72nd Academy Awards nominees and winners

The nominees for the 72nd Academy Awards were announced on February 15 2000 by Academy president Robert Rehme and actor Dustin Hoffman, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. The winners were announced March 26 at a ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

"Winners are highlighted in boldface".

=Best Motion Picture Of The Year=

*"American Beauty"
*"The Cider House Rules"
*"The Green Mile"
*"The Insider"
*"The Sixth Sense"

Achievement in Directing

*Lasse Hallström - "The Cider House Rules"
*Spike Jonze - "Being John Malkovich"
*Michael Mann - "The Insider"
*Sam Mendes - "American Beauty"
*M. Night Shyamalan - "The Sixth Sense"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role=

*Russell Crowe - "The Insider"
*Richard Farnsworth - "The Straight Story"
*Sean Penn - "Sweet and Lowdown"
*Kevin Spacey - "American Beauty"
*Denzel Washington - "The Hurricane"

=Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role=

*Annette Bening - "American Beauty"
*Janet McTeer - "Tumbleweeds"
*Julianne Moore - "The End of the Affair"
*Meryl Streep - "Music of the Heart"
*Hilary Swank - "Boys Don't Cry"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role=

*Michael Caine - "The Cider House Rules"
*Tom Cruise - "Magnolia"
*Michael Clarke Duncan - "The Green Mile"
*Jude Law - "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
*Haley Joel Osment - "The Sixth Sense"

=Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role=

*Toni Collette - "The Sixth Sense"
*Angelina Jolie - "Girl, Interrupted"
*Catherine Keener - "Being John Malkovich"
*Samantha Morton - "Sweet and Lowdown"
*Chloë Sevigny - "Boys Don't Cry"

=Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year=

*"All About My Mother" (Spain)
*"East/West" (France)
*"Himalaya" (Nepal)
*"Solomon and Gaenor" (United Kingdom)
*"Under the Sun" (Sweden)

=Adapted Screenplay=

*"The Cider House Rules" - John Irving, based on his novel
*"Election" - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Tom Perrotta
*"The Green Mile" - Frank Darabont, based on the novel by Stephen King
*"The Insider" - Eric Roth and Michael Mann, based on an article by Marie Brenner
*"The Talented Mr. Ripley" - Anthony Minghella, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith

=Original Screenplay=

*"American Beauty" - Alan Ball
*"Being John Malkovich" - Charlie Kaufman
*"Magnolia" - Paul Thomas Anderson
*"The Sixth Sense" - M. Night Shyamalan
*"Topsy-Turvy" - Mike Leigh

=Achievement In Art Direction=

*"Anna and the King"
*"The Cider House Rules"
*"Sleepy Hollow"
*"The Talented Mr. Ripley"
*"Topsy-Turvy"

=Achievement In Cinematography=

*Conrad L. Hall - "American Beauty"
*Roger Pratt - "The End of the Affair"
*Dante Spinotti - "The Insider"
*Emmanuel Lubezki - "Sleepy Hollow"
*Robert Richardson - "Snow Falling on Cedars"

=Achievement In Costume Design=

*Jenny Beavan - "Anna and the King"
*Colleen Atwood - "Sleepy Hollow"
*Ann Roth and Gary Jones - "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
*Milena Canonero - "Titus"
*Lindy Hemming - "Topsy-Turvy"

=Best Documentary Feature=

*"Buena Vista Social Club"
*"Genghis Blues"
*"On the Ropes"
*"One Day in September"
*"Speaking in Strings"

=Best Documentary Short Subject=

*"Eyewitness"
*"King Gimp"
*"The Wildest Show in the South"

=Achievement In Film Editing=

*"American Beauty"
*"The Cider House Rules"
*"The Insider"
*"The Matrix"
*"The Sixth Sense"

Achievement In Makeup

*""
*"Bicentennial Man"
*"Life"
*"Topsy-Turvy"

=Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)=

*"American Beauty"
*"Angela's Ashes"
*"The Cider House Rules"
*"The Red Violin"
*"The Talented Mr. Ripley"

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

*"Save Me" - "Magnolia"
*"Music of My Heart" - "Music of the Heart"
*"Blame Canada" - ""
*"You'll Be in My Heart" - "Tarzan"
*"When She Loved Me" - "Toy Story 2"

=Best Animated Short Film=

*"3 Misses"
*"Humdrum"
*"My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts"
*"The Old Man and the Sea"
*"When the Day Breaks"

=Best Live Action Short Film=

*"Killing Joe"
*"Kleingeld"
*"Major and Minor Miracles"
*"My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York"
*"Theis and Nico"

=Achievement In Sound Editing=

*"Fight Club"
*"The Matrix"
*""

=Achievement In Sound Mixing=

*"The Green Mile"
*"The Insider"
*"The Matrix"
*"The Mummy"
*""

=Achievement In Visual Effects=

*"The Matrix"
*""
*"Stuart Little"

pecial honors

Academy Honorary Award:*Andrzej Wajda
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award:*Warren Beatty