The
2003 AboutFilm
Film Awards
Vote by February 19, 2003
Then join us on our Message Boards for the 2nd Annual Aboutfilm Film Awards (AFFAs).
The fun and festivities begin February 20, 2003 and end...sometime after that.
Best Picture
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Adaptation
Columbia Pictures |
Catch
Me If You Can
Dreamworks Pictures |
Chicago
Miramax Films |
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Punch-Drunk
Love
Columbia Pictures |
Y tu mamá
también |
Best Director
Steven Spielberg (Catch Me If You Can & Minority Report)
Rob Marshall (Chicago)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love)
Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también)
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Catch Me If You Can)
Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
Best Actress
Renée Zellweger (Chicago)
Julianne Moore (Far from Heaven & The Hours)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)
Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Maribel Verdú (Y tu mamá también)
Best Supporting Actor
Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy)
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)
Dennis Quaid (Far from Heaven)
Paul Newman (Road to Perdition)
Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette (About a Boy; Changing Lanes; The Hours)
Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation & The Hours)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)
Emily Watson (Punch-Drunk Love & Red Dragon)
Best Original Screenplay
Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine)
Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love)
Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her)
Alfonso Cuarón & Carlos Cuarón (Y tu mamá también)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (About a Boy)
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (About Schmidt)
Charlie & Donald Kaufman (Adaptation)
Bill Condon (Chicago)
Fran
Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson
(The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Best Breakthrough/Debut - Filmmaker
Rob
Marshall (director/choreographer)
Chicago
George
Clooney (director)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Bill
Paxton (director)
Frailty
Jennifer
Westfeldt & Heather Juergensen (writers/producers)
& Charles Herman-Wurmfield (director)
Kissing Jessica Stein
Alfonso
Cuarón (writer/director/producer)
Y tu mamá también
Best Breakthrough/Debut - Actor
Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy)
Ryan Gosling (The Believer & Murder by Numbers)
Eminem (8 Mile)
Tyler Hoechlin (Road to Perdition)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)
Best Ensemble
Adaptation
Chicago
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Road to Perdition
Y tu mamá también
Best Foreign Language Film
Monsoon Wedding
Mostly Martha (aka Bella Martha)
Nine Queens (aka Nueve reinas)
The Piano Teacher (aka La Pianiste)
Talk to Her (aka Hable con ella)
Y tu mamá también
Best Documentary
Bowling for Columbine
The Endurance
Jackass: The Movie
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Pinochet Case
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
War & Peace
Best Animated Film
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away
Treasure Planet
Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski (Catch Me If You Can & Minority Report)
Edward Lachman (Far from Heaven)
Andrew Lesnie (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Robert Elswit (Punch-Drunk Love)
Conrad L. Hall (Road to Perdition)
Best Editing
Eric Zumbrunnen (Adaptation)
Michael Kahn (Catch Me If You Can & Minority Report)
Martin Walsh (Chicago)
Dody Dorn (Insomnia)
Leslie Jones (Punch-Drunk Love)
Best Music
John
Williams (Catch
Me If You Can; Minority Report;
Star Wars: Episode IIAttack of the Clones)
John
Kander (non-original music) &
Danny Elfman (original music)
(Chicago)
Eminem (8 Mile)
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Thomas Newman & John M. Williams (Road to Perdition)
Best Special Effects
Adaptation (visual effects by Digital Domain)
Gangs of New York (visual effects by ILM)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (visual effects by Weta Digital, Ltd.)
Minority Report (visual effects by ILM, PDI & Black Box)
Star Wars: Episode IIAttack of the Clones (visual effects by ILM)
Best Production Design
(includes Art Direction and Set Decoration)
Chicago
(John Myhre, Andrew M. Stearn, Gordon Sim)
Far
from Heaven
(Mark
Friedberg, Peter Rogness, Ellen Christiansen)
Gangs
of New York
(Dante Ferretti, Francesca LoSchiavo, Alessandro Alberti,
Maria-Teresa Barbasso, Dimitri Capuani, Robert Guerra,
Stefano Maria Ortolani, Nazzareno Piana, Luca Tranchino)
The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Joe Bleakley,
Philip Ivey,
Rob Outterside, Christian Rivers, Mark Robins, Alan Lee)
Minority
Report
(Alex McDowell, Ramsey Avery, Leslie
McDonald, Seth Reed, Anne Kuljian)
Best Costume Design
Deena Appel (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Mary Zophres (Catch Me If You Can)
Colleen Atwood (Chicago)
Sandy Powell (Far from Heaven & Gangs of New York)
Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Best Ending
About Schmidt
Chicago
8 Mile
Frailty
Y tu mamá también
Biggest Disappointment
Gangs of New York
The Hours
Igby Goes Down
One Hour Photo
Signs
Pearls Before Swine
Nicole Kidman in The Birthday Girl
Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York
Ryan Gosling & Michael Pitt (the killers) in Murder by Numbers
George Clooney's ass in Solaris
Susan
Sarandon
in everything
(Igby Goes Down: Moonlight Mile; The Banger Sisters)
The Why? Award
Why...the last 20 minutes of Adaptation?
Why...did Kim Basinger go so in depth about her sex life to Eminem in that one line in 8 Mile?
Why...did My Big Fat Greek Wedding receive so much recognition?
Why...was Brett Ratner chosen to direct Red Dragon?
Why...Star Wars: Episode IIAttack of the Clones?
Why...all the unnecessary sequels (Santa Clause 2; Men in Black 2) and pointless remakes (Insomnia; Red Dragon)?
Why...aren't good movies released in small cities and regions, which get only the big, loud blockbusters?
Vote by February 19, 2003
Then join us on our Message Boards for the 2nd Annual Aboutfilm Film Awards (AFFAs).