2000 Golden Globe Winners

2000 Golden Globe Nominees and Winners

And the winners are...

In a wide open year, no film won more than two statuettes, itself a distinction shared by four different movies. Since the Globes failed, then, to provide much insight into what the Academy races might look like, they were left to fulfill their sole other function: to show what happens when you get Hollywood stars drunk and well-fed before putting them behind a live microphone. Renée Zellweger set an all-time speed record in switching from humiliated (she was caught in the bathroom when her winning name was called out) to classy (thanking director Cameron Crowe, in attendance for Almost Famous, for giving her the big Jerry Maguire break four years ago.) Besides that, a generally uneventful evening. Here are the nominees and winners in the film categories, as well as, in the left hand column my predictions. Incorrect forecasts are rendered in red text—for the first time ever, there are only two!

Who I Predicted

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
Billy Elliot
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
Sunshine
Traffic
Wonder Boys

BEST PICTURE (MUS/COM)
Almost Famous
Best in Show
Chicken Run
Chocolat
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh, Traffic
István Szabó, Sunshine

BEST ACTRESS (DR)
Joan Allen, The Contender
Björk, Dancer in the Dark
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich

BEST ACTOR (DR)
Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
Russell Crowe, Gladiator
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Geoffrey Rush, Quills

BEST ACTRESS (M/C)
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Brenda Blethyn, Saving Grace
Sandra Bullock, Miss Congeniality
Tracey Ullman, Small Time Crooks
Renée Zellweger, Nurse Betty

BEST ACTOR (M/C)
Jim Carrey, How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
John Cusack, High Fidelity
Robert De Niro, Meet the Parents
Mel Gibson, What Women Want

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judi Dench, Chocolat
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator

BEST SCREENPLAY
Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe
Quills, Doug Wright
Traffic, Stephen Gaghan
Wonder Boys, Steve Kloves
You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Amores Perros (Mexico)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)
The Hundred Steps (Italy)
Malena (Italy)
The Widow of St. Pierre (France)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I've Seen It All," Dancer in the Dark
"My Funny Friend and Me," Emperor's...
"One in a Million," Miss Congeniality
"Things Have Changed," Wonder Boys
"When You Come Back to Me Again," Frequency

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
All the Pretty Horses, Daniel Lanois/Marty Stuart
Chocolat, Rachel Portman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Tan Dun
Gladiator, Lisa Gerrard/Hans Zimmer
Malena, Ennio Morricone
Sunshine, Maurice Jarre

Who Copped the Trophy