AlexanderPayne's About Schmidt and Spike Jonze's Adaptation each received four nominations includingbest picture today (Dec 17) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA),which announced its 10 Best Films of 2002 as well as a host of nominees inother categories.
In addition toits best picture nod About Schmidt yielded a best actor nomination for Jack Nicholson, bestsupporting actress for Kathy Bates and best writer for Alexander Payne and JimTaylor. Adaptationalso earned nominations for Chris Cooper and Meryl Streep as supporting actorand supporting actress and a writer nod for Charlie Kaufman.
In the actorcategory Nicholson goes up against Gangs Of New York's Daniel Day-Lewis - the pair werejointly awarded the best actor prize by the Los Angeles Film CriticsAssociation at the weekend - and Robin Williams for his role as a creepy photolab employee in One Hour Photo. Julianne Moore received another nod for Todd Haynes' Farfrom Heaven and will viefor top honours against Diane Lane for Unfaithful, Salma Hayek for Frida and Nicole Kidman for The Hours, in which Moore co-stars. The directorcategory boasts a line-up that would be hard to beat anywhere else: RomanPolanski, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are in the running for ThePianist, Gangs Of NewYork and Catch Me IfYou Can & MinorityReport respectively.
The best digitalactor category yielded nominations for Dobby in Harry Potter and the Chamber ofSecrets, Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Yoda in Star Wars:Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Elsewhere, Catherine Zeta-Jones garnered asupporting actress nomination for Chicago and Nia Vardalos was nominated in thewriter section for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which also picked up an actingensemble nod.
Final ballotingwill take place online from Jan 6-13, 2003. The winners will be announced atthe 8th Annual Critics' Choice Awards gala on Jan 17 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.The BFCA says that of the major categories in the past two years, 78% ofCritics' Choice Awards nominees have gone to receive Oscar nominations.
NOMINEES FOR THE8TH ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS:
BEST PICTURE
About Schmidt
Adaptation
Catch Me IfYou Can
Chicago
Far FromHeaven
Gangs Of NewYork
The Hours
The Lord OfThe Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Road To Perdition
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day LewisGangs Of New York
Jack Nicholson AboutSchmidt
Robin Williams OneHour Photo
BEST ACTRESS
Salma Hayek Frida
Nicole Kidman TheHours
Diane Lane Unfaithful
Julianne Moore FarFrom Heaven
BEST SUPPORTINGACTOR
Chris Cooper Adaptation
Alfred Molina Frida
Paul Newman RoadTo Perdition
BEST SUPPORTINGACTRESS
Kathy Bates AboutSchmidt
Meryl Streep Adaptation
CatherineZeta-Jones Chicago
BEST ACTINGENSEMBLE
Chicago
The Hours
My Big FatGreek Wedding
BEST DIRECTOR
Roman Polanski ThePianist
Martin Scorsese GangsOf New York
Steven SpielbergCatch Me If You Can& Minority Report
BEST WRITER
Charlie Kaufman Adaptation & Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Alexander Payne& Jim Taylor About Schmidt
Nia Vardalos MyBig Fat Greek Wedding
BEST YOUNGACTOR/ACTRESS
Kieran Culkin IgbyGoes Down
Tyler Hoechlin RoadTo Perdition
Nicholas Hoult AboutABoy
BEST DIGITALACTING PERFORMANCE
Dobby HarryPotter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Gollum TheLord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Yoda StarWars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones
BEST ANIMATEDFEATURE
Ice Age
Lilo &Stitch
Spirit:Stallion Of The Cimarron
Spirited Away
BEST FAMILY FILM(live action)
Harry PotterAnd The Chamber Of Secrets
The Rookie
TuckEverlasting
BEST PICTUREMADE FOR TELEVISION
Door To Door
Live FromBaghdad
Martin AndLewis
BEST FOREIGNLANGUAGE FILM
MonsoonWedding
Talk To Her
Y Tu MamaTambien
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bowling forColumbine
The Kid StaysIn The Picture
Standing InThe Shadows Of Motown
BEST SONG
"Fatherand Daughter" by Paul Simon, The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"Hero"by Chad Kroeger, Spider-Man
"LoseYourself" by Eminem, 8 Mile
BEST COMPOSER
Philip Glass TheHours
Howard Shore TheLord of the Rings: The Two Towers
John Williams Catch Me If You Can, Harry PotterAnd The Chamber Of Secrets & Minority Report
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