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Ray’s 2000 Film Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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THE YEAR\u2019S BEST FILMS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Traffic<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Contender<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Chocolat<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. You Can Count on Me<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Almost Famous<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Best in Show<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Unbreakable<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The Wonder Boys<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. The Cell<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Because I said so.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Runners up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Boiler Room, What\u2019s Cooking?, High Fidelity, Timecode, Quills, Thirteen Days, Chicken Run, Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire, Croupier, Tigerland, Billy Elliot, The Yards, Sunshine, State and Main, East is East<\/span><\/p>\n

    Perfectly Harmless Fun<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Keeping the Faith, Pitch Black, The Whole Nine Yards, Final Destination, Return to Me, 28 Days, Where the Money Is, Frequency, Road Trip, The Kid, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Remember the Titans, Miss Congeniality, Cast Away, Snatch, Center Stage, DinosaurActor<\/span><\/p>\n

    Tom Hanks, Cast Away<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ralph Fiennes, Sunshine<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Geoffrey Rush, Quills<\/span><\/p>\n

    Michael Douglas, The Wonder Boys<\/span><\/p>\n

    HONORABLE MENTION: Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot, Clive Owen in Croupier, Bruce Willis in Unbreakable, Donal Logue in The Tao of Steve, George Clooney in O Brother Where Art Thou?, Om Puri in East is East<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Actress<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich<\/span><\/p>\n

    Juliet Binoche, Chocolat<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth<\/span><\/p>\n

    Joan Allen, The Contender<\/span><\/p>\n

    Supporting Actor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Jeff Bridges, The Contender<\/span><\/p>\n

    Billy Crudup, Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    Benicio Del Toro, Traffic<\/span><\/p>\n

    Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire<\/span><\/p>\n

    HONORABLE MENTION:\u00a0 Samuel L. Jackson in Unbreakable, Josh Hartnett in The Virgin Suicides, Todd Louiso and Jack Black in High Fidelity, John Hawkes in The Perfect Storm, Lucas Black in All the Pretty Horses, John Michael Higgins and Fred Willard in Best in Show, Colin Farrell in Tigerland<\/span><\/p>\n

    Supporting Actress<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Judi Dench, Chocolat<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Frances McDormand, The Wonder Boys and Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    Madeline Kahn, Judy Berlin<\/span><\/p>\n

    Kate Hudson, Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rosemary Harris, Sunshine<\/span><\/p>\n

    HONORABLE MENTION: Parker Posey Scream 3 (No, I\u2019m not kidding, she was brilliant) and the divine Elaine May in Small Time Crooks<\/span><\/p>\n

    Director<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Steven Soderbergh, Traffic<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rod Lurie, The Contender<\/span><\/p>\n

    Lasse Hallstrom, Chocolat<\/span><\/p>\n

    Joel Coen, O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    Adapted Screenplay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ethan Coen, O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Stephen Gaghan, Traffic<\/span><\/p>\n

    Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat<\/span><\/p>\n

    Steven Kloves, The Wonder Boys<\/span><\/p>\n

    Doug Wright, Quills<\/span><\/p>\n

    Original Screenplay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ken Lonergan, You Can Count On Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Rod Lurie, The Contender<\/span><\/p>\n

    Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    M. Night Shyamalan, Unbreakable<\/span><\/p>\n

    David Mamet, State and Main<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Cinematography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Paul Laufer, The Cell<\/span><\/p>\n

    Barry Markowitz, All the Pretty Horses<\/span><\/p>\n

    *Roger Deakins, O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Steven Soderbergh, Traffic (yep, he was the DP!)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Roger Pratt, Chocolat<\/span><\/p>\n

    Eduardo Serra, Unbreakable<\/span><\/p>\n

    Visual Effects<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Perfect Storm<\/span><\/p>\n

    Production Design<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tom Foden, The Cell<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Score<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Howard Shore, The Yards<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Soundtrack<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Documentary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Eyes of Tammy Faye \u2013 trust me, you\u2019ve got to rent this one.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Surprise Ending<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    What\u2019s Cooking?\u00a0 Despite the corny title, this is a terrific movie about four Los Angeles families on Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Funniest Movies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Best in Show<\/span><\/p>\n

