72nd Academy Awards

Oscars 2000

March 26, 2000 · Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles · Host: Billy Crystal

5

American Beauty wins

8

American Beauty nominations

Best Picture: American Beauty The Matrix swept technical awards (4 wins)

Best Picture & Directing

Best Picture

Winner

American Beauty

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Sam Mendes, dir. — DreamWorks

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The Cider House Rules IMDb

The Green Mile IMDb

The Insider IMDb

The Sixth Sense IMDb

Best Director

Winner

Sam Mendes

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American Beauty — debut feature film

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Spike Jonze IMDb — Being John Malkovich

Lasse Hallström IMDb — The Cider House Rules

Michael Mann IMDb — The Insider

M. Night Shyamalan IMDb — The Sixth Sense

Acting

Best Actor

Winner

Kevin Spacey

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American Beauty — as Lester Burnham

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Russell Crowe IMDb — The Insider

Richard Farnsworth IMDb — The Straight Story

Sean Penn IMDb — Sweet and Lowdown

Denzel Washington IMDb — The Hurricane

Best Actress

Winner

Hilary Swank

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Boys Don’t Cry — as Brandon Teena

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Annette Bening IMDb — American Beauty

Janet McTeer IMDb — Tumbleweeds

Julianne Moore IMDb — The End of the Affair

Meryl Streep IMDb — Music of the Heart

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Michael Caine

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The Cider House Rules — second Oscar

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Tom Cruise IMDb — Magnolia

Michael Clarke Duncan IMDb — The Green Mile

Jude Law IMDb — The Talented Mr. Ripley

Haley Joel Osment IMDb — The Sixth Sense

Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Angelina Jolie

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Girl, Interrupted — as Lisa Rowe

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Toni Collette IMDb — The Sixth Sense

Catherine Keener IMDb — Being John Malkovich

Samantha Morton IMDb — Sweet and Lowdown

Chloë Sevigny IMDb — Boys Don’t Cry

Writing

Best Original Screenplay

Winner

American Beauty

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Alan Ball

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner

The Cider House Rules

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John Irving

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Technical Awards

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner

All About My Mother

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Spain — Pedro Almodóvar, dir.

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Best Original Score

Winner

The Red Violin

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John Corigliano

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Best Original Song

Winner

“You’ll Be in My Heart”

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Phil Collins — Tarzan

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Best Cinematography

Winner

American Beauty

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Conrad L. Hall

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Best Film Editing

Winner

The Matrix

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Zach Staenberg

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Best Visual Effects

Winner

The Matrix

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John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum — bullet-time photography

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Best Costume Design

Winner

Topsy-Turvy

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Lindy Hemming

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