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72nd Annual Academy Award Nominations

Announced February 15, 2000

For the best picture of the year:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) A Jinks/Cohen Company Production; Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) A FilmColony Production; Richard N. Gladstein, Producer
THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.) A Castle Rock Pictures, Inc. Production; David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers
THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) A Touchstone Pictures Production; Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers
THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista) A Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production; Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers

For the best performance by an actor in a leading role:
Russell Crowe in THE INSIDER
Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY
Sean Penn in SWEET AND LOWDOWN
Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
Denzel Washington in THE HURRICANE

For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Tom Cruise in MAGNOLIA
Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE
Jude Law in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE

For the best performance by an actress in a leading role:
Annette Bening in AMERICAN BEAUTY
Janet McTeer in TUMBLEWEEDS
Julianne Moore in THE END OF THE AFFAIR
Meryl Streep in MUSIC OF THE HEART
Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Toni Collette in THE SIXTH SENSE
Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED
Catherine Keener in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Samantha Morton in SWEET AND LOWDOWN
Chloe Sevigny in BOYS DON'T CRY

For the best achievement in directing:
Sam Mendes, AMERICAN BEAUTY
Spike Jonze, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Lasse Hallstrom, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Michael Mann, THE INSIDER
M. Night Shyamalan, THE SIXTH SENSE

For the best screenplay based on material previously produced or
published:
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES Screenplay by John Irving
ELECTION Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
THE GREEN MILE Written for the screen by Frank Darabont
THE INSIDER Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY Screenplay by Anthony Minghella

For the best screenplay written directly for the screen:
AMERICAN BEAUTY Written by Alan Ball
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH Written by Charlie Kaufman
MAGNOLIA Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE SIXTH SENSE Written by M. Night Shyamalan
TOPSY-TURVY Written by Mike Leigh

For the best achievement in cinematography:
Conrad L. Hall, AMERICAN BEAUTY
Roger Pratt, THE END OF THE AFFAIR
Dante Spinotti, THE INSIDER
Emmanuel Lubezki, SLEEPY HOLLOW
Robert Richardson, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS

For the best achievement in art direction:
ANNA AND THE KING Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino
SLEEPY HOLLOW Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari
TOPSY-TURVY Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: John Bush

For the best achievement in costume design:
Jenny Beavan, ANNA AND THE KING
Colleen Atwood, SLEEPY HOLLOW
Ann Roth and Gary Jones, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Milena Canonero, TITUS
Lindy Hemming, TOPSY-TURVY

For the best achievement in documentary features:
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Artisan) A Road Movies Production; Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg
GENGHIS BLUES (Roxie Releasing) A Wadi Rum Production; Roko Belic and Adrian Belic
ON THE ROPES (WinStar Cinema) A Highway Films Production; Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER An Arthur Cohn Production; Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald
SPEAKING IN STRINGS (Seventh Art) A CounterPoint Films Production; Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster

For the best achievement in documentary short subjects:
EYEWITNESS A Marbert Art Foundation Production; Bert Van Bork
KING GIMP A Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry
International Production; Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford
THE WILDEST SHOW IN THE SOUTH: THE ANGOLA PRISON RODEO A Gabriel Films
Production; Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack

For the best achievement in film editing:
Tariq Anwar, AMERICAN BEAUTY
Lisa Zeno Churgin, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom, THE INSIDER
Zach Staenberg, THE MATRIX
Andrew Mondshein, THE SIXTH SENSE

For the best foreign language film of the year:
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Spain) An El Deseo S.A./Renn/France 2 Cinema Production
CARAVAN (Nepal) A Galate Films - France 2 Cinema - Les Productions de la Gueville/Les Productions JMH/Antelope Limited/National Studio Limited/Bac Films Production
EAST-WEST (France) A UGC YM Production
SOLOMON AND GAENOR (UK) An Apt Film and Television Company Production
UNDER THE SUN (Sweden) A Sweetwater AB Production

For the best achievement in makeup:
Michele Burke and Mike Smithson, AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
Greg Cannom, BICENTENNIAL MAN
Rick Baker, LIFE
Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud, TOPSY-TURVY

For the best achievement in music (original score):
Thomas Newman, AMERICAN BEAUTY
John Williams, ANGELA'S ASHES
Rachel Portman, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
John Corigliano, THE RED VIOLIN
Gabriel Yared, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

For the best achievement in music (original song)
"Blame Canada" from SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
"Music Of My Heart" from MUSIC OF THE HEART Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Save Me" from MAGNOLIA Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann
"When She Loved Me" from TOY STORY 2 Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"You'll Be In My Heart" from TARZAN Music and Lyric by Phil Collins

For the best achievement in animated short films:
HUMDRUM An Aardman Animations Limited Production; Peter Peake
MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS A National Film Board of Canada
& Studio Magica a.s. Production; Torill Kove
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA A Productions Pascal Blais/Imagica Corp./ Dentsu
Tech./NHK Enterprise 21/Panorama Studio of Yaroslavl Production;
Alexandre Petrov
3 MISSES A Cin‚T‚ Film Production; Paul Driessen
WHEN THE DAY BREAKS A National Film Board of Canada Production; Wendy
Tilby and Amanda Forbis

For the best achievement in live action short films:
BROR, MIN BROR (Teis and Nico) A Nimbus Film & Dansk Novellefilm Production; Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten
KILLING JOE A Joy Films and Chelsea Pictures Production; Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax
KLEINGELD (Small Change) A Production of Die Hochschule for Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam-Babelsberg; Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins
MAJOR AND MINOR MIRACLES A Dramatiska Institutet Production; Marcus Olsson
MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK (American Film Institute) A Kickstart Production; Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel

For the best achievement in sound:
THE GREEN MILE Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael
Herbick and Willie D. Burton
THE INSIDER Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff
THE MATRIX John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee
THE MUMMY Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley

For the best achievement in sound effects editing:
FIGHT CLUB Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns
THE MATRIX Dane A. Davis
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort

For the best achievement in visual effects:
THE MATRIX John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman
STUART LITTLE John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard

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