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The
Inaugural Shaking Through Grover Awards
Other Grover Awards:
2006
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2002
Read
our post-Oscar reaction to the night's
festivities.
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Posted: March 7,
2002
By
Laurence Station
Lord of the Rings dominates this incredibly biased ballot, but
that probably won't be the case come Oscar night. A Beautiful Mind
will dominate a conservative and safe ceremony with Moulin Rouge
playing the roll of wild card. Look for Rings to win its fair
share of technical awards, but get shut out when it comes to the higher
profile categories.
Listed below are the nominees, with Shaking
Through's pick in bold text alongside accompanying image. The
actual Oscar prediction to our wishful-thinking Grover award follows.
Official winners highlighted in red. |
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Best Picture |
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Best
Director |
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A Beautiful Mind
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Gosford Park
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In the
Bedroom
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- ▪ Moulin Rouge
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- ▪ Robert Altman,
Gosford Park
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Ron Howard,
A Beautiful Mind
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- ▪ David Lynch,
Mulholland
Drive
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- ▪ Ridley Scott,
Black
Hawk Down
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Who Will Win: A Beautiful Mind |
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Who Will Win: Ron Howard, A
Beautiful Mind |
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Why: Hollywood loves it when
mentally challenged characters overcome tough obstacles and persevere in
the end. It's a slam dunk. Although, if there's an upset, Moulin
Rouge could play spoiler. |
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Why: Loyal. Consistent. Career
Hollywood director. The timing is right. |
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Best
Actor |
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Best
Actress |
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Denzel Washington,
Training Day |
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- ▪ Russell Crowe,
A Beautiful Mind
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- ▪ Sean Penn, I Am Sam
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- ▪ Will Smith, Ali
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- ▪ Tom Wilkinson,
In the
Bedroom
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Halle Berry,
Monster's
Ball
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- ▪ Judi Dench,
Iris
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- ▪ Nicole Kidman, Moulin
Rouge
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- ▪ Renee Zellweger,
Bridget Jones's Diary
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Who Will Win: Denzel Washington,
Training Day |
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Who Will Win: Sissy Spacek, In the
Bedroom |
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Why:
We sense a Crowe backlash coming.
Washington, who deserved it for 1999's Hurricane, should take
home the gold this time around. |
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Why: Great performance in an actor's
film. Competition not overwhelming. Naomi Watts' unrecognized performance in
Mulholland Drive was easily the year's best, though. |
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Best
Supporting Actor |
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Best
Supporting Actress |
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- ▪ Jim
Broadbent,
Iris
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- ▪ Ethan Hawke, Training
Day
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- ▪ Ben Kingsley, Sexy
Beast
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- ▪ Jon Voight, Ali
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- ▪ Jennifer
Connelly,
A Beautiful Mind
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- ▪ Helen Mirren,
Gosford Park
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- ▪ Maggie Smith,
Gosford Park
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- ▪ Marisa Tomei,
In the
Bedroom
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Who Will Win: Ian McKellen, The Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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Who Will Win: Kate Winslet, Iris |
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Why: McKellen's a veteran who's
paid his dues. If he's ever going to get one, this is the moment. |
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Why: Winslet's the solid alternative
to Connelly, who simply had much less to work with. The other actresses
delivered solid performances, but nothing overpowering. |
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Best
Screenplay (Original) |
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Best
Screenplay (Adaptation) |
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Christopher Nolan and
Jonathan Nolan, Memento |
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- ▪ Milo Addica and Will
Rokos,
Monster's
Ball
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- ▪ Wes Anderson and Owen
Wilson,
The Royal Tenenbaums
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Julian Fellowes,
Gosford Park
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- ▪ Guillaume Laurant and
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amélie
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- ▪ Daniel Clowes and Terry
Zwigoff, Ghost World
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Akiva Goldsman,
A Beautiful Mind
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Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman, Shrek
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- ▪ Rob Festinger and Todd
Field, In the
Bedroom
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Who Will Win: Julian Fellowes,
Gosford Park |
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Who Will Win: Akiva Goldsman, A
Beautiful Mind |
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Why: Memento's too edgy and
independent to rate for voters, who will go with the safe, classier
choice. |
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Why: Residual boost from near Beautiful Mind sweep. |
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Cinematography |
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Film
Editing |
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- ▪ Bruno Delbonnel, Amélie
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The Man
Who Wasn't There
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- ▪ Slawomir Idziak,
Black
Hawk Down
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- ▪ Donald M. McAlpine,
Moulin Rouge
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- ▪ Jill Bilcock, Moulin
Rouge
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- ▪ Dody Dorn, Memento
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- ▪ Mike Hill and Dan Hanley,
A Beautiful Mind
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Pietro Scalia,
Black
Hawk Down
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Who Will Win:
