72nd Academy Awards

The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek.[7]

72nd Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	March 26, 2000
Site	Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Billy Crystal[1]
Preshow hosts	Tyra Banks Chris Connelly Meredith Vieira[2]
Produced by	Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck[3]
Directed by	Louis J. Horvitz[4]
Highlights
Best Picture	American Beauty
Most awards	American Beauty (5)
Most nominations	American Beauty (8)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	4 hours, 9 minutes[5]
Ratings	46.52 million 29.64% (Nielsen ratings)[6]

American Beauty won five awards, including Best Picture.[8][9] Other winners included The Matrix with four awards, The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two, and All About My Mother, Boys Don't Cry, Girl, Interrupted, King Gimp, My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York, The Old Man and the Sea, One Day in September, The Red Violin, Sleepy Hollow, and Tarzan with one. The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 72nd Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 2000, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Rehme, president of the Academy, and the actor Dustin Hoffman.[10] American Beauty received the most nominations with eight total; The Cider House Rules and The Insider tied for second with seven nominations each.[11]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 26, 2000.[12] Sam Mendes was the sixth person to win Best Director for his directorial debut.[13] Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey became the tenth performer to win acting Oscars in both lead and supporting categories.[14] By virtue of her father Jon Voight's Best Lead Actor win for 1978's Coming Home, Best Supporting Actress winner Angelina Jolie and Voight became the second father-daughter Oscar acting winners.[15]

Awards

Sam Mendes, Best Director winner

Kevin Spacey, Best Actor winner

Hilary Swank, Best Actress winner

Michael Caine, Best Supporting Actor winner

Angelina Jolie, Best Supporting Actress winner

Alan Ball, Best Original Screenplay winner

John Irving, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Pedro Almodóvar, Best Foreign Language Film winner

Kevin Macdonald, Best Documentary Feature co-winner

Phil Collins, Best Original Song winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[16]

Best Picture American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, producers The Cider House Rules – Richard N. Gladstein, producer The Green Mile – Frank Darabont and David Valdes, producers The Insider – Pieter Jan Brugge and Michael Mann, producers The Sixth Sense – Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel, producers	Best Director Sam Mendes – American Beauty Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich Lasse Hallström – The Cider House Rules Michael Mann – The Insider M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
Best Actor Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham Russell Crowe – The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story as Alvin Straight Sean Penn – Sweet and Lowdown as Emmet Ray Denzel Washington – The Hurricane as Rubin Carter	Best Actress Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles Meryl Streep – Music of the Heart as Roberta Guaspari
Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch Tom Cruise – Magnolia as Frank T.J. Mackey Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile as John Coffey Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense as Cole Sear	Best Supporting Actress Angelina Jolie – Girl, Interrupted as Lisa Rowe Toni Collette – The Sixth Sense as Lynn Sear Catherine Keener – Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown as Hattie Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry as Lana Tisdel
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen American Beauty – Alan Ball Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published The Cider House Rules – John Irving based on his novel Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor from the novel by Tom Perrotta The Green Mile – Frank Darabont adapted from the novel by Stephen King The Insider – Eric Roth and Michael Mann based on the Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner The Talented Mr. Ripley – Anthony Minghella adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith
Best Foreign Language Film All About My Mother (Spain) in Spanish – Pedro Almodóvar East/West (France) in French – Régis Wargnier Himalaya (Nepal) in Nepalese – Éric Valli Solomon & Gaenor (United Kingdom) in Welsh – Paul Morrison Under the Sun (Sweden) in Swedish – Colin Nutley	Best Documentary Feature One Day in September – Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald Buena Vista Social Club – Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg Genghis Blues – Roko Belic and Adrian Belic On the Ropes – Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen Speaking in Strings – Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster
Best Documentary Short Subject King Gimp – Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford Eyewitness – Bert Van Bork The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo – Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack	Best Live Action Short Film My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York – Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel Bror, Min Bror – Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten Killing Joe – Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax Kleingeld – Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins Major and Minor Miracles – Marcus Olsson
Best Animated Short Film The Old Man and the Sea – Alexander Petrov 3 Misses – Paul Driessen Humdrum – Peter Peake My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts – Torill Kove When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis	Best Original Score The Red Violin – John Corigliano American Beauty – Thomas Newman Angela's Ashes – John Williams The Cider House Rules – Rachel Portman The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared
Best Original Song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan – Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut – Music and Lyrics by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren "Save Me" from Magnolia – Music and Lyrics by Aimee Mann "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman	Best Sound Effects Editing The Matrix – Dane Davis Fight Club – Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort
Best Sound The Matrix – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and David Lee The Green Mile – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton The Insider – Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff The Mummy – Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley	Best Art Direction Sleepy Hollow – Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young Anna and the King – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker The Cider House Rules – Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino The Talented Mr. Ripley – Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari Topsy-Turvy – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Eve Stewart and John Bush
Best Cinematography American Beauty – Conrad Hall The End of the Affair – Roger Pratt The Insider – Dante Spinotti Sleepy Hollow – Emmanuel Lubezki Snow Falling on Cedars – Robert Richardson	Best Makeup Topsy-Turvy – Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson Bicentennial Man – Greg Cannom Life – Rick Baker
Best Costume Design Topsy-Turvy – Lindy Hemming Anna and the King – Jenny Beavan Sleepy Hollow – Colleen Atwood The Talented Mr. Ripley – Ann Roth and Gary Jones Titus – Milena Canonero	Best Film Editing The Matrix – Zach Staenberg American Beauty – Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury The Cider House Rules – Lisa Zeno Churgin The Insider – William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom The Sixth Sense – Andrew Mondshein
Best Visual Effects The Matrix – John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman Stuart Little – John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard

