73rd Annual Academy Awards
March 25, 2001

The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Your Host: Steve Martin
Televised over ABC
Opening montage of past Oscar®: radio and television broadcasts
Introduction of Steve Martin:Susan Helms and the crew of the International Space Station Alpha
Opening monologue:Steve Martin
Art Direction:Catherine Zeta-Jones
Supporting Actress:Nicolas Cage
Film Editing:Russell Crowe
Live Action Short Films:Ben Stiller
Animated Short Films:Ben Stiller
1st Original Song Nominee "My Funny Friend and Me":Performed by Sting (introduced by Halle Berry)
1st Best Picture Nominee Erin Brockovich:Introduced by Annette Bening
Costume Design:Penélope Cruz
Farewell remarks:Academy President Robert Rehme
Supporting Actor:Angelina Jolie
Sound:Mike Myers
Sound Effects Editing:Mike Myers
2nd Original Song Nominee "A Love Before Time":Performed by CoCo Lee (introduced by Julia Stiles)
Cinematography:Julia Roberts
2nd Best Picture Nominee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:Introduced by Morgan Freeman
Makeup:Kate Hudson
Honorary Award to Jack Cardiff:Dustin Hoffman
Documentary Short Subject:Samuel L. Jackson
Feature Documentary:Samuel L. Jackson
3rd Original Song Nominee "A Fool in Love":Performed by Randy Newman & Susanna Hoffs (introduced by Sarah Jessica Parker)
Visual Effects:Chow Yun Fat & Michelle Yeoh
Scientific and Technical Awards:Renée Zellweger
3rd Best Picture Nominee Gladiator:Introduced by Sigourney Weaver
Original Score:Goldie Hawn
(Medley of nominees performed by Itzhak Perlman & Yo-Yo Ma)
Thalberg Award:Anthony Hopkins
4th Original Song Nominee "I've Seen It All":Performed by Björk (introduced by Winona Ryder)
"In Memoriam":Introduced by John Travolta
Foreign Language Film:Juliette Binoche & Jack Valenti
4th Best Picture Nominee Traffic:Introduced by Ben Affleck
5th Original Song Nominee "Things Have Changed":Performed by Bob Dylan (live by satellite from Sydney, Australia) (introduced by Jennifer Lopez)
Original Song:Jennifer Lopez
Actor:Hilary Swank
5th Best Picture Nominee Chocolat:Introduced by Ashley Judd
Honorary Award to Ernest Lehman:Julie Andrews
Actress:Kevin Spacey
Adapted Screenplay:Arthur C. Clarke (in Sri Lanka)
Original Screenplay:Tom Hanks
View Cameron Crowe's acceptance speech at (1:36)
Director:Tom Cruise
Best Picture:Michael Douglas
"My Funny Friend and Me"-- Sting (intro by Halle Berry)
"A Love Before Time"-- CoCo Lee (intro by Julia Stiles)
"A Fool in Love"-- Randy Newman & Susanna Hoffs (intro by Sarah Jessica Parker)
"I've Seen It All"-- Björk (intro by Winona Ryder)
"Things Have Changed"-- Bob Dylan (in Australia) (intro by Jennifer Lopez)
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Gladiator producers David Franzoni, Douglas Wick & Branko Lustig with their Oscars® for Best Picture
Steven Soderbergh with his Oscar® for Best Director (Traffic)
Russell Crowe, Best Actor for Gladiator
Julia Roberts accepting her Oscar® for Best Actress (Erin Brockovich)

Benicio Del Toro with his Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor (Traffic)
Marcia Gay Harden, Best Supporting Actress for Pollock
Cameron Crowe with his Oscar® for Original Screenplay (Almost Famous)
Stephen Gaghan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Traffic

Peter Pau with his Oscar® for Cinematography (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Dun Tan, Best Original Score (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Documentary Short Subject winner Tracy Seretean with her Oscar® for Big Mama
Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan with their Oscars ® for Best Makeup (Dr. Seuss' How the Gringe Stole Christmas)

Dino De Laurentiis with his Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Cinematographer Jack Cardiff cuddles with his Honorarary Award
Gladiator's Oscar-winning Sound crew: John Nelson, Rob Harvey, Tim Burke & Neil Corbould
Jon Johnson with his Oscar® for Sound Effects Editing (U-571)

Ang Lee accepts the Best Foreign Language Film Award (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Sting peforms "My Funny Friend and Me"
CoCo Lee peforms "A Love Before Time"
Björk peforms "I've Seen It All"
Show Producer:Gilbert Cates
Telecast Director for ABC:Louis J. Horvitz