2000 FILM BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 

Honoring the best in several categories from the 2000 film year.

(all titles received wide or limited release for 2000)

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 2000, go here





Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation.

2000

*YI YI
GEORGE WASHINGTON

PEPPERMINT CANDY

THE WIND WILL CARRY US

BEAU TRAVAIL

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
UNBREAKABLE

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

CAST AWAY
WONDER BOYS

A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES

THE MISSION

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

AMORES PERROS

TIME REGAINED

THE YARDS [DIRECTOR'S CUT]

actual best picture oscar nominees:
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ERIN BROKOVICH
GLADIATOR  (won)
TRAFFIC

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
AMORES PERROS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON  (won)
DIVIDED WE FALL
EVERYBODY FAMOUS
THE TASTE OF OTHERS

2000

*David Gordon Green 

             for GEORGE WASHINGTON
Edward Yang for YI YI
Claire Denis for BEAU TRAVAIL
M. Night Shyamalan for UNBREAKABLE

Robert Zemeckis for CAST AWAY

actual oscar nominees:
Stephen Daldry for BILLY ELLIOT
Ang Lee for CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON
Steven Soderbergh for ERIN BROKOVICH
Ridley Scott for GLADIATOR
Steven Soderbergh for TRAFFIC  (won)

2000

*Ellen Burstyn in

          REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Laura Linney in YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
Michelle Yeoh in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Gillian Anderson in THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
Bjork in DANCER IN THE DARK

actual oscar nominees:
Joan Allen in THE CONTENDER
Juliette Binoche in CHOCOLAT
Ellen Burstyn in REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Laura Linney in YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
Julia Roberts in ERIN BROKOVICH  (won)

2000

*Tom Hanks in CAST AWAY
Javier Bardem in BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
Billy Crudup in WAKING THE DEAD
George Clooney in O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
Michael Douglas in WONDER BOYS

actual oscar nominees:
Javier Bardem in BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
Russell Crowe in GLADIATOR  (won)
Tom Hanks in CAST AWAY
Ed Harris in POLLOCK
Geoffrey Rush in QUILLS

2000

*Ziyi Zhang in CROUCHING TIGER, 

                HIDDEN DRAGON
Marcia Gay Harden in POLLOCK
Frances McDormand in ALMOST FAMOUS
Kate Winslet in QUILLS
Helen Hunt in CAST AWAY

actual oscar nominees:
Judi Dench in CHOCOLAT
Marcia Gay Harden in POLLOCK  (won)
Kate Hudson in ALMOST FAMOUS
Frances McDormand in ALMOST FAMOUS
Julie Walters in BILLY ELLIOT

2000

*Mark Ruffalo 

          in YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
Willem Dafoe in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
Philip Seymour Hoffman in ALMOST FAMOUS
Samuel L. Jackson in UNBREAKABLE

Benicio del Toro in TRAFFIC

actual osar nominees:
Jeff Bridges in THE CONTENDER
Willem Dafoe in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
Benicio Del Toro in TRAFFIC  (won)
Albert Finney in ERIN BROKOVICH
Joaquin Phoenix in GLADIATOR

2000

*YOU CAN COUNT ON ME 

                     - Kenneth Lonergan
YI YI - Edward Yang
THE YARDS - James Gray, Matt Reeves
AMORES PERROS - Guillermo Arriaga
ALMOST FAMOUS - Cameron Crowe

actual oscar nominees:
ALMOST FAMOUS  (won)
BILLY ELLIOT
ERIN BROKOVICH
GLADIATOR
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

2000

*WONDER BOYS - Steve Kloves
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES - Sofia Coppola
TRAFFIC - Stephen Gaghan
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? - Joel & Ethan Coen
JESUS' SON - Oren Moverman, Elizabeth Cuthrell

actual oscar nominees:
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
TRAFFIC  (won)
WONDER BOYS

2000

*SOUND AND FURY
DARK DAYS
BEYOND THE MAT
INTO ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF KINDERTRANSPORT
PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS

actual oscar nominees:
INTO ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF KINDERTRANSPORT (won)
LEGACY
LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
SOUND AND FURY

2000

*KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS
THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
BROTHER by Adam Elliot

CHICKEN RUN
REJECTED

GORILLAZ: 19-2000
DAFT PUNK: ONE MORE TIME

actual oscar nominees animated short:
FATHER AND DAUGHTER  (won)
THE PERWIG-MAKER
REJECTED

2000

*REQUIEM FOR A DREAM 

                                 - Clint Mansell >
GEORGE WASHINGTON - David Wingo, Michael Linnen >
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Tan Dun >

MALENA - Ennio Morricone >

GLADIATOR - Hans Zimmer >

UNBREAKABLE - James Newton Howard >

actual oscar nominees:
THE PATRIOT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON  (won)
GLADIATOR 
MALENA
CHOCOLAT

2000

*OUTER SPACE by Peter Tscherkassky
THE HEART OF THE WORLD
BJORK: ALL IS FULL OF LOVE
FLEX.
FATBOY SLIM: WEAPON OF CHOICE

OUTKAST: B.O.B.

