2001: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Mulholland Drive (dir: David Lynch)

2. In the Mood for Love (dir: Wong Kar-Wai; US release date)

3. Ghost World (dir: Terry Zwigoff)

4. Fat Girl (dir: Catherine Breillat)

5. Pulse (dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; US release date)

6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (dir: Peter Jackson)

7. Gosford Park (dir: Robert Altman)

8. The Man Who Wasn’t There (dir: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

9. Joint Security Area (dir: Park Chan-wook; international release)

10. Together (dir: Lukas Moodysson; US release date)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): A.I. Artificial Intelligence (dir: Steven Spielberg), Ali (dir: Michael Mann), Black Hawk Down (dir: Ridley Scott), Code Unknown (dir: Michael Haneke; US Release Date), Faithless (dir: Liv Ullman), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (dir: John Cameron Mitchelll), In the Bedroom (dir: Todd Field), Josie and the Pussycats (dir: Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont), L.I.E. (dir: Michael Cuesta), Memento (dir: Christopher Nolan), Moulin Rouge! (dir: Baz Luhrmann), The Royal Tenenbaums (dir: Wes Anderson), Sexy Beast (dir: Jonathan Glazer), Spirited Away (dir: Hayao Miyazaki), Under the Sand (dir: Francois Ozon) and Wet Hot American Summer (dir: David Wain)

Best Film of the Year: Mulholland Drive
Director: David Lynch Producers: Neal Edelstein, Tony Krantz, Michael Polaire, Alain Sarde, Mary Sweeney
US Distributor: Universal Pictures

Best Director:
David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
2. Wong Kar-Wai, In the Mood for Love
3. Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Pulse
5. Catherine Breillat, Fat Girl

Best Actor:
Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
3. Will Smith, Ali
4. John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5. Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom

Best Actress:
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
2. Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
3. Thora Birch, Ghost World
4. Lena Endre, Faithless
5. Nicole Kidman, The Others AND Moulin Rouge!

Best Supporting Actor:
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
2. Ian McKellan, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
4. Song Kang-ho, Joint Security Area
5. Brian Cox, L.I.E.

Best Supporting Actress:
Juliette Binoche, Code Unknown
2. Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
3. Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
4. Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom
5. Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Original Screenplay:
Gosford Park ­– Julian Fellowes, Robert Altman and Bob Balaban
2. The Royal Tenenbaums — Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
3. Mulholland Drive –  David Lynch
4. Wet Hot American Summer – David Wain and Michael Showalter
5. Together – Lukas Moodysson

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell
3. In the Bedroom – Todd Field and Robert Festinger
4. Memento — Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
5. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence – Ian Watson and Steven Spielberg

Best Cinematography:
The Man Who Wasn’t There – Roger Deakins
2. In the Mood for Love — Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping-bin, Kwan Pung-Leung
3. Pulse — Jun'ichiro Hayashi
4. Black Hawk Down – Slawomir Idziak
5. Ali – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Original Score:
Amores Perros – Gustavo Santaolalla
2. Mulholland Drive – Angelo Badalamenti
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore
4. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence – John Williams
5. The Man Who Wasn't There — Carter Burwell

Best Film Editing:
Memento – Dody Dorn
2. Moulin Rouge! – Jill Bilcock
3. In the Mood for Love — William Chang
4. Mulholland Drive – Mary Sweeney
5. The Man Who Wasn't There — Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Production Design:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Grant Major and Dan Hennah
2. Moulin Rouge! – Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch
3. Amelie – Aline Bonetto and Marie-Laura Valla
4. In the Mood for Love — William Chang
5. From Hell – Martin Childs and Jill Quertier

Best Costume Design:
In the Mood for Love — William Chang
2. Moulin Rouge! — Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
4. Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Arianne Phillips
5. Josie and the Pussycats — Mark Bridges

Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
3. Swordfish

Best Sound
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. Black Hawk Down

Best Makeup
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2. Planet of the Apes
3. Hannibal

Best Documentary Feature:
Agnes Varda, The Gleaners & I

Best Animated Feature:
Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away

Best Limited Series:
Stephen Ambrose, Tom Hanks, Mary Richards, and Steven Spielberg, Band of Brothers

Best Ensemble Cast: 
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Jonathan Glazer, Sexy Beast

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Peter Jackson; in alphabetical order): Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Peter McKenzie, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen (pictured), John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Harry Sinclair, Liv Tyler (pictured) and Hugo Weaving

Best First Feature: Ray Winstone (pictured) in Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast

RECAP

W I N S :

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — 4,
Mulholland Drive — 3, Ghost World — 2, A.I. Artificial Intelligence — 1, Amores Perros — 1, Band of Brothers — 1, Code Unknown — 1, The Gleaners & I — 1, Gosford Park — 1, In the Mood for Love — 1, The Man Who Wasn’t There — 1, Memento — 1, The Royal Tenenbaums — 1, Spirited Away — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — 9,
In the Mood for Love — 6, Moulin Rouge! — 6, Mulholland Drive — 6, A.I. Artificial Intelligence— 4, Ghost World — 4, Gosford Park — 4, The Man Who Wasn’t There — 4, Hedwig & the Angry Inch — 3, Pulse — 3, The Royal Tenenbaums — 3, Fat Girl — 2, In the Bedroom — 2, Joint Security Area — 2, Sexy Beast — 2, Together — 2

the year-end project:
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Best of the Decade:
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