" aka 'Hable con ella' [2002]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar • full credits from IMDb
"Unfaithful" [2002]
full credits from IMDb
 | "Screen World Volume 53: The Films of 2002" [2002] Edited by John Willis & Tom Lynch Applause Books 9¼x7½ pb [11/2002] out of print/used Applause Books 9½x7¾ hardcover [11/2002] for $50.00 Applause Books 9¼x7½ hardcover [11/2002] out of print/used |
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