Academy Honorary Award

• Andrzej Wajda[17]

Irving G. Thalberg Award

• Warren Beatty[18]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following 17 films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 8 American Beauty 7 The Cider House Rules The Insider 6 The Sixth Sense 5 The Talented Mr. Ripley 4 The Green Mile The Matrix Topsy-Turvy 3 Being John Malkovich Magnolia Sleepy Hollow Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 2 Anna and the King Boys Don't Cry The End of the Affair Music of the Heart Sweet and Lowdown

The following four films received multiple awards: Awards Film 5 American Beauty 4 The Matrix 2 The Cider House Rules Topsy-Turvy

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.[19]

Presenters (in order of appearance)

Name(s)	Role
Peter Coyote	Announcer for the 72nd annual Academy Awards
Robert Rehme (AMPAS president)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz & Lucy Liu	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Haley Joel Osment	Presenter of the child actors tribute montage
Heather Graham & Mike Myers	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Erykah Badu & Tobey Maguire	Presenters of the award for Best Makeup
Winona Ryder	Presenter of the film The Cider House Rules on the Best Picture segment
James Coburn	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Morgan Freeman	Presenter of the "200 Million Year History" movie segment
Cate Blanchett & Jude Law	Presenters of the award for Best Live Action Short Film
Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie & Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots	Presentation of the award for Best Animated Short Film
Samuel L. Jackson	Presenter of the film The Green Mile on the Best Picture segment
LL Cool J & Vanessa Williams	Introducers of the performances of the Best Original Song nominees
Cher	Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
Wes Bentley, Thora Birch & Mena Suvari	Presenters of the award Best Documentary Short Subject
Ethan Hawke & Uma Thurman	Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Judi Dench	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Jane Fonda	Presenter of the Honorary Academy Award to Andrzej Wajda
Chow Yun-fat	Presenter of the award Best Sound Effects Editing
Salma Hayek	Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects
Diane Keaton	Presenter of the film American Beauty on the Best Picture segment
Angela Bassett	Presenter of the film The Sixth Sense on Best Picture segment
Antonio Banderas & Penélope Cruz	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Keanu Reeves & Charlize Theron	Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Edward Norton	Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
Russell Crowe & Julianne Moore	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Tommy Lee Jones & Ashley Judd	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Jack Nicholson	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Warren Beatty
Brad Pitt	Presenter for the award for Best Cinematography
Kevin Spacey	Presenter of the award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Mel Gibson	Presenter of the award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen/Original Screenplay
Anjelica Huston	Presenter of the film The Insider on the Best Picture segment
Roberto Benigni	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Gwyneth Paltrow	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Steven Spielberg	Presenter of the award for Best Director
Clint Eastwood	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers (in order of appearance)

