GREASE (1978)



1979 Academy Awards: 1 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You"

1979 Golden Globes: 5 Nominations - 0 Wins

NOM - Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
NOM - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy - John Travolta
NOM - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy - Olivia Newton-John
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "You're the One that I Want".
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Grease

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Like Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease didn't fair much better at the awards. It was also shut out of the Oscars, only 1 nomination for Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You"....which it lost to "Thank God It's Friday" For the song "Last Dance".

Grease of course turned into a classic, loved by all ages and remembered by everyone - the same can't be said for Thank God It's Friday or Deer Hunter (which won Best Picture).... :wink:

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $84,355,863 ($111,543,479 Lifetime)



Disney's The Little Mermaid was the first in a series of blockbusters that restored the venerable firm's reputation as the world's premiere animated-feature factory.

Walt Disney's animation brings to life Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale about a mermaid who falls in love with a human prince. In this version, the heroine is a headstrong teenager named Ariel who dreams of the human world above water. When she meets a conniving sea witch, she trades her beautiful voice for the chance to become human and meet Prince Eric, the man of her dreams

14 years before 'Finding Nemo' splashed into cinemas, 'The Little Mermaid' had already taught us that it is indeed better, down where it's wetter.



This delightful Disney-fied adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale of the same name still holds its own after all these years of advancements in animation. It's partly because the studio really pushes the boat out, as it were, when it comes to getting the visuals right. But it's also because this is a great story, with a strong female lead, a nice array of supporting characters, suspense and romance in all the right places and some better-than-decent tunes.

The colourful and imaginative backdrops make for a visual treat, particularly in the underwater scenes, whilst the characters are much better written than many of their counterparts from other Disney flicks of the period. Perhaps the only exception to that is witchy woman Ursula, who's a bit like Madam Mim from 'The Sword and the Stone' only without the comedy value. And you can't help but wonder why, if she's such a great sorceress, she doesn't use some of that magic to make herself vaguely presentable instead of living her life as some sort of aquatic Grotbags.

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)



1990 Academy Awards: 4 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Music, Original Score
WON - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Under the Sea"

NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Kiss the Girl"

1990 Golden Globes: 4 Nominations - 2 Wins

WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Alan Menken
WON - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Under the Sea"

NOM - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Kiss the Girl"

1990 Grammy Awards: 3 Nominations - 1 Win
WON - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Under the Sea".

NOM - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
NOM - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Kiss the Girl".

1990 Guild Awards of America
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature

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After Grease, the market was swamped by huge dissapointments such as Can't Stop the Music, Grease 2, Annie and A Chorus Line. The early 1980s was a disaster for the genre, with big-budget losses everywhere.....it was over,

Surprisingly, the genre made a comback in the late 1980s, incorporated into a totally different medium - that of Animation. Disney's ascension began with the surprise box-office smash (and the one which first caught my attention) The Little Mermaid in 1989.

Boasting two of the Best Songs in Animation history and a kickass soundtrack, Little Mermaid won 2 Oscars from 3 nominations, the 2nd Golden Period of Disney Animation has begun..

BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1991)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $145,863,363 ($171,350,553 Lifetime)



The famous tale of the beautiful girl who eventually falls in love with the cursed beast was brought to life by Disney in Beauty and the Beast - their 30th Animated Feature, released in the US in 1991 and in the UK in 1992. Preceding Aladdin, The Lion King and Pocahontas, it became a box-office phenomenon and was the first animated feature film ever to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture! Up against four other (live-action) contenders it didn't scoop the award, but went on to win a Golden Globe and Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Song, and it ushered in the latest 'Golden Age' of Disney Feature Animation...

Considered by many (and me!) to be one of Disney's finest films - if not the finest - Beauty and the Beast combined the Disney standards of strong story and music with some of the very best character animation and production ever seen in animated film. Extremely high-quality character animation led the field, and once again showcased the talents of Glen Keane (the supervising animator and creator of Beast). In addition, some inspiring use of digitally-rendered backgrounds created one of the most visually extravagant scenes in the film, where Belle and Beast dance together in the magnificent ballroom...




It cost US$30 million to produce. In its first 42 weeks of its US release, it grosses US$145 million
Released on video 30-Oct-1992. One million copies were sold by the end of the first day.

Believe It Or Not...

* Beauty and the Beast contained 1,295 painted backgrounds, 120,000 drawings...
* 370 men and women were involved in the film's production ...of whom, 43 were animators.
* Songs take up twenty-five minutes of the film... ..only five minutes were without any musical score at all.
* Lumiere's 'flames' required around 19,000 separate drawings... ...while the Ballroom was a photorealistic CGI computer model. The crystal chandelier shown at the start of the Ballroom sequence is also a 3D digital construct, containing 158 individual light sources to simulate candles.

BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1991)



1992 Golden Globes: 6 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Beauty and the Beast".
WON - Best Music, Original Score

NOM - Best Picture
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Be Our Guest".
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Belle".
NOM - Best Sound

1992 Golden Globes: 4 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Alan Menken
WON - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Beauty and the Beast"

NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Be Our Guest"

1992 BAFTAs: 2 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Best Original Film Score
NOM - Best Special Effects

1992 Grammy Awards: 2 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
WON - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Beauty and the Beast".

1992 Guild Awards of America
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature

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Disney's New Golden period has begun, and one could say Beauty & The Beast was really the one that did it....it was a much bigger commercial success than Little Mermaid and did much better at the awards.

This intimate story which is mirrored in Phantom of the Opera took home 2 music awards from 6 nominations. It was nominated 3x in Best Original Song (could be a record, not sure), and won for the heartbreaking "Beauty and the Beast", one of the best songs ever and could well be Disney's best.

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Beauty and the Beast returned the Disney animation studios to their former glory. It was also the second Disney film to combine its famous hand-drawn animation with computer graphics (The Rescuers Down Under (1990) was the first), as well as the first Disney animated movie to use a fully-developed script prior to animation. After this, Disney would release more huge traditionally animated hits in the summer, both commercial and critical, such as Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Mulan (1998) and The Emperor's New Groove (2000), before deciding to close their hand-drawn animation wing in 2003. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture, Best Song--"Belle," Best Song--"Be Our Guest," Best Sound. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Music Score, Best Song--"Beauty and the Beast."

ALADDIN (1992)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $217,350,219



Robin Williams's dizzying and hilarious voicing of the Genie is the main attraction of Aladdin, the third in the series of modern Disney animated movies that began with 1989's The Little Mermaid and heralded a new age for the genre.

With Aladdin, Disney took their animated feature films in a new direction. With the previous year's Beauty and the Beast, Disney had given a well-known story reverend treatment with Disney's unique, magical twist. Disney's Aladdin, however, is not a serious retelling of the famous Arabian Nights tale, but severely updated for the nineties, punched up with Robin Williams' comic personality let loose. While it would be a terrible thing if Disney had decided to produce all of their future animated films this way, Aladdin is nevertheless sheer delight



After a sultan (Douglas Seale) gives his daughter, Jasmine (Linda Larkin), three days to find a husband, she escapes the palace and encounters the street-savvy urchin Aladdin (Scott Weinger), who charms his way into her heart. While the sultan's Vizier, Jafar (Jonathan Freeman), weaves a spell so that he may marry Jasmine and become sultan himself, Aladdin discovers the Genie's lamp in a cave, rubs it, and sets the mystical entity free, leading the Genie to pledge his undying loyalty to the dazzled youth. Aladdin begins his quest to defeat Jafar and win the hand of the princess, with the Genie's help. Monsters, Disney's trademark talking animals, and a flying carpet all figure into the ensuing adventures, but Williams' Genie, who can change into anything or anybody, steals the show as he launches into one crazed monologue after another, impersonating figures from Ed Sullivan to Elvis Presley.

ALADDIN (1992)



1993 Academy Awards: 5 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Music, Original Score
WON - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "A Whole New World"

NOM - Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Friend Like Me"
NOM - Best Sound

1993 Golden Globes: 6 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Alan Menken
WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WON (SPECIAL) - Robin Williams For his vocal work.

NOM - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Friend Like Me
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Prince Ali"

1993 BAFTAs: 2 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Best Score
NOM - Best Special Effects

1993 Grammy Awards: 3 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
WON - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "A Whole New World".

NOM - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Friend Like Me".

1993 Guild Awards of America
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature

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Disney's followup to the highly acclaimed TLM and B&B did not dissapoint, in fact Aladdin surpassed both of them in terms of commerical success.......and it didn't do that badly at the Awards as well.

The two major songs from the movie "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me" followed from Beauty's 3 nominations last year, and again an Alan Menken picked up the Oscars for Song and Score.

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Aladdin (1992), a film that moved beyond the traditional fairy tale, used computer-generated imagery, and was designed for a more adult audience - it marked a significant change in Disney's output. It received a phenomenal five Oscar nominations (and won two for Best Original Song, "A Whole New World," and Best Score). At the time of its release, it was criticized for its negative, 'Americanized' representation of Arabs and non-western cultures. The film featured improvisational comic Robin Williams as the vocal for Aladdin's blue Genie.

THE LION KING (1993)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $312,855,561 ($328,541,776 Lifetime)



Disney continues its string of instant classic family films with one of their best The Lion King. Essentially, it's a loose interpolation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," set in the fields of Africa, with lots of typical Disney anthropomorphic creatures to sing and dance for our every amusement. It's a solid endeavor, with excellent characterizations and a good deal of heart that keeps keen interest, while also blessed with a memorable soundtrack.

The animation is not a mere light entertainment either. It is not just one that depicts the lovely cub's life cycle, nor is it true in describing the real life of the animals. As Neufeld (1996) said, the characters in The Lion King exhibit behaviours that are uncharacteristic of animals they portray. First, the mix of the animal kingdom is just a dream. Who will think of all the antelopes, elephants, leopards, lions, etc living peacefully together? And the caring relationship between the mother lions and the cubs, and between the lions and lionesses cannot really be seen in real life, where the non-father males will kill other male's offspring and cubs are always abundant and dying of starvation. The relationship, and hence the struggle, depicted is more human in nature.



