72nd Annual Academy Awards
March 26, 2000

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host: Billy Crystal
Televised over ABC
Costume Design:Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz & Lucy Liu
Young Movie Actors Tribute:Haley Joel Osment
Sound:Mike Myers & Heather Graham
Makeup:Tobey Maguire & Erykah Badu
Supporting Actress:James Coburn
Film Segment on Last 2,000,000 Years:Morgan Freeman
Live Action Short Film:Cate Blanchett & Jude Law
Animated Short Film:Billy Crystal & Michael Clarke Duncan
Original Song:Cher
Documentary Short Subject:Wes Bentley, Thora Birch & Mena Suvari
Documentary Feature:Uma Thurman & Ethan Hawke
Supporting Actor:Judi Dench
Honorary Award to Andrzej Wajda:Jane Fonda
Sound Effects Editing:Chow Yun Fat
Scientific and Technical Awards:Salma Hayek
Visual Effects:Arnold Schwarzenegger
Medley of Original Song Winners:Burt Bacharach
Foreign Language Film:Antonio Banderas & Penélope Cruz
Original Score:Charlize Theron & Keanu Reeves
Art Direction:Russell Crowe & Julianne Moore
Film Editing:Ashley Judd & Tommy Lee Jones
Thalberg Award:Jack Nicholson
Cinematography:Brad Pitt
Screenplay Adaptation:Kevin Spacey
Original Screenplay:Mel Gibson
Actress:Roberto Benigni
Actor:Gwyneth Paltrow
Director:Steven Spielberg
Best Picture:Clint Eastwood
(intros by Winona Ryder, Anjelica Huston, Diane Keaton, Angela Bassett & Samuel L. Jackson)

All songs introduced by Vanessa L. Williams & LL Cool J
"When She Loved Me"-- Sarah McLachlan & Randy Newman
"Save Me"-- Aimee Mann
"You'll Be in My Heart"-- Phil Collins
"Music of My Heart"-- Gloria Estefan & 'N Sync
"Blame Canada"-- Robin Williams
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Sam Mendes with his Oscar® for Best Director (American Beauty)
Kevin Spacey receives his Oscar® for Best Actor (American Beauty)
Hilary Swank hears that she won the Oscar® for Best Actress (Boys Don't Cry)
Angelina Jolie, Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted
Michael Caine and his Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor (The Cider House Rules)

Alan Ball with his Award for Original Screenplay (American Beauty)
John Irving and his Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay (The Cider House Rules)
Andre Wajda holds his Oscar® as he gets a kiss from presenter Jane Fonda. Wajda received an Honorary Award for his body of work in Polish cinema.
Conrad L. Hall and his Award for Cinematography (American Beauty)
Zach Staenberg and his Oscar® for Film Editing (The Matrix)

Pedro Almodóvar and his Oscar® for Foreign Language Film (Todo sobre mi madre)
John Corigliano with his Award for Original Score (The Red Violin)
Phil Collins and his Oscar® for Original Song from Tarzan
Lindy Hemming with her Award for Costume Design (Topsy-Turvy)
Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud receiving their Oscars for Best Makeup (Topsy-Turvy)

Susan Hadary and William Whiteford accept their Oscars® for Documentary
Short Subject (King Gimp)
The Matrix visual effects team: John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley & Jon Thum
"South Park"'s Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed up as J-Lo and Gwyneth
Show Executive Producer:Michael B. Seligman
Show Producers:Lili Fini Zanuck
Richard D. Zanuck
Tom Sherren (Billy's opening film)
Telecast Director for ABC:Louis J. Horvitz
Troy Miller (Billy's opening film)