Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: 2001

PFCS Award

Date:

16 January

Best Picture


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Quills (2000) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Traffic (2000) Wonder Boys (2000)

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Quills (2000) - Geoffrey Rush
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Patrick Fugit Before Night Falls (2000) - Javier Bardem Cast Away (2000) - Tom Hanks Wonder Boys (2000) - Michael Douglas (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Ellen Burstyn
Other Nominees:
	Contender, The (2000) - Joan Allen (I) Gift, The (2000) - Cate Blanchett Nurse Betty (2000) - Renée Zellweger You Can Count on Me (2000) - Laura Linney

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Willem Dafoe
Other Nominees:
	Gladiator (2000) - Joaquin Phoenix Quills (2000) - Joaquin Phoenix Traffic (2000) - Benicio Del Toro Wonder Boys (2000) - Tobey Maguire

Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Jamie Bell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Family Man, The (2000) - Makenzie Vega Finding Forrester (2000) - Rob Brown (VI) Remember the Titans (2000) - Hayden Panettiere You Can Count on Me (2000) - Rory Culkin

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Kate Hudson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Frances McDormand Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Jennifer Connelly State and Main (2000) - Rebecca Pidgeon Wonder Boys (2000) - Frances McDormand

Best Director


Winner:
	Traffic (2000) - Steven Soderbergh
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Cameron Crowe Quills (2000) - Philip Kaufman (I) Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Darren Aronofsky Wonder Boys (2000) - Curtis Hanson (I)

Best Screenplay - Original


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Cameron Crowe
Other Nominees:
	Contender, The (2000) - Rod Lurie Finding Forrester (2000) - Mike Rich (I) Nurse Betty (2000) - John C. Richards; James Flamberg You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Screenplay - Adaptation


Winner:
	Quills (2000) - Doug Wright (II)
Other Nominees:
	Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Darren Aronofsky; Hubert Selby Jr. Traffic (2000) - Stephen Gaghan Wonder Boys (2000) - Steve Kloves

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Cell, The (2000) - Paul Laufer
Other Nominees:
	Cast Away (2000) - Don Burgess Gladiator (2000) - John Mathieson Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Matthew Libatique Traffic (2000) - Steven Soderbergh

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Rita Ryack
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Eiko Ishioka Cell, The (2000) - Eiko Ishioka Gladiator (2000) - Janty Yates Quills (2000) - Jacqueline West

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Jay Rabinowitz
Other Nominees:
	Quills (2000) - Peter Boyle (II) Snatch. (2000) - Jon Harris (II); Les Healey Traffic (2000) - Stephen Mirrione Wo hu cang long (2000) - Tim Squyres

Best Visual Effects


Winner:
	Vertical Limit (2000) - Kent Houston
Other Nominees:
	Cell, The (2000) - Kevin Tod Haug Gladiator (2000) - John Nelson (I) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Kevin Scott Mack Perfect Storm, The (2000) - Stefen Fangmeier

Best Makeup


Winner:
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Rick Baker (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cell, The (2000) - Michèle Burke; Edouard F. Henriques Quills (2000) - Peter King (I); Nuala Conway Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Katja Reinert-Alexis X-Men (2000) - Gordon J. Smith

Best Original Song


Winner:
	Emperor's New Groove, The (2000) - Sting; David Hartley (V) - For the song "My Funny Friend and Me".
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - For the song "Love Comes and Goes". Dancer in the Dark (2000) - Björk; Sjón Sigurdsson; Lars von Trier - For the song "I've Seen It All". Frequency (2000) - Garth Brooks; Jenny Yates - For the song "When You Come Back To Me Again". Wonder Boys (2000) - Bob Dylan - For the song "Things Have Changed".

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000) - Rachel Portman
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Nancy Wilson (I) Chicken Run (2000) - Harry Gregson-Williams; John Powell (I) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - Carter Burwell; T-Bone Burnett Patriot, The (2000) - John Williams (I)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Wo hu cang long (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Fille sur le pont, La (1999) Malèna (2000) Terrorist, The (1999)

Best Family Film


Winner:
	Chicken Run (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Dinosaur (2000) Emperor's New Groove, The (2000) Fantasia/2000 (1999) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Chicken Run (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Dinosaur (2000) Emperor's New Groove, The (2000) Fantasia/2000 (1999)

Best Newcomer


Winner:
	Finding Forrester (2000) - Rob Brown (VI)
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Patrick Fugit Almost Famous (2000) - Kate Hudson (I) Billy Elliot (2000) - Jamie Bell (I)