The project originally began a number of years earlier under the title "King of the Jungle." When production began, an artistic team traveled to Africa to search for ways to best present the African settings in the film, and the animators studied actual live lions and other animals that were brought to the Studio.

Computer-generated imagery was used to create the dramatic wildebeest stampede, a visual highlight in the film and a new level of sophistication for the art form.

THE LION KING (1993)



1995 Academy Awards: 4 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Music, Original Score
WON - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Circle of Life".
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "Hakuna Matata".

1995 Golden Globes: 4 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Hans Zimmer
WON - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "The Circle of Life".

1995 BAFTAs: 2 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Hans Zimmer
NOM - Best Sound

1995 Grammy Awards: 3 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
NOM - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?".
NOM - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Circle of Life".

1995 Guild Awards of America
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Music

NOM - Cinema Audio Society - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film

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Disney was back in 1994 with arguably the best Animation feature of All-time, The Lion King. It delivered on so many levels, not just at the Box-Office or Awards. It was definately Disney's jewel in the crown.

Like Beauty & The Beast, Lion King had 3 songs in contention for Best Original Song, with the most heartfelt "Can you feel the love tonight" winning the award. However, both CYFTLTonight and Circle of Life lost out at the Grammies to Bruce Springsteen's Philadelphia

This is Disney's best, and sadly it was downhill from here......with Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame failing to capture audiences imagination and did not deliver at the box-office...

POCAHONTAS (1995)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $141,579,773



History gets the Disney kiddie treatment and a politically correct interpretation in the studio's 33rd feature-length animated movie, the first to be based on actual events and people. Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) is the daughter of Algonquin chief Powhatan (Russell Means), who promises her in marriage to Kocoum, a brave whom she doesn't love. Pocahontas would rather be paddling in her canoe or wandering in the forest, communing with nature and her animal pals, Meeko, a raccoon, and the hummingbird Flit. When European settlers arrive, she becomes enamored of handsome John Smith (Mel Gibson). Their attraction is encouraged by Grandmother Willow (Linda Hunt), a talking tree. The situation between their peoples is tense, however, as the settlers, led by Governor Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers) desperately want the gold that they're sure the natives are concealing. When a dutiful sentry, Thomas (Christian Bale) follows Smith into the woods on one of his secret meetings with Pocahontas, a tragic mistake leads both groups to the brink of war. Only the love of Pocahontas and Smith can prevent bloodshed.

Pocahontas was criticized by many for presenting stereotypical images of Native Americans, and by others for presenting a highly distorted version of the historical events on which it was based. It is regarded by many as the first misstep of the 1990s "renaissance" of Disney animation, being neither as critically well-regarded nor as commercially successful as the films that preceded it: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and especially The Lion King.



In recent years Disney has been come under an extraordinary amount of criticism from the PC factions - with Aladdin (1992) being criticized for its anti-Arabic lyrics and The Lion King (1994) for its purported racial characterizations and lack of women, even The Hunchback for Notre Dame (1996) for disrespecting French culture. Pocahontas is what happens when Disney end up trying to appease the politically oversensitive - and the results are rather sad. The film is so PC on can almost see its head touching the ground with all the bending over backwards. It attempts to cast a minority people in a favourable light; it appeals to New Age and native spirituality; it is anti-White Men and anti the corrupting effects of Western civilization. The film employs real Native American actors in many of the parts and even had Indian activist Russell Means on a PR junket, promoting the film’s historical accuracy. (Despite which a number of prominent Native activists and tribes issued an open letter condemning the film for historical inaccuracy and stereotyping of Indian peoples).

POCAHONTAS (1995)




1996 Academy Awards - 2 Nominations 2 Wins
WON - Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score
WON - For the song "Colors of the Wind".

1996 Golden Globes - 2 Nominations 2 Wins
WON - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Colors of the Wind".

NOM - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

1996 Grammy Awards - 1 Nominations 1 Win
WON - Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television - For the song "Colors of the Wind

1996 Guild Awards of America
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Music Animation

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Pocahontas didn't do so bad on the Awards front, however, it was nowhere near the level of past Disney greats. This was really the last Disney film to feature music in any prominent way; and is arguably the last movie in Disney's 2nd Golden period, before movies like Hunchback and Mulan.

The delightful song "Colors of the Wind" was a deserving winner, again, the last of the great Disney songs of the 90s.

EVITA (1996)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $50,047,179



Live-action musicals seemed to almost fade in the 1990s. There was only one successful live-action musical in the 90s - director Alan Parker's musical drama Evita (1996), adapted from the 1976 theater version by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with Madonna (singing the Oscar-winning Best Original Song "You Must Love Me").