    Chicken Run<\/span><\/p>\n

    State and Main<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    The Whole Nine Yards<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Performance By An Actress in a 40 Second Role<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Amy Hohn as the Airline Clerk in Meet the Parents<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Experimental Film<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mike Figgis\u2019s Timecode, which simultaneously showed four screens of action.\u00a0 The entire film was shot in four simultaneous 90 minute takes with digital cameras.\u00a0 The result was more than a stunt, it was a stunning experience!\u00a0 It\u2019s also the first time I\u2019ve ever seen Jeanne Tripplehorn in a movie without wanting to slap her silly.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Underrated Movies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Yards.\u00a0 Why was this movie ignored?\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful, sad, almost operatic story of a Brooklyn kid struggling to go straight despite overwhelming pressure to do otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Titan A.E.\u00a0 Why was this movie ignored?\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful, fun, exciting animated space adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Unbreakable.\u00a0 Of course it isn\u2019t as great as The Sixth Sense, but it\u2019s still a terrific movie.\u00a0 However, America can\u2019t handle a movie that\u2019s languidly paced.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    The Sixth Day \u2013 a surprisingly smart and entertaining futuristic thriller; this one\u2019s worth cloning, Arnold!<\/span><\/p>\n

    A Triumph of Style Over Substance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Snatch<\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Name for a Good Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Laughing Fish and Goat on Fire<\/span><\/p>\n

    Great Title<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Tao of Steve<\/span><\/p>\n

    Easily the Best Family Film of 2000<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    My Dog Skip<\/span><\/p>\n

    Great To See You Again . . . Please Stick Around This Time!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Carroll O\u2019Connor in Come Back to Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bruce Dern in All the Pretty Horses<\/span><\/p>\n

    Pamela Reed in Proof of Life<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Internet Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    George Lucas in Love<\/span><\/p>\n

    Special Career Development Award<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    To director Joel Schumacher.\u00a0 Keep it up, Joel. \u00a0After Tigerland, we might have to start taking you seriously after all these years!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Great Scenes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Prep school student Topher Grace explains the social economics of the illegal drug trade to Michael Douglas in Traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bruce Willis lifts weights, with the help of his son (Spencer Treat Clark) in Unbreakable.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jeff Bridges\u2019 final speech to Congress in The Contender<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mark Ruffalo and his 10-year old nephew win a pool bar bet in You Can Count in Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rock star Billy Crudup gets dressed down on the phone by supermom Frances McDormand in Almost Famous<\/span><\/p>\n

    Todd Louiso uses his arcane knowledge of Green Day to successfully flirt with Sara Gilbert in High Fidelity<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Directorial Debut<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Tarsem Singh, The Cell<\/span><\/p>\n

    Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ed Norton, Keeping the Faith<\/span><\/p>\n

    Kevin Jordan, Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Use of Weather as a Character in a Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The unrelenting Pittsburgh weather in The Wonder Boys<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Year of Nice Movies About Adult Sibling Relationships<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    You Can Count on Me<\/span><\/p>\n

    Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most Fortuitous Casting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men.\u00a0 Thanks, Dougray Scott, for having to drop out!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Best Teen Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Bring It On<\/span><\/p>\n

    Please Can We See More Of<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Amanda Peet (hilarious in The Whole Nine Yards as a dental hygienist who really rather be an assassin)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jim Caviezel — excellent in Frequency<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gabrielle Union \u2013 excellent as the hottie Compton cheerleader captain in Bring It On<\/span><\/p>\n

    Adam Garcia \u2013 excellent in completely unseen Bootmen<\/span><\/p>\n

    That Gym Membership is Really Paying Off<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Vin Diesel, Dermot Mulroney<\/span><\/p>\n

    Honorable Misfires<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Ninth Gate \u2013 don\u2019t give up, Roman Polanski, we still believe you\u2019ve got some good movies in you!<\/span><\/p>\n

    All the Pretty Horses \u2013 Billy Bob, you had all the right ingredients . . . they just didn\u2019t quite catch fire<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Gift \u2013 love Sam Raimi, love Cate Blanchett . . . not terrible but not the gem I hoped it would be.<\/span><\/p>\n


    <\/strong>Worst Movies of 1999<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Reindeer Games \u2013 Veteran Director John Frankenheimer\u2019s latest in his long and embarrassing decline<\/span><\/p>\n

    I Dreamed of Africa \u2013 so did I, Ms. Basinger, after I went to sleep while watching this movie<\/span><\/p>\n