Slawomir Idziak, Black Hawk Down |
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Who Will Win:
Pietro Scalia, Black Hawk Down |
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Why: Black Hawk Down's wins will come in the technical categories and
this one may present its strongest chance. |
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Why:
Solid editing could net Black Hawk Down an upset over Rings
here. |
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Visual
Effects |
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Art
Direction |
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Intelligence
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Moulin Rouge |
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Gosford Park
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Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
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The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Who Will Win:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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Who Will Win:
Moulin Rouge |
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Why:
Perhaps the safest Oscar bet Rings has. |
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Why:
Definitely the safest bet Moulin Rouge has. |
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Costume Design |
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Makeup |
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- ▪ The Affair of the
Necklace
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Gosford Park
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Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
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Moulin Rouge
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A Beautiful Mind
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Who Will Win: Gosford Park |
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Who Will Win:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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Why:
Gussied up period costume dramas consistently appeal to voters, although
Moulin Rouge could sway enough voters to pull the upset. |
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Why:
No other competition. And where's the nomination for the best thing
about a very bad movie: Planet of the Apes? |
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Sound |
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Sound
Editing |
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Pearl Harbor |
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Black
Hawk Down
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The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Pearl Harbor |
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Monsters, Inc.
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Who Will Win:
Black Hawk Down |
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Who Will Win:
Monster's Inc |
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Why:
Artistically speaking, the more respectable of the war films. |
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Why: Pear Harbor gets sunk by the animated powerhouse. |
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Original Song |
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Original Score |
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If I Didn't Have You,
Randy Newman ("Monsters,
Inc.")
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- ▪ There You'll Be, Diane
Warren ("Pearl Harbor")
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- ▪ Until, Sting ("Kate &
Leopold")
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- ▪ Vanilla Sky, Paul
McCartney ("Vanilla Sky")
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Intelligence, John Williams
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A Beautiful Mind, James
Horner
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Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone, John Williams
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Monsters, Inc., Randy
Newman
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Who Will Win:
Sting or McCartney |
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Who Will Win:
A Beautiful Mind, James Horner |
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Why:
A real toss-up. Perhaps Randy Newman will steal it. Not a very exciting
category, either way. Where's Björk and her swan dress when you need
her? |
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Why:
Not as memorable as his Titanic score, but Horner's on the
winning Beautiful Mind team, so he gets another little gold man. |
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Best
Animated Feature Film |
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Best
Foreign Language Film |
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Genius
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Shrek
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No Man's
Land (Bosnia & Herzegovina) |
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Who Will Win:
Shrek |
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Who Will Win:
No Man's Land (Bosnia & Herzegovina) |
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Why: Waking Life is most deserving of the award, but was ignored.
Thus, it will go to the one with the
biggest box office. |
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Why:
The most socially and politically relevant of the bunch. Should win
gold. |
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Post-Oscar Reaction: |
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12 out of 20 correctly picked, a
respectable, if not beautiful mind blowing 60 percent accuracy rate.
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A Beautiful Mind performed its job
marvelously, contriving its way to Oscar gold. Shame Moulin Rouge
didn't pull the upset.
- Isn't the whole idea of equality not to
draw attention to the superficial differences in people? Harping on
the triumph of black actors only serves to segregate them further from
non-black actors. The issue is about who gave the best
nominated performance (in the United States or Britain). Denzel Washington deserved to win, Halle Berry did not. Apparently
the Political Correctness Gods are appeased (for the night at least).
- Jim Broadbent gets the supporting actor
award for his fine performance in Iris, but it's Moulin Rouge
ringleader Zidler that he'll be most remembered for.
- Apparently I was the only one in the world
who thought Kate Winslet would win in the best supporting actress
category for Iris. Wow. As the weeks went on I thought, how out
of touch was I on that one? She was great, but not in A Beautiful
Mind, so no gold.
- Highlight: Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller's
hilarious skit for Best Costume Design.
- The show was an hour too long. Though the
cleverly sequenced Best Song performances was a nice time saver.
- Kudos to Randy Newman. 16 nominations and
finally a win.
- Where were the bathroom break seat fillers
in the front center aisles? Several shots showed the spots noticeably
bare.
- Mostly predictable and quite feel good
safe. No streakers, overt political protests or shocking fashion
statements. Oscar played it safe. Congratulations on a job snoringly
well done.
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