IN ABSENTIA by the Brothers Quay

actual oscar nominees live action short:
BY COURIER
ONE DAY CROSSING
QUIERO SER (I WANT TO BE...)   (won)
SERAGLIO
A SOCCER STORY

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
BIG MAMA  (won)
CURTAIN CALL
DOLPHINS
THE MAN ON LINCOLN'S NOSE
ON TIPTOE: GENTLE STEPS TO FREEDOM

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

2000

*O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 

          - Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC
GEORGE WASHINGTON - Tim Orr, ASC
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Peter Pau, HKSC
UNBREAKABLE - Eduardo Serra, ASC, ABC, AIP
GLADIATOR - John Mathieson, BSC, ASC

actual oscar nominees:
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON  (won)
GLADIATOR
MALENA
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
THE PATRIOT

2000

*OUTER SPACE - Peter Tscherkassky
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Tim Squyres
ALMOST FAMOUS - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM - Jay Rabinowitz
AMORES PERROS - Iñárritu; F.Pérez Unda

actual oscar nominees:
ALMOST FAMOUS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC  (won)
WONDER BOYS

2000 - PRODUCTION DESIGN + SET DECOR

*THE CELL 

           - Tom Foden, Tessa Posnansky
GLADIATOR - Arthur Max, Crispian Sallis
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Tim Yip
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? - Gassner; Nancy Haigh 
QUILLS - Martin Childs, Jill Quertier

actual oscar nominees:
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON  (won)
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
GLADIATOR
QUILLS
VATEL

2000

*THE CELL - Eiko Ishioka
GLADIATOR - Janty Yates
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Tim Yip
QUILLS - Jacqueline West
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - Caroline de Vivaise

actual oscar nominees:
GLADIATOR  (won)
QUILLS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
102 DALMATIONS

2000

*THE CELL 

  - Michèle Burke, Edouard Henriques
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - Ann Buchanan, A.Sibley
X-MEN - Anne E Brodie, Gordon Smith
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS - Rick Baker
BEDAZZLED - Minns; Biscoe; Ben Nye III

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM - Guastini; Zakarian

actual oscar nominees:
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS  (won)
THE CELL
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE

2000

*U-571
CAST AWAY
THE CELL
MISSION TO MARS
GLADIATOR

actual oscar nominees sound edit:
SPACE COWBOYS
U-571  (won)

actual oscar nominees sound mix:
CAST AWAY
GLADIATOR  (won)
THE PATRIOT
THE PERFECT STORM
U-571

2000

*HOLLOW MAN
CAST AWAY
BJORK: ALL IS FULL OF LOVE
THE CELL

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

GLADIATOR

THE PERFECT STORM

U-571

GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS

GODZILLA 2000: MILLENNIUM

actual oscar nominees:
GLADIATOR  (won)
HOLLOW MAN 
THE PERFECT STORM

↓The following categories are inspired by The Muriel Awards

2000

*1) Ignoring his own health condition, George rescues drowning boy in community swimming pool 

         - GEORGE WASHINGTON
2) Dr. Fisher "Dances the Night Away" in zero G 

--------------------------------------- MISSION TO MARS
3) "Gotta keep breathing" monologue. Audible rainfall outside 

----------------------------------------------- CAST AWAY
4) Wuxia sword battle at bamboo forest canopy 

-------------------- CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON
5) Flashback of car accident. super strength rescue 

------------------------------------------ UNBREAKABLE
6) "Lonesome Valley" serendipitous flood 

------------------ O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
-tie- Giant wormlike sand cyclone / Alien defense 

-------------------------------------- MISSION TO MARS
7) Young Yang Yang, in despair, jumps into swimming pool 

-------------------------------------------------------- YI YI
8) Film burns away on image of Nosferatu 

----------------------------------- SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
9) "Nunnery" speech delivered within a Blockbuster video

-------------------------------------------------- HAMLET

10) Fielding's manic breakdown at dinner 

------------------------------------- WAKING THE DEAD
11) Entire prologue voice-over - GEORGE WASHINGTON
12) Throwing blood in an attempt to locate invisible killer 

------------------------------------------- HOLLOW MAN

-tie- entire motorcycle chase climax & showdown 

w/Ambrose -------------------- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2
13) "I’ve Seen it All" train musical number 

---------------------------------------- DANCER IN THE DARK
14) Car chase that closes story #1. frames narrative 

---------------------------------------- AMORES PERROS

-tie- Tigris of Gaul VS. Maximus - GLADIATOR
15) Possessed refrigerator hallucination 

------------------------------- REQUIEM FOR A DREAM  

also these Harlan Pepper moments:

2000

*TRAFFIC
QUILLS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
THE YARDS
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014