The film succeeds in reproducing the original musical with intensity and integrity. Madonna sparkles in the title role, showing that her talent is unlimited and constantly growing into new fields and depths, and Antonio Banderas surprises us with his musical talent in perhaps the finest role of his life.

Evita tells the story of Eva Duarte, an ambitious young actress who fell in love and married Juan Perón, becoming the first lady of Argentina as well as the most adored and remembered figure in the nation's history. An inspiring leader, Eva Perón permeated the common worker movement and even the feminist movement, acquiring the love and allegiance of all of Argentina. Supposedly, the people of Argentina loved her so much, they ignored her husband's injustices as president.



Translating the play to an effective film was a giant step, and this film version makes the jump with deceptive ease. The one element that makes it so glorious, so fascinating, is how tightly the film is tied with its setting. The cinematography, alternately brutally realistic and dreamily surreal, is a true work of art, subjective cuts and sets complementing the music so perfectly, it's an integral part it.

EVITA (1996)



1997 Acdemy Awards: 5 Nominations - 1 Win
WON - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "You Must Love Me".

NOM - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Film Editing
NOM - Best Sound

1997 Golden Globes: 5 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
WON - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "You Must Love Me".
WON - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical - Madonna

NOM - Best Director - Motion Picture - Alan Parker
NOM - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical - Antonio Banderas

1997 BAFTAs: 8 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Costume Design
NOM - Best Editing
NOM - Best Editing
NOM - Best Production Design
NOM - Best Screenplay - Adapted
NOM - Best Sound

1997 Guild Awards of America
NOM - American Cinema Editors - Best Edited Feature Film
NOM - American Society of Cinematographers - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases

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The fall of Disney was about the same time Musicals returned to live-action, the start of a new generation of musicals which would take some time to gain momentum.

Evita picked up 5 Academy Award nominations (all of which were techies) a total (for a live-action movie) not seen since the days of Cabaret and Oliver......and winning for Best Song "You Must Love Me" by ALWebber and Tim Rice.

Well, that's all i have time for tonight, hope you guys find the information interesting and that it brings back some memories......the final 2 movies, Moulin Rouge and Chicago will feature tomorrow, and i'll do one big update on all Musical profiles......

The Big Day is almost upon us, can't wait to see Emmy and the song performed.......and as always, can't wait to see who will win tomorrow (it better be Aviator )..... :razz:

Once again, let's have a look at the Nominations.... :razz:

In sleep he sang to me,
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name

_____THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA_____
__________For Your Consideration__________



Best Cinematography - John Mathieson
Best Art Direction - John Fenner
Best OriginalSong - "Learn to be Lonely"



"Surrender to your most romantic dreams, and allow the dazzling spectacle of The Phantom of the Opera to seduce you" Urban-Cinefile - Louise Keller

"...the musical numbers are rendered with more energy, technical prowess, and portentous beauty than even ardent fans of the tale might imagine..." themovieboy.com - Dustin Putman

"...His (Phantom's) resplendent but sinister lair, reached via gondola, is wonderfully stylized and seductive..." USA Today - Claudia Puig

"Butler and Rossum have entered the status of cinematic immortality" Fantastic Daily - Mervius

Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Lead me, save me from my solitude

Say you want me with you, here beside you
Anywhere you go let me go too
Christine that’s all I ask of . . .



Masquerade....Paper faces on parade
Masquerade...Hide your face so the world will never find you



Wishing you were somehow here again
Wishing you were somehow near
Sometimes it seemed….if I just dreamed
Somehow you would be here



Anywhere you go let me go too
Love me - that’s all I ask of you

ACADEMY AWARDS (Oscars) - Nominations by STUDIO

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/char ... 004&p=.htm

1. Miramax - 20, three films
The Aviator (11), Finding Neverland (7), The Chorus (2)

2. Warner Bros. - 16, five films
Million Dollar Baby (7), The Phantom of the Opera (3), The Polar Express (3), Harry Potter (2), Troy (1)

3. Fine Line - 6, three films
Vera Drake (3), The Sea Inside (2), Maria Full of Grace (1)

4. Fox Searchlight - 6, two films
Sideways (5), Kinsey (1)

5. Universal - 6, one film
Ray (6)

6. Dreamworks - 5, three films
Collateral (2), Shrek 2 (2), Shark Tale (1)

7. Sony - 5, two films
Spider-Man 2 (3), Closer (2)

8. Buena Vista - 5, two films
The Incredibles (4), The Village (1)

9. Paramount - 5, two films
Lemony Snicket (4), Tupac: Resurrection (1)

10. Focus - 4, two films
Eternal Sunshine (2), The Motocycle Diaries (2)

11. Warner Independant - 3, two films
A Very Long Engagement (2), Before Sunset (1)

12. Newmarket - 3, one film
The Passion of the Christ (3)

13. United Artists - 3, one film
Hotel Rwanda (3)

14. Sony Classics - 2, two films
Being Julia (1), House of Flying Daggers (1)

15. Think Film - 2, two films
Born Into Brothels (1), The Story of the Weeping Camel (1)

16. Fox - 1, one film
I, Robot (1)

17. IDP - 1, one film
Super Size Me (1)

ACADEMY AWARDS (Oscars) - **Nominations**

http://www.oscars.com/nominees/nominees.html



DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, "The Aviator"
Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby"
Taylor Hackford, "Ray"
Alexander Payne, "Sideways"
Mike Leigh, "Vera Drake"