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Burt Bacharach Rob Shrock Don Was	Musical Arrangers	Orchestral
Billy Crystal	Performer	Opening number: The Green Mile (to the tune of "Green Acres theme song"), The Sixth Sense (to the tune of "People" from Funny Girl), The Insider (to the tune of Minute Waltz by Frédéric Chopin), The Cider House Rules (to the tune of "Mame" from Mame), and American Beauty (to the tune of "The Lady Is a Tramp" from Babes in Arms)[20]
Sarah McLachlan Randy Newman	Performers	"When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2
Aimee Mann	Performer	"Save Me" from Magnolia
Phil Collins	Performer	"You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan
Gloria Estefan 'N Sync	Performers	"Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart
Robin Williams	Performer	"Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Garth Brooks Faith Hill Ray Charles Queen Latifah Isaac Hayes Burt Bacharach Dionne Warwick	Performers	"Everybody's Talkin'" from Midnight Cowboy, "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz, "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane, "The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born, "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance, "All the Way" from The Joker Is Wild, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft, "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were, "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio, and "Alfie" from Alfie

Ceremony information

Billy Crystal hosted the 72nd Academy Awards.

In view of the new millennium, the Academy sought to both shorten the telecast and give the ceremony a new look.[21][22] Husband–and–wife producers Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck were recruited to oversee the production of the 2000 ceremony.[21] AMPAS President Robert Rehme explained the decision to hire the Zanucks saying, "With this new producing team in place, I look forward to a whole new perspective."[21] This marked the first occurrence that a woman was tapped for producing duties at the Oscars.[23] Despite Richard and Lili's promises to make changes to the ceremony, they hired actor and veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal to host the ceremony for the seventh time.[21]

Production of the ceremony was reported to be far more ambitious and extravagant than previous ceremonies.[24] Art director Bob Keene designed an ambitiously technological stage design for the telecast that used a floor adorned with flashing lights and several 35 foot columns consisting of high-definition video monitors stacked atop each other.[24] The columns were used to display images of previous Oscar appearances as presenters took the stage, nomination packages, and reaction shots of the acting nominees as the winner was being announced.[25] Because of serious technical challenges concerning movement, lighting, and overheating, Keene and his production design team tested the stage at ABC Prospect Studios before installing it at the Shrine Auditorium.[26]

Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony. Actor Peter Coyote, who served as announcer for the telecast, was often seen before commercial breaks live behind the stage.[25][27] Musical directors Burt Bacharach, Don Was, and Rob Shrock composed a techno-pop soundtrack that substituted for a live orchestra during most of the ceremony.[21][28] In addition, Bacharach rounded up musicians that included Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick to perform a medley of songs previously nominated for Best Original Song.[29] Choreographer Kenny Ortega supervised the "Blame Canada" musical number.[30]

Box office performance of nominees

At the time of the nominations announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees was $521 million with an average of $104 million per film.[31] The Sixth Sense was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $278.4 million in domestic box office receipts.[31] The film was followed by The Green Mile ($120.7 million), American Beauty ($74.7 million), The Cider House Rules ($20.7 million), and finally The Insider ($26.6 million).[31]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 37 nominations went to 11 films on the list.[32] Only The Sixth Sense (2nd), The Green Mile (13th), The Talented Mr. Ripley (26th), and American Beauty (27th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture. The other top 50 box office hits that earned the nominations were Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1st), Toy Story 2 (3rd), The Matrix (5th), Tarzan (6th), The Mummy (8th), Stuart Little (11th), and Sleepy Hollow (20th).[32]

Missing paper ballots

Nearly two weeks before Oscar voting was finished, AMPAS reported that 4,000 of the ballots mailed to Academy members were missing. The bags that carried the ballots were mislabeled as third-class mail.[33] On March 6, 2000, 1,000 of the ballots were discovered at a US Postal Service regional distribution center in Bell, California.[34] In response to affected members, AMPAS sent replacement ballots sealed in yellow envelopes, and extended the voting deadline by two days to March 23.[35]