    MI2 \u2013 the ONLY thing good about it is that its extra-long shooting schedule forced co-star Dougray Scott to drop out of X-Men.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Hollow Man \u2013 blech.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows \u2013 I was (and remain) a HUGE fan of the original, but this half-baked mess is . . . a half-baked mess.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Vertical Limit \u2013 who knew a daring rescue on K2 could be so BORING?!<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Fantasticks \u2013 if you love the musical as much as I do it was heartbreaking to sit through this misbegotten fiasco<\/span><\/p>\n

    Hanging Up \u2013 Nora Ephron should be excommunicated for taking three of our best actresses (Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow) and one legendary actor (Walter Matthau) and coming up with this mess.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most Disturbingly Overrated Movies of 2000<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Gladiator<\/span><\/p>\n

    Nurse Betty<\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Remake of Braveheart<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Patriot<\/span><\/p>\n

    A Big Fat Disappointment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Fantasia 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Gay Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    But I\u2019m a Cheerleader!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Supporting Actor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Guy Pearce with his baffling accent and anorexic physique in Rules of Engagement.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope he\u2019s better in the upcoming Memento.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Actor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    It pains me to report it, but this year\u2019s winner is Harrison Ford for What Lies Beneath.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Worst Actress<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Robin Tunney in Vertical Limit.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t have crossed the street to save her life, much less climbed a mountain!<\/span><\/p>\n

    I Love You, But Take a REST Already<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Helen Hunt, who in 2000 appeared in Dr. T and the Women, What Women Want, Pay it Forward and Cast Away.\u00a0 Time to switch to decaf, honey.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Reason to Consider Extending the Eligible Age for Statutory Rape<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Autumn in New York<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Reason To Cling To Hope<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Adam\u2019s Sandler\u2019s Little Nicky TANKED at the box office.\u00a0 So sad.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most Abused Planet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mars.\u00a0 Poor thing, it had not one but two high-profile terrible films about its exploration this year: Red Planet and Mission to Mars.\u00a0 You deserve better, dude.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Now Playing At the Shrieking Nightmare Multiplex<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Gossip<\/span><\/p>\n

    Hamlet (Ethan Hawke\u2019s version)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jesus\u2019 Son<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Patriot<\/span><\/p>\n

    Space Cowboys<\/span><\/p>\n

    Dr. T. and the Women<\/span><\/p>\n

    Proof of Life<\/span><\/p>\n

    What Women Want<\/span><\/p>\n

    Dude, Where\u2019s My Car?<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Claim<\/span><\/p>\n

    Hanging Up<\/span><\/p>\n

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    No No No No You Can\u2019t Make Me See It<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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    How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/span>Charley\u2019s Angels<\/span>Bounce<\/span>Duets<\/span>Dancer in the Dark<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gone in Sixty Seconds<\/span><\/p>\n


    Me, Myself and Irene<\/span><\/p>\n

    102 Dalmations<\/span><\/p>\n

    Pay it Forward<\/span><\/p>\n

    Shaft<\/span><\/p>\n

    Shanghai Noon<\/span><\/p>\n

    What Planet Are You From?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    We Will Miss You . . .<\/span><\/strong>Hedy Lamarr<\/span>Richard Mulligan<\/span>Billy Barty<\/span>Jason Robards<\/span><\/p>\n

    Victor Borge<\/span><\/p>\n

    Werner Klemperer<\/span><\/p>\n

    Steve Allen<\/span><\/p>\n

    Julie London<\/span><\/p>\n

    David Dukes<\/span><\/p>\n

    David Tomlinson<\/span><\/p>\n

    Tito Puente<\/span><\/p>\n

    Paul Bartel<\/span><\/p>\n

    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Steve Reeves<\/span><\/p>\n

    Edward Gorey<\/span><\/p>\n

    Larry Linville<\/span><\/p>\n

    Durward Kirby<\/span><\/p>\n

    Roger Vadim<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jim Varney<\/span><\/p>\n

    Doug Henning<\/span><\/p>\n

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    <\/strong>And the Eight I\u2019ll Miss the Most . . . <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Charles Shulz<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gwen Verdon<\/span><\/p>\n

    Marie Windsor<\/span><\/p>\n

    Nancy Marchand<\/span><\/p>\n

    Alec Guinness<\/span><\/p>\n

    John Gielgud<\/span><\/p>\n

    Walter Matthau<\/span><\/p>\n

    Claire Trevor<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Upcoming 2000 Titles To Get Excited About<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Denzel Washington plays a maverick fine art professor in Remember the Titians.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Alanis Morrissette plays a maverick Greek architecture professor in Isn\u2019t It Ionic?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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