ACTOR
Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda"
Johnny Depp, "Finding Neverland"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Aviator"
Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby"
Jamie Foxx, "Ray"

ACTRESS
Annette Bening, "Being Julia"
Catalina Sandino Moreno, in "Maria Full of Grace"
Imelda Staunton, "Vera Drake"
Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby"
Kate Winslet, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Alda, "The Aviator"
Thomas Haden Church, "Sideways"
Jamie Foxx, "Collateral"
Morgan Freeman, "Million Dollar Baby"
Clive Owen, "Closer"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "The Aviator"
Laura Linney, "Kinsey"
Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"
Sophie Okonedo, "Hotel Rwanda"
Natalie Portman, "Closer"

ANIMATED FILM
"The Incredibles" (Buena Vista) Brad Bird
"Shark Tale" (DreamWorks) Bill Damaschka
"Shrek 2" (DreamWorks) Andrew AdamsonAndrew Adamson

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Before Sunset" (Warner Independent PicturesWarner Independent Pictures) Screenplay by Richard Linklater& Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke - Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Screenplay by David Magee
"Million Dollar Baby" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Paul Haggis
"The Motorcycle Diaries" Screenplay by José Rivera (Focus Features and Film Four)
"Sideways" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Written by John Logan and Warner Bros.)
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman (Focus Features) Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
"Hotel Rwanda" (United Artists in association with Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George, Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
"The Incredibles" (Buena Vista) Written by Brad Bird
"Vera Drake" (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Written by Mike Leigh Council in association with Inside Track Films)

ART DIRECTION
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Warner Bros.) Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Art Direction: Gemma Jackson, Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
"Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events" Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs, (Paramount and DreamWorks) Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
"The Phantom of the Opera""The Phantom Of The Opera" Art Direction: Anthony Pratt (Warner Bros.) Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
"A Very Long Engagement" Art Direction: Aline Bonetto - (Warner Independent Pictures)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Robert Richardsonand Warner Bros.)
"House of Flying Daggers" (Sony Pictures Classics) Zhao Xiaoding
"The Passion of the Christ" (Icon and Newmarket) Caleb Deschanel
"The Phantom of the Opera" (Warner Bros.) John Mathieson
"A Very Long Engagement" Bruno Delbonnel (Warner Independent Pictures)

COSTUME DESIGN
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Sandy Powell and Warner Bros.)
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Alexandra Byrne
"Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events" Colleen Atwood, (Paramount and DreamWorks)
"Ray" (Universal) Sharen Davis
"Troy" (Warner Bros.) Bob Ringwood

DOCUMENTARY
"Born into Brothels" (THINKFilm) Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski - A Red Light Films, Inc. Production
"The Story of the Weeping Camel" (THINKFilm) Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa - A Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production
" Super Size Me" (Roadside Attractions/Samuel Morgan Spurlock Goldwyn Films) A Kathbur Productions/The Con Production
"Tupac: Resurrection" (Paramount) Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali An MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production
"Twist of Faith" Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt - A Chain Camera Pictures Production

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
"Autism Is a World" Gerardine Wurzburg - A State of the Art Production
"The Children of Leningradsky" Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski - A Hanna Polak Production
"Hardwood" Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young - A Hardwood Pictures and National Film - Board of Canada Production
"Mighty Times: The Children’s March" Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston - A Tell the Truth Pictures Production
"Sister Rose’s Passion" Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer - A New Jersey Studios Production

EDITOR
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Thelma Schoonmaker and Warner Bros.)
"Collateral" (DreamWorks and Paramount) Jim MillerJim Miller and Paul Rubell
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Matt Chesse
"Million Dollar Baby" (Warner Bros.) Joel Cox
"Ray" (Universal) Paul Hirsch

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"As It Is in Heaven" Sweden, A GF Studios Production
"The Chorus (Les Choristes)" France, A Galatée Films/Pathé Renn/France 2, Cinema/Novo Arturo Films/Vega Film AG Production
"Downfall""Downfall" Germany, A Constantin Film Production
"The Sea Inside" Spain, A Sogecine and Himenóptero Production
"Yesterday" South Africa, A Videovision Entertainment Production

MAKEUP
"Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events" Valli O’Reilly and Bill Corso, (Paramount and DreamWorks)
"The Passion of the Christ" Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley, (Icon and Newmarket)
"The Sea Inside" (Fine Line Features and Sogepaq) Jo Allen and Manuel García

ORIGINAL SCORE
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" John Williams (Warner Bros.)
"Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events" Thomas Newman (Paramount and DreamWorks)
"The Passion of the Christ" (Icon and Newmarket) John Debney
"The Village" (Buena Vista) James Newton Howard

