Because they don't get enough love, and I guess I need a break from Oscar talk (well...maybe I should save it for those cold dark scary months when only Meet the Spartans and its ilk are playing?). My awards for 2007 will be announced February 23, 2008 (hopefully.). Oscar-qualified nominees only (IE, no Wit or Angels in America count)
2000
Best Picture: Requiem for a Dream & Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Director: Aronofsky & Soderbergh
Best Actor: Crudup & Owen
Best Actress: Linney & Zellweger
Best Supporting Actor: del Toro & Dafoe
Best Supporting Actress: Morton & Dunst
Best Original Screenplay: Billy Elliot & Nurse Betty
Best Adapted Screenplay: The House of Mirth & Requiem for a Dream
2001
Best Picture: In the Mood for Love & In the Bedroom
Best Director: Lynch & Kar Wai
Best Actor: Crowe & Washington
Best Actress: Zellweger & Kidman
Best Supporting Actor: McKellen & Buscemi
Best Supporting Actress: Winslet & Harring
Best Original Screenplay: Gosford Park & The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Adapted Screenplay: In the Bedroom & Shrek
2002
Best Picture: Chicago & Talk to Her
Best Director: Marshall & Almodovar
Best Actor: Day-Lewis & Scott
Best Actress: Gyllenhaal & Moore
Best Supporting Actor: Newman & Quaid
Best Supporting Actress: Streep & Collette
Best Original Screenplay: Y tu mama tambien & Spirited Away
Best Adapted Screenplay: Adaptation. & About Schmidt
2003
Best Picture: Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Mystic River
Best Director: Tarantino & Jackson
Best Actor: Penn & Law
Best Actress: Thurman & Deschanel
Best Supporting Actor: Sarsgaard & Nighy
Best Supporting Actress: Hunter & Zellweger
Best Original Screenplay: Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Love Actually
Best Adapted Screenplay: City of God & Cold Mountain
2004
Best Picture: Kill Bill Vol. 2 & Bad Education
Best Director: Raimi & Tarantino
Best Actor: Giamatti & Bacon
Best Actress: Kidman & Thurman
Best Supporting Actor: Carell & Carradine
Best Supporting Actress: Dunst & Linney
Best Original Screenplay: Kill Bill Vol. 2 & Kinsey
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways & Before Sunset
2005
Best Picture: A History of Violence & Pride and Prejudice
Best Director: Haneke & Meirelles
Best Actor: Mortensen & Fiennes
Best Actress: Kilcher & Lee (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Is that '06...?)
Best Supporting Actor: Collins Jr. & Rourke
Best Supporting Actress: Bello & Williams
Best Original Screenplay: The Squid and the Whale & Crash
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Constant Gardener & Munich
2006
Best Picture: Marie-Antoinette & Children of Men
Best Director: Scorsese & Cuaron
Best Actor: Jackman & DiCaprio/Damon (I can't separate them)
Best Actress: Dern & Dench
Best Supporting Actor: Downey Jr. & Baldwin
Best Supporting Actress: Epps & Barraza
Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine & Volver
Best Adapted Screenplay: Marie-Antoinette & The Prestige
Coming up in '07? Ah, you'll just have to see.