Oscar statuettes theft

On March 10, 2000, 55 Oscar statuettes were stolen from a Roadway Express loading dock in Bell, California.[35][36] In the event the stolen awards were to be still missing during the festivities, AMPAS announced that R.S. Owens & Company, the manufacturer of the awards would produce a new batch of the golden statuettes.[37] Nine days later, 52 of the stolen statuettes were discovered in a trash bin at a Food 4 Less supermarket located in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles by a man named Willie Fulgear.[38][39] For the safe recovery of the stolen statuettes, Roadway Express rewarded Fulgear with $50,000, and the Academy invited him and his son Allen to the ceremony.[40] Two Roadway Express employees, truck driver Lawrence Ledent and dock worker Anthony Hart, were arrested for the theft of the Oscars. Both men pleaded no contest. Lawrence served six months in prison and Anthony received probation. A third man who was Mr. Fulgear's half-brother was initially charged with the crime, but police dropped those charges after Mr. Fulgear divulged that they were estranged from each other.[38][41] Three years later, one of three remaining missing Oscar statuettes was discovered during a drug bust at a mansion in Miami, Florida; the other two have yet to be found.[42]

Critical reviews

The show received a positive reception from most media publications. Television critic Monica Collins of the Boston Herald praised producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck for overseeing a show that was "clean, snappy, high-gloss and very well produced." She also quipped that host Billy Crystal did not need to save the show this time because "everything seemed to come together.[43] The San Francisco Examiner's Wesley Morris wrote "the show was downright hip, more so than it's been in decades." He also gave high marks for the "techno-chic" production elements from the music and stage design.[44] Columnist Paul Brownfield of the Los Angeles Times raved that "the 72nd annual Academy Awards telecast was hipper than in years past, sleeker in look and edgier in tone." He added that Crystal was "the perfect antidote to the entire evening's self-serious posturing."[45]

Some media outlets were more critical of the show. John Carman of the San Francisco Chronicle lamented that despite being solid and tidy, "the show never quite managed the big surprises, sloppy excesses and emotional highs we hope to see."[46] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen criticized the uneven pacing of the ceremony writing that the telecast "started slowly – 20 minutes of Billy Crystal's spoofs and singing that weren't as funny as his past Oscar intros – and never got up to speed."[47] Caryn James of The New York Times remarked that "the four-hour show turned into a zombie." She also stated that the telecast was bloated with too many tributes to Hollywood's past.[48]

Ratings and reception

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 46.52 million viewers over its length, which was a 3% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[6] An estimated 79.11 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[6] The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony with 29.64% of households watching over a 48.32 share.[49] It also drew a higher 18–49 demo rating with a 19.86 rating over a 39.34 share among viewers in that demographic.[49]

In July 2000, the show received nine nominations at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards.[50] Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Louis J. Horvitz's direction of the telecast.[51]

In Memoriam

The annual In Memoriam tribute, presented by actor Edward Norton, honored the following people.[52]

Sylvia Sidney - Actress Jim Varney - Actor Ernest Gold – Composer Ruth Roman - Actress Henry Jones - Actor Robert Bresson – Director Desmond Llewelyn - Actor Allan Carr – Producer Mario Puzo – Screenwriter Rory Calhoun - Actor Frank Tarloff – Screenwriter Marc Davis – Animator Hedy Lamarr - Actress Victor Mature - Actor

Garson Kanin – Screenwriter Roger Vadim – Producer/Director Mabel King - Actress Oliver Reed - Actor Albert Whitlock – Special Effects Ian Bannen - Actor Abraham Polonsky – Screenwriter Dirk Bogarde - Actor Edward Dmytryk – Director Lila Kedrova - Actress Charles 'Buddy' Rogers - Actor/musician Madeline Kahn - Actress George C. Scott - Actor