ORIGINAL SONG
"Accidentally In Love" from Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, "Shrek 2" (DreamWorks) Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson, Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
"Al Otro Lado Del Río" from Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler "The Motorcycle Diaries" (Focus Features and Film Four)
"Believe" from Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri "The Polar Express" (Warner Bros.)
"Learn To Be Lonely" from Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber "The Phantom of the Opera" (Warner Bros.) Lyric by Charles Hart
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from Music by Bruno Coulais "The Chorus (Les Choristes)" (Miramax) Lyric by Christophe Barratier

ANIMATED SHORT
"Birthday Boy" Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory - An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production
"Gopher Broke" Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller - A Blur Studio Production
"Guard Dog" Bill Plympton - A Bill Plympton Production
"Lorenzo" Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth - A Walt Disney Pictures Production
"Ryan" Chris Landreth - A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada Production

LIVE ACTION SHORT
"Everything in This Country Must" Gary McKendry - A Six Mile LLC Production
"Little Terrorist" Ashvin Kumar - An Alipur Films Production
"7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana)" Nacho Vigalondo - An Ibarretxe & Co. Production
"Two Cars, One Night" Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner - A Defender Films Limited Production
"Wasp" Andrea Arnold - A Cowboy Films Production

SOUND EDITING
"The Incredibles" (Buena Vista) Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
"The Polar Express" (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
"Spider-Man 2" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul N.J. Ottosson

SOUND MIXING
"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal and Warner Bros.)
"The Incredibles" (Buena Vista) Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
"The Polar Express" (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
"Ray" (Universal) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
"Spider-Man 2" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson (Warner Bros.) and Bill George
"I, Robot" (20th Century Fox) John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
"Spider-Man 2" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

ACADEMY AWARDS (Oscars) - Nominations by MOVIE

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/char ... 004&p=.htm

11 - The Aviator (Miramax)
7 - Finding Neverland (Miramax)
7 - Million Dollar Baby (WB)
6 - Ray (Universal)
5 - Sideways (Fox Searchlight)

4 - Lemony Snicket (Paramount)
4 - The Incredibles (Buena Vista)

3 - Hotel Rwanda (United Artists)
3 - Spider-Man 2 (Sony)
3 - The Passion of the Christ (Newmarket)
3 - The Phantom of the Opera (WB)
3 - The Polar Express (WB)
3 - Vera Drake (Fine Line)

2 - A Very Long Engagement (Warner Independent)
2 - Closer (Sony)
2 - Collateral (Dreamworks)
2 - Eternal Sunshine (Focus)
2 - Harry Potter 3 (WB)
2 - Shrek 2 (Dreamworks)
2 - The Chorus (Miramax)
2 - The Motocycle Diaries (Focus)
2 - The Sea Inside (Fine Line)

1 - Before Sunset (Warner Independent)
1 - Being Julia (Sony Classics)
1 - Born Into Brothels (Think Films)
1 - House of Flying Daggers (Sony Classics)
1 - I, Robot (Fox)
1 - Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
1 - Maria Full of Grace (Fine Line)
1 - Shark Tale (Dreamworks)
1 - Super Size Me (IDP)
1 - The Story of the Weeping Camel (Think Films)
1 - The Village (Buena Vista)
1 - Troy (WB)
1 - Tupac: Resurrection (Paramount)

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

Best Cinematography



"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Robert Richardsonand Warner Bros.)
"House of Flying Daggers" (Sony Pictures Classics) Zhao Xiaoding
"The Passion of the Christ" (Icon and Newmarket) Caleb Deschanel
"The Phantom of the Opera" (Warner Bros.) John Mathieson
"A Very Long Engagement" Bruno Delbonnel (Warner Independent Pictures)

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John Mathieson
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558822/awards



• Kingdom of Heaven
• Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• Hannibal (2001)
• K-Pax (2001)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
• Love Is The Devil (1998)
• Pigalle (1994)

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The Phantom Of The Opera:

WON - San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

NOM - Golden Satellite
NOM - Academy Awards (2005)

Gladiator

WON - BAFTAs
WON - Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA)
WON - Golden Satellite
WON - San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

NOM - Academy Awards (2001)
NOM - American Society of Cinematographers
NOM - Chicago Film Critics Asssociation
NOM - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
NOM - Online Film Critics Society Awards

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

Best Art Direction



"The Aviator" (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Warner Bros.) Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Finding Neverland" (Miramax) Art Direction: Gemma Jackson, Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
"Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events" Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs, (Paramount and DreamWorks) Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
"The Phantom of the Opera""The Phantom Of The Opera" Art Direction: Anthony Pratt (Warner Bros.) Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
"A Very Long Engagement" Art Direction: Aline Bonetto - (Warner Independent Pictures)

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Anthony Pratt
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695421/awards

