74th Academy Awards
Date	Sunday, March 24, 2002
Site	Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California
Preshow	N/A
Host	Whoopi Goldberg
Producer	Laura Ziskin
Director
Duration	4 hours, 23 minutes

The 74th Academy Awards ceremony was significant for a number of reasons. It saw the return of the Academy Awards celebrations to Hollywood, after more than forty years away, taking place at the brand new Kodak Theatre. The ceremony was also the longest ever Oscar show. The ceremony also saw both the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars awarded to African-American actors for the first time in Academy Award history; this, in addition to Sidney Poitier winning the Lifetime Achievement award, led some to dub the ceremony The Bloscars and the Blackademy Awards. Entertainment during the show was provided by Cirque du Soleil. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who would later win Best Documentary at the 76th Academy Awards, made a short film that was shown during the ceremony. The film shows almost 100 people discussing movies. Those featured range from Laura Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev to Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to Kenneth Arrow (1972 Nobel Laureate in Economics) to Morris' son Hamilton. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sarafina movie poster featuring Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955), is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy Award-winning American comedian and film actress. ... Laura Ziskin is an American film producer. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... For general discussion of dark-skinned people, see Black people. ... Sidney Poitier Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor. ... Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles 1971) Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban African American audience; the word itself is a portmanteau, or combination, of the words black and... Cirque du Soleil (French for Circus of the Sun) is an entertainment empire based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Quebec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. ... Errol Morris Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. ... 76th Academy Awards Sunday, February 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California Hosts Preshow: Billy Bush, Chris Connelly & Maria Menounos Show: Billy Crystal Crew Producer: Joe Roth Supervising Producer: Michael Seligman Director: Lou Horvitz Duration 3 hours, 40 minutes Network ABC The big contenders for the 76th Academy... First Lady Laura Bush Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the current First Lady of the United States. ... (Russian: , Mihail Sergeevič Gorbačëv, IPA: , commonly anglicized as Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Lou Reed Lewis Allen Lou Reed born (March 2, 1942) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, originally from Brooklyn, New York. ... Kenneth Arrow Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist, winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ...

Notable Quotes

• "Forty years I've been chasing Sidney, they finally give it to me. What do they do? They give to him the same night." - Denzel Washington upon accepting his Best Actor award, commenting on Sidney Poitier's Oscars.
• "For those of you keeping track, the score is Brilliant Mathematicians -2, Hobbits-4." - Whoopi Goldberg, mid-way through the evening, commenting on the race between the two Oscar front-runners that night, A Beautiful Mind and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• "I love my life." - Julia Roberts, upon opening the Best Actor envelope and seeing the winner was friend Denzel Washington. Roberts was widely criticized for the comment, which was perceived as self-centered and an effort to make the moment "about her" rather than the winner.

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The Awards

Feature Films

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Directing

• Achievement in directing: Ron Howard - "A Beautiful Mind"

Acting

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Writing

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Trivia

• As the Emmy Awards were postponed in 2001, and the Oscar nominations were supposed to come out just after the attacks, many wondered if the Oscars would be postponed as well. Frank Pierson, then president of the Academy stated that the Oscars would proceed as scheduled, and to postpone would mean that "the terrorists have won".
• This Oscar ceremony had several young up and coming actors and actresses to present a few of the awards. Among them included Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Hartnett, Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire.
• The In Memoriam tribute caused some uproar a month after the show, when such Oscar nominated actresses including Peggy Lee, Dorothy McGuire and two time Oscar winning FX expert A.D. Flowers were mysteriously omitted from being included in the touching yearly presentation.

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Special Events

Woody Allen made his first ever appearance at this year's Oscar ceremony to present a tribute to films shot in New York City, in the wake of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. Woody Allen in the movie Anything Else 2003. ...

There was a special tribute to the popular scores for motion pictures in the past 74 years.

In Memoriam

Presented by Kevin Spacey. The Academy first takes a moment of silence to remember those Americans lost in the September 11th terrorist attacks. The audience takes its moment of silence and with that it is then to take a look at those Hollywood icons that died in the previous year: Jack Lemmon, Nigel Hawthorne, Beatrice Straight, Eileen Heckart, Jason Miller, Ann Sothern, Harold Russell, Kim Stanley, director Michael Ritchie, director Ted Demme, director Budd Boetticher, director Hiroshi Teshigihara, director Herbert Ross, producer Julia Phillips, composer Jay Livingston, producer William Hanna, animator Chuck Jones, producer Samuel Z. Arkoff, costume designer Danilo Donati, cinematographer Sacha Vierny, cinematographer John A. Alonzo, Carroll O'Connor, Aaliyah, George Harrison and Anthony Quinn. Spacey as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns Kevin Spacey (born Kevin Matthew Fowler on July 26, 1959) is an American film and stage actor, as well as London-based theatre director. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor. ... Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theater and film actress. ... Eileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen and television. ... Jason Miller as Fr. ... Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American film actress. ... Harold John Russell (b. ... Kim Stanley photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress. ... Michael Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director Michael Ritchie is also the name of an English college student in East Sussex who is famous for writing three novels for teenagers about teenage life. ... Ted Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002), born in New York, New York, was an American film director and producer. ... Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. ... Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York - October 9, 2001 in New York City), also known as Herb Ross, was a prolific film director, producer, choreographer and actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. ... Julia Phillips (April 7, 1944 – January 1, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning film producer and author. ... Jay Livingston (March 28, 1915 - October 17, 2001) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for films. ... William Hanna William Denby Bill Hanna (July 14, 1910 in Melrose, New Mexico – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera (now known as Cartoon Network Studios). ... Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. ... Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12, 1918–September 16, 2001) was an American producer of B-movies. ... Sacha Vierny (10 August 1919 – 15 May 2001) was a French cinematographer. ... John Alonzo (born June 12, 1926 in Dallas, Texas, died March 13, 2001) was an American cinematographer who pioneered hand held work, lighting techniques and HD development during his career. ... John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an Irish-American actor, famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1979) and Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983). ... Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), better known simply as her stage name Aaliyah, was an American R&B singer, dancer, fashion model and actress. ... George Harrison, MBE (February 24, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican-American actor, painter, and writer. ...

Breakdown

5/13 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4/8 A Beautiful Mind
2/7 Moulin Rouge
2/4 Black Hawk Down
1/7 Gosford Park
1/4 Monsters, Inc.
1/4 Pearl Harbor
1/3 Iris
1/2 Monster's Ball
1/2 Shrek
1/2 Training Day
1/1 For the Birds
1/1 Murder on a Sunday Morning
1/1 No Man's Land
1/1 the accountant
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