See also

• 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 20th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 42nd Grammy Awards
• 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 53rd British Academy Film Awards
• 54th Tony Awards
• 57th Golden Globe Awards
• List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Chapman, Francesca (December 15, 1999). "They Wanted Billy, So He'll Play Host To Oscars Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
2. Owen, Rob (March 26, 2000). "Audience can share Meredith Vieira's view from the red carpet". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
3. King, Susan (February 16, 2000). "Making the Oscar Ceremony a Reflection of Today's Films". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
4. "72nd Annual Academy Awards-Full Production Credits". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
5. Speier, Michael (March 25, 2000). "Review: "The 72nd Annual Academy Awards"". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
6. Braxton, Greg (March 28, 2000). "Some Oscar Questions Linger: Like, Where Was Whitney?". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
7. "Oscar Watch: Hayek to present Scientific and Technical Awards". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. February 13, 2000. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
8. Lyman, Rick (March 27, 2000). "'American Beauty' Tops the Oscars; Main Acting Awards Go to Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
9. Brooks, Xan (March 27, 2000). "Oscar ceremony sticks to the script". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
10. Svetkey, Benjamin. "And Then There Were 5". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
11. Ryan, Desmond (February 16, 2000). "Eight Oscar Nominations For 'American Beauty'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
12. "Oscar winners in full". BBC News. BBC. March 27, 2000. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
13. Lyttelton, Oliver (February 20, 2013). "Oscar Trivia: 50 Fun Facts To Prepare You For The 85th Academy Awards". IndieWire. Snagfilms. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
14. "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
15. Levy 2003, p. 126
16. "Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
17. Hornaday, Ann (March 27, 2000). "A 'Beauty' of an Evening". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
18. Zacharek, Stephanie (March 20, 2000). "Warren Beatty". Salon. Salon Media Group. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
19. Bona 2002, p. 295
20. Bona 2002, pp. 300–301
21. Bona 2002, p. 279
22. Pond 2005, p. 224
23. Snow, Shauna (December 11, 1999). "Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
24. Pond 2005, p. 225
25. Bona 2002, p. 301
26. Pond 2005, p. 235
27. Ryan, Joal (December 10, 1999). "Taps for Oscar Night Taps". E!. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
28. Pond 2005, pp. 238–239
29. Burlingame, Jon (March 20, 2000). "The Sound of Change". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
30. Bona 2002, p. 285
31. "1999 Academy Award Nominations and Winner for Best Picture". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
32. "1999 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
33. Pond 2005, p. 231
34. Ryfle, Steve (March 19, 2000). "Oscar Ballots: Lost... And Found!". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
35. Bona 2002, p. 289
36. "Oscars stolen, but the show will go on". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. March 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
37. Ryan, Joal; Steven Ryfle (March 19, 2000). "Oscar: Found in Trash!". Hollywood.com. Hollywood.com, LLC. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
38. Pond 2005, p. 255
39. Lyman, Rick (March 21, 2000). "Stolen Oscars Discovered in a Trash Bin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
40. "Man Who Rescued Oscars Receives $50,000 Reward". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. March 24, 2000. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
41. "3rd Man Charged in Oscar Theft". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
42. "September 10, 2013". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. June 14, 2003. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
43. Bona 2002, p. 314
44. Morris, Wesley (March 27, 2000). "An 'American' tale". The San Francisco Examiner. Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
45. Brownfield, Paul (March 27, 2000). "Hipper, Sleeker but Longer". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
46. Carman, John (March 27, 2000). "The Show – Onstage and Off / TV Oscarcast Was Efficient, Lacked Emotion". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
47. Owen, Rob (March 27, 2000). "Crystal just ho-hum in a really slow Oscars show". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Crain Communications. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
48. James, Caryn (March 28, 2000). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Growing Pains as the Oscars Play to Jaded Stargazers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
49. "Academy Awards ratings" (PDF). Television Bureau of Advertising. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
50. "Primetime Emmy Award database". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. ATAS. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
51. "List of Emmy winners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. September 11, 2000. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
52. Bona 2002, p. 307

Bibliography

• Bona, Damien (2002), Inside Oscar 2, New York, United States: Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-44970-3
• Levy, Emanuel (2003), All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards, New York, United States: Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0-8264-1452-4
• Pond, Steve (2005), The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards, New York, United States: Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-21193-3

External links

Official websites

• Academy Awards Official website
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website
• Oscar's Channel at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

News resources

• Oscars 2000 BBC News
• Academy Awards coverage CNN

Analysis

• 1999 Academy Awards Winners and History Filmsite
• Academy Awards, USA: 2000 Internet Movie Database