My pick of the flicks (Academy Awards (Oscars))

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Product:	Academy Awards (Oscars)
Date:	28/02/03 (132 review reads)
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The 75th Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars will take place on March 23rd, and will be hosted by comedian Steve Martin, and for over 2 weeks now extensive canvassing has been going on amongst the nominees to see who can win one of the coveted statuettes. Everyone has their own opinion on who will win what, so here is mine...

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The nominees here are Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt), Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs Of New York), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Adrian Brody (The Pianist) and Michael Caine (The Quiet American).

I think this is a pretty close run thing, with old stalwart Nicholson and Day Lewis emerging as the front runners. I think that Day Lewis will be given the nod. He was the star of a blockbuster, and he has returned from a self imposed exile and it is 14 years since his Oscar win for 'My Left Foot'. If the Academy want a new star, then they will have no choice but to opt for the very strange looking Adrian Brody, who stars in 'The Pianist', a film which shows the horrors suffered by Jewish people at the hands of Hitler and his followers.

PREDICTION: DANIEL DAY LEWIS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: TOM HANKS (ROAD TO PERDITION)


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The nominees here are Chris Cooper (Adaptation), Ed Harris (The Hours), Paul Newman (Road To Perdition), John C Reilly (Chicago), and Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can). This is one of the awards which has had the least speculation surrounding it. Personally, I would like to see Chris Cooper get the award, as he is a hard working actor, who always seems to be on the edge of the big time, but never quite getting that one big break. I suspect the award will go to old timer Paul Newman, purely for sentimental reasons.

PREDICTION: PAUL NEWMAN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: OLIVER MARTINEZ - UNFAITHFUL

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The nominees here are Salma Haye
k (Frida), Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven), and Renee Zellwegger (Chicago). Most people I have spoken to or heard being interviewed are certain that 2003 will be the year of Nicole Kidman, but I hope that they are wrong. Don't get me wrong, I like her, but I think the orchestrated media campaign which is in place to maximise her exposure is more than a touch tasteless. Personally, I am a Julianne Moore fan, so I would hope that her performance in 'Far From Heaven' will not be overlooked due to the media frenzy and focus on the nose the Kidman needed to play the part of Virginia Wolff in 'The Hours'.

PREDICTION: NICOLE KIDMAN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: NAOMI WATTS (THE RING)

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The nominees here are Kathy Bates (About Schmidt), Julianne Moore (The Hours), Queen Latifah (Chicago), Meryl Streep (The Hours) and Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago). Once again, we witness the media hype in the run up to the Oscars, and this time it is the Catherine Zeta Jones media train that many people have jumped on. I hope that Julianne Moore manages to shine out from the other nominees, as I am sure she will be overlooked for Best Actress, so she is more than deserving of this award, although it is in a lesser category.

PREDICTION: JULIANNE MOORE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: CAMERON DIAZ (GANGS OF NEW YORK)

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The nominees here are Chicago, The Hours, Gangs Of New York, The Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers and The Pianist. Now this is a difficult one, especially after the BAFTA was given to the lesser fancied film 'The Pianist'. I do not think it will triumph at the Oscars, mainly because the director Roman Polanski is not held in high esteem, and The Academy would be loathed to award him in any way. That leaves the way open for 'The Hours' and 'Gangs Of New York', and I am confident
that the long time in the making 'Gangs' will prove triumphant.

PREDICTION: GANGS OF NEW YORK
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: UNFAITHFUL


Those are the main awards, and I am sure that the Oscar for Best Director will go to Martin Scorcese, as his nearest rival is Roman Polanski, and he is facing charges of rape should he ever re-enter America, then it is highly unlikely that he will receive the accolade. I would love to see Eminem win Best Song, and I hope that The Academy take the risk and reward him.

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