The Flick Chick's Oscar Picks

for the 72nd Academy Awards

My opinions on Oscar matters should be taken with a grain of salt. In other words, I wouldn't bet the rent money in the office pool if I were you.

On a completely unrelated note: Do you think Harvey Weinstein stole all those missing Oscars himself, just in case The Cider House Rules doesn't sweep?

[Updated 03.27.00: Winners are starred]

PICTURE
*American Beauty [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
The Cider House Rules [DARK HORSE]
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
I'd have nominated:
Being John Malkovich

ACTOR
Russell Crowe: The Insider [SHOULD WIN]
Richard Farnsworth: The Straight Story
Sean Penn: Sweet and Lowdown
*Kevin Spacey: American Beauty [WILL WIN]
Denzel Washington: The Hurricane [DARK HORSE]

ACTRESS
Annette Benning: American Beauty
Janet McTeer: Tumbleweeds
Julianne Moore: The End of the Affair [DARK HORSE]
Meryl Streep: Music of the Heart
*Hilary Swank: Boys Don't Cry [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]

SUPPORTING ACTOR
*Michael Caine: The Cider House Rules
Tom Cruise: Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan: The Green Mile [DARK HORSE]
Jude Law: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Haley Joel Osment: The Sixth Sense [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
I'd have nominated:
John Malkovich: Being John Malkovich
Chris Cooper: October Sky

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Toni Collette: The Sixth Sense
*Angelina Jolie: Girl Interrupted
Catherine Keener: Being John Malkovich [DARK HORSE]
Samantha Morton: Sweet and Lowdown
Chloe Sevigny: Boys Don't Cry [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
I'd have nominated:
Cherry Jones: Cradle Will Rock

DIRECTOR
Lasse Hallstrom: The Cider House Rules [DARK HORSE]
Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann: The Insider
*Sam Mendes: American Beauty [WILL WIN]
M. Night Shyamalan: The Sixth Sense [SHOULD WIN]

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
*John Irving: The Cider House Rules [DARK HORSE]
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor: Election [SHOULD WIN]
Frank Darabont: The Green Mile
Eric Roth and Michael Mann: The Insider
Anthony Minghella: The Talented Mr. Ripley [WILL WIN]
I'd have nominated:
An Ideal Husband

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
*Alan Ball: American Beauty
Charlie Kaufman: Being John Malkovich [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia
M. Night Shyamalan: The Sixth Sense [DARK HORSE]
Mike Leigh: Topsy-Turvy

ART DIRECTION
Anna and the King
The Cider House Rules
*Sleepy Hollow [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
The Talented Mr. Ripley [DARK HORSE]
Topsy-Turvy

CINEMATOGRAPHY
*American Beauty [WILL WIN]
The End of the Affair
The Insider
Sleepy Hollow [DARK HORSE]
Snow Falling on Cedars [SHOULD WIN]

ORIGINAL SCORE
*John Corigliano: The Red Violin [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
Thomas Newman: American Beauty
Rachel Portman: The Cider House Rules
John Williams: Angela's Ashes
Gabriel Yared: The Talented Mr. Ripley [DARK HORSE]
I'd have nominated:
The Legend of 1900

ORIGINAL SONG
Blame Canada (from South Park): Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman [DARK HORSE]
Music of My Heart (from Music of the Heart): Diane Warren
Save Me (from Magnolia): Aimee Mann [WILL WIN]
When She Loved Me (from Toy Story 2): Randy Newman [SHOULD WIN]
*You'll Be in My Heart (from Tarzan): Phil Collins

COSTUME
Anna and the King [WILL WIN]
Sleepy Hollow [SHOULD WIN]
The Talented Mr. Ripley [DARK HORSE]
Titus
*Topsy-Turvy

FILM EDITING
American Beauty [WILL WIN]
The Cider House Rules
The Insider
*The Matrix [SHOULD WIN]
The Sixth Sense [DARK HORSE]
I'd have nominated:
Fight Club
Three Kings

MAKEUP
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [DARK HORSE]
Bicentennial Man [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
Life
*Topsy-Turvy
I'd have nominated:
Fight Club

SOUND
The Green Mile
The Insider
*The Matrix [DARK HORSE]
The Mummy
The Phantom Menace [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Fight Club
*The Matrix [DARK HORSE]
The Phantom Menace [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]

VISUAL EFFECTS
*The Matrix [DARK HORSE]
The Phantom Menace [WILL WIN] [SHOULD WIN]
Stuart Little

MaryAnn Johanson
The Flick Filosopher
March 20, 2000

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American Beauty
Angela's Ashes
Anna and the King
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Being John Malkovich
Bicentennial Man
Boys Don't Cry
The Cider House Rules
Election
The End of the Affair
Girl Interrupted
Fight Club
The Green Mile
The Hurricane
The Insider
Life
Magnolia
The Matrix
The Mummy
Music of the Heart
The Phantom Menace
The Red Violin
The Sixth Sense
Sleepy Hollow
Snow Falling on Cedars
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
The Straight Story
Stuart Little
Sweet and Lowdown
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tarzan
Titus
Topsy-Turvy
Toy Story 2
Tumbleweeds

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