2004 - The Phantom of the Opera
2002 - The Good Thief
1999 - The End of the Affair
1998 - Grey Owl
1998 - The Man in the Iron Mask
1997 - The Butcher Boy
1996 - Michael Collins
1995 - Beyond Rangoon
1992 - Shining Through
1990 - Naked Tango
1990 - Not Without My Daughter
1988 - Paris by Night
1987 - Hope and Glory
1986 - Solarbabies
1985 - Santa Claus
1984 - Give My Regards to Broad Street
1981 - Excalibur
1979 - Death Watch
1977 - The Prince and the Pauper
1973 - Zardoz

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The Phantom Of The Opera:

NOM - Academy Awards (2005)
NOM - Art Directors Guild
NOM - Golden Satellite Awards

Hope & Glory

NOM - Academy Awards (1988)
NOM - BAFTAs
NOM - Evening Standard British Film Awards

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

Best Original Song



"Accidentally In Love" from Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, "Shrek 2" (DreamWorks) Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson, Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
"Al Otro Lado Del Río" from Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler "The Motorcycle Diaries" (Focus Features and Film Four)
"Believe" from Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri "The Polar Express" (Warner Bros.)
"Learn To Be Lonely" from Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber "The Phantom of the Opera" (Warner Bros.) Lyric by Charles Hart
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from Music by Bruno Coulais "The Chorus (Les Choristes)" (Miramax) Lyric by Christophe Barratier

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Andrew Lloyd Webber



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The Phantom Of The Opera - "Learn To Be Lonely"

NOM - Academy Awards (2005)
NOM - Golden Globes (2005)
NOM - Golden Satellite

Evita - "You Must Love Me"

WON - Academy Awards (1997)
WON - Golden Globes (1997)
WON - Golden Satellites

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Child of the wilderness
Born into emptiness
Learn to be lonely
Learn to find your way in darkness
Who will be there for you
Comfort and care for you
Learn to be lonely
Learn to be your one companion
Ever dreamed out in the world
There are arms to hold you?
You've always known
Your heart was on its own
So laugh in your loneliness
Child of the wilderness
Learn to be lonely
Learn how to love life that is lived alone
Learn to be lonely
Life can be lived
Life can be loved
Alone.

MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $57,386,607



Cross LA BOHȍE with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the notorious Montmartre cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, STRICTLY BALLROOM), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as the high-kicking courtesan, Satine; Ewan McGregor as the sensitive poet, Christian; and John Leguizamo as the flamboyant artist and matchmaker, Toulouse-Lautrec. Luhrmann's use of eclectic lighting and saturated color, the fast zooms and quick cuts of his camera, and his magnificent costumes and sets perfectly capture the excess and freneticism for which the Moulin Rouge was famous. Beautifully led by McGregor and Kidman, the flawless supporting cast brings to life the culture of belle 鰯que Paris with magical realism. Above all, the anachronistic, energetic contemporary soundtrack is what drives MOULIN ROUGE, with popular songs by L'il Kim, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, and Beck--as well as Kidman and McGregor adding their own superb vocals



"Moulin Rouge" is a visual achievement but in the same way the Batman films were. This production was shot on the sound stages of Australia's Fox Studios in Sydney & it shows. I am a big fan of musical films, I think that Hollywood should make more of them, some musicals are in fact some of my favourite all time motion pictures but unfortunately this isn't one of them. Baz Luhrmann is a fabulous filmmaker with a strong visual style but this production is a little too dark for my liking. Nicole & Ewan handle the songs expertly as their voices combine astonishingly well but the music is still at times a little drab & not as lively & bouncy as I would of liked. A new version of Madonna's classic 80's ballad "Like A Virgin" does make a welcome return into this film & does raise a chuckle in the way it is performed.

MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)



2002 Academy Awards: 8 Nominations - 2 Wins
WON - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
WON - Best Costume Design

NOM - Best Picture
NOM - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Editing
NOM - Best Makeup
NOM - Best Sound

2002 Golden Globes: 6 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WON - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Craig Armstrong
WON - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nicole Kidman

NOM - Best Director - Motion Picture - Baz Luhrmann
NOM - Best Original Song - Motion Picture - For the song "Come What May".
NOM - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Ewan McGregor

2002 BAFTAs: 12 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
WON - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Jim Broadbent
WON - Best Sound

NOM - David Lean Award for Direction - Baz Luhrmann
NOM - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Costume Design
NOM - Best Editing
NOM - Best Film
NOM - Best Make Up/Hair
NOM - Best Production Design
NOM - Best Screenplay - Original

2002 Grammy Awards: 1 Nominations - 0 Wins
NOM - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

2002 Guild Awards of America
WON - American Cinema Editors - Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
WON - American Choreography Awards - Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
WON - Art Directors Guild - Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Films
WON - Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards - Best Period Hair Styling - Feature
WON - Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards - Best Period Makeup - Feature

NOM - Directors Guild of America - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
NOM - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
NOM - Writers Guild of America - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
NOM - American Society of Cinematographers - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
NOM - Cinema Audio Society - Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
NOM - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing - Music, Musical Feature Film

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5 years after Evita, Moulin Rouge surfaced and what a splash it made. Baz Lurhman's followup to Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom dominated the local AFI (Australian Film Industry Awards) and also won big at the GGs and Academy Awards.

