OSCAR PREDICTIONS

ACADEMY AWARD OSCAR PREDICTIONS for 2002
Boy I blew it this year, but it was a difficult year. See how I did below.

BEST PICTURE - A BEAUTIFUL MIND

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - SHREK

**BEST ACTOR - RUSSELL CROWE (A BEAUTIFUL MIND)
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS DENZEL WASHINGTON

**BEST ACTRESS - NICOLE KIDMAN (MOULIN ROUGE)
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS HALLE BERRY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - JENNIFER CONNELLY (A BEAUTIFUL MIND)

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - IAN MCKELLEN (LORD OF THE RINGS)
lINCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS JIM BROADBENT

BEST DIRECTOR - RON HOWARD (A BEAUTIFUL MIND)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - GOSFORD PARK

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - A BEAUTIFUL MIND

**BEST FOREIGN FILM - AMELIE
INCORRECT - AND THIS IS THE ONE I REALLY WANTED TO WIN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - HOWARD SHORE (LORD OF THE RINGS)

**BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MAY IT BE (LORD OF THE RINGS)
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS MONSTER'S INC.

BEST ART DIRECTION - MOULIN ROUGE

**BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS LORD OF THE RINGS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MOULIN ROUGE

BEST MAKE-UP - LORD OF THE RINGS

BEST EDITING - BLACK HAWK DOWN

BEST SOUND - BLACK HAWK DOWN

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING - PEARL HARBOR

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - LORD OF THE RINGS

**BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - PROMISES
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT - TOTH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT - FOR THE BIRDS

**BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT - COPY SHOP
INCORRECT - THE WINNER WAS 'THE ACCOUNTANT'

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