2002: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives
Talk to Her (dir: Pedro Almodóvar)
Bloody Sunday (dir: Peter Greengrass)
Y Tu Mamá También (dir: Alfonso Cuarón)
Far From Heaven (dir: Todd Haynes)
Adaptation. (dir: Spike Jonze)
The Pianist (dir: Roman Polanski)
25th Hour (dir: Spike Lee)
24 Hour Party People (dir: Michael Winterbottom)
Punch-Drunk Love (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
Little Otik (dir: Jan Svankmajer; US release date)
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): About Schmidt (dir: Alexander Payne), Catch Me if You Can (dir: Steven Spielberg), Femme Fatale (dir: Brian De Palma), Gangs of New York (dir: Martin Scorsese), Insomnia (dir: Christopher Nolan), Japón (dir: Carlos Reygadas), Minority Report (dir: Steven Spielberg), The Piano Teacher (dir: Michael Haneke), Songs from the Second Floor (dir: Roy Andersson), Spider-Man (dir: Sam Raimi) and Unfaithful (dir: Adrian Lyne)
Best Film of the Year: Talk to Her
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Producer: Augustin Almodóvar
US Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Pedro Almodóvar (right) directs Rosario Flores on the set of Talk to Her
Best Director:
Pedro Almodóvar, Talk to Her
2. Spike Jonze, Adaptation.
3. Alfonso Cuarón, Y Tu Mamá También
4. Paul Greengrass, Bloody Sunday
5. Todd Haynes, Far from Heaven
James Nesbitt in Peter Greengrass' Bloody Sunday
Best Actor:
James Nesbitt, Bloody Sunday
2. Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me if You Can
4. Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
5. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Magimel in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher
Best Actress:
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher
2. Diane Lane, Unfaithful
3. Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
4. Thandie Newton, The Truth About Charlie
5. Maribel Verdu, Y Tu Mama Tambien
Chris Cooper in Spike Jonze’s Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actor:
Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
2. Brian Cox, 25th Hour
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
4. Barry Pepper, 25th Hour
5. Christopher Walken, Catch Me if You Can
Meryl Streep in Spike Jonze's Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actress:
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.
2. Nicole Kidman, The Hours
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
4. Emily Mortimer, Lovely & Amazing
5. Maria Bello, Auto Focus
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna in Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También
Best Original Screenplay:
Y Tu Mamá También – Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón
2. Talk to Her – Pedro Almodóvar
3. 24 Hour Party People – Frank Cottrell Boyce
4. Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
5. Songs from the Second Floor – Roy Andersson
Chris Cooper in Spike Jonze's Adaptation.
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Adaptation. – Charlie Kaufman
2. Little Otik – Jan Svankmajer
3. The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
4. The Piano Teacher – Michael Haneke
5. 25th Hour – David Benioff
Adam Sandler in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love
Best Cinematography:
Punch-Drunk Love — Robert Elswit
2. Far from Heaven — Ed Lachman
3. Road to Perdition — Conrad L. Hall
4. Minority Report — Janusz Kaminski
5. Talk to Her — Javier Aguirresarobe
Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar's Talk to Her
Best Original Score:
Talk to Her — Alberto Iglesias
2. Punch-Drunk Love – Jon Brion
3. Femme Fatale – Ryuichi Sakamoto
4. Far from Heaven – Elmer Bernstein
5. Road to Perdition — Thomas Newman
Samantha Morton and Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report
Best Film Editing:
Minority Report — Michael Kahn
2. 24 Hour Party People – Trevor Waite and Michael Winterbottom
3. The Rules of Attraction — Sharon Rutter
4. Insomnia — Dody Dorn
5. Y Tu Mamá También — Alfonso Cuaron and Alex Rodriguez
Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York
Best Production Design:
Gangs of New York — Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
2. Minority Report – Alex McDowell and Anne Kuljian
3. The Pianist – Allan Starski, Wieslawa Chojkowska and Gabriele Wolff
4. Chicago — John Myhre and Gord Sim
5. Bloody Sunday — John Paul Kelly and Padraig O’Neill
Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York
Best Costume Design:
Gangs of New York — Sandy Powell
2. The Cat’s Meow — Caroline De Vivaise
3. CQ — Judy Shrewsbury
4. Chicago — Colleen Atwood
5. Far from Heaven — Sandy Powell
Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. Minority Report
3. Little Otik
Best Sound
Road to Perdition
2. Chicago
3. 24 Hour Party People
Best Makeup
The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
2. Russian Ark
3. The Hours
Best Documentary Feature:
Jose Padilha, Bus 174
Best Animated Feature:
Jan Svankmajer, Little Otik
Best Limited Series:
Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self
Best Ensemble Cast:
25th Hour
Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha
Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Spike Lee; in alphabetical order): Brian Cox, Rosario Dawson (pictured), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Anna Paquin, Barry Pepper (pictured) and Tony Siragusa
Best First Feature: Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha
RECAP
W I N S :
Adaptation.— 3, Talk to Her — 3,
Gangs of New York — 2, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — 2, 25th Hour— 1, Bloody Sunday — 1, Bus 174 — 1, The Century of the Self — 1, Funny Ha Ha — 1, Little Otik — 1, Minority Report — 1, The Piano Teacher — 1, Punch-Drunk Love — 1, Road to Perdition — 1, Y Tu Mamá También — 1
M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :
Far from Heaven — 7,
25th Hour — 6, Adaptation. — 6, Talk to Her — 5, Y Tu Mama Tambien — 5, 24 Hour Party People — 4, Bloody Sunday — 4, Chicago — 4, Little Otik — 4, Minority Report — 4, The Pianist — 4, Talk to Her — 4, Gangs of New York — 3, Punch-Drunk Love — 3, Road to Perdition — 3, Catch Me if You Can — 2, The Hours — 2, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — 2, The Piano Teacher — 2
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