While the movie only won 2 of its 8 Academy Awards, it definitely stirred up interest in the genre again....and fueled Chicago which came the following year...

CHICAGO (2002)

BOX OFFICE GROSS = $170,687,518



The movie musical has been dead since classics like Grease disappeared from the marquee and unbearable oddities such as Xanadu and The Village People's Can't Stop The Music appeared in its place. There was one attempt in 1992 to resurrect the beloved feelings that these films evoked when Disney introduced its high concept mega flop, Newsies, about the paperboy strike in turn-of-the-century New York. The film failed to remind critics or audiences of how special a musical can be. Since then, this famed genre has rested, awaiting a film to signal its rebirth. Like a shot of adrenaline pounded straight into the heart, Chicago is the musical that devotees have dreamt of for more than two decades. Unlike last year's winningly hyper-kinetic Moulin Rouge, which brought the modern musical into today’s mainstream by juicing it up with pop hits, Chicago does not try to update the genre. The film is unabashedly old-fashioned without being corny or clichéd because the themes of greed and corruption are timeless. The roaring 20's still seem fresh thanks to Director Rob Marshall's approach to the story.



Based on the popular Broadway show, Chicago begins with a bang, literally, as seductive songstress Velma Kelly (the always stunning Catherine Zeta Jones) rushes into the club where she has become a nighttime sensation after murdering her sister and husband, who had been carrying on an affair while the sisters were part of a double act. After a spectacular rendition of "All That Jazz," Kelly is arrested in front of the crowd. One of the admirers who witnesses it all is Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), an unfaithful housewife who hopes that she can find a man to get her into the entertainment business. Some time later, while having an affair with a furniture salesman (Dominic West) whom she believes has "connections," she discovers that he had lied to make his way into her pants. As any angry woman would do, she kills him.



The glitz, glamour, and every sleazy but joyfully entertaining moment all add up to this wonderfully splashy, flashy film. The musical has always been the type of film that should expect a physical reaction from the audience if it were done right. Like laughter to a comedy, a musical is supposed to make you want to sing and dance along with the cast or, for that matter, the audience. I was repeatedly tempted to jump up and down with joy that such a film could be created.



Chicago is magnificently staged, too. The slippery, dangerously sexy moves of Bob Fosse remain intact as every dance becomes about seduction, where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated, and sex is currency. In chipper, satirical numbers, such as “We Both Reached For The Gun,” the manipulation of the media-hungry public is shown in all of its artificial glory. Every opportunity to make the film as lively and joyous as possible is never overlooked. As a result, you may have to give into temptation and start dancing in the aisles.

CHICAGO (2002)



2003 Academy Awards: 13 Nominations - 6 Wins
WON - Best Picture
WON - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Catherine Zeta-Jones
WON - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
WON - Best Costume Design
WON - Best Editing
WON - Best Sound

NOM - Best Director - Rob Marshall
NOM - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - John C. Reilly
NOM - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Renée Zellweger
NOM - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Queen Latifah
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Music, Original Song - For the song "I Move On".
NOM - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

2003 Golden Globes: 8 Nominations - 3 Wins
WON - Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WON - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Richard Gere
WON - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Renée Zellweger

NOM - Best Director - Motion Picture - Rob Marshall
NOM - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - John C. Reilly
NOM - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Catherine Zeta-Jones
NOM - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Queen Latifah
NOM - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Bill Condon

2003 BAFTAs
WON - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Catherine Zeta-Jones
WON - Best Sound

NOM - Best Film
NOM - David Lean Award for Direction - Rob Marshall
NOM - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Queen Latifah
NOM - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Renée Zellweger
NOM - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
NOM - Best Cinematography
NOM - Best Costume Design
NOM - Best Editing
NOM - Best Make Up/Hair
NOM - Best Production Design

2003 Guild Award of America
WON - Directors Guild of America - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - Rob Marshall
WON - PGA Golden Laurel - Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
WON - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Renée Zellweger
WON - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Catherine Zeta-Jones
WON - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
WON - American Choreography Awards - Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
WON - American Cinema Editors - Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
WON - Costume Designers Guild Awards - Excellence for Costume Design for Film - Period/Fantasy
WON - Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards - Best Period Makeup - Feature
WON - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing in a Feature: Music, Musical

NOM - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Queen Latifah
NOM - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Richard Gere
NOM - Art Directors Guild - Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Films
NOM - Cinema Audio Society - Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
NOM - Motion Picture Sound Editors - Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features: Dialogue/ADR
NOM - Writers Guild of America - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

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Yes, the first Musical Winner of the Academy Best Picture since Oliver......and the first big winner since Cabaret....

Chicago was nominated for a staggering 13 Academy Awards which it won 6. Although The Pianist did scare towards the end, Chicago held firm in the tech categories which probably gave it the edge for Best Picture.

This is a true stage musical, taking us back to the glamour and glory days of West Side Story, Caberet....and one of the highest grossing live-action (unadjusted) musical of All-Time...