75th Annual Academy Awards
March 23, 2003

The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles

Your Host: Steve Martin
Televised over ABC in HDTV
Animated Feature Film:Cameron Diaz
Visual Effects:Keanu Reeves
Supporting Actor:Jennifer Connelly
Art Direction:Jennifer Lopez
Animated Short Film:Jennifer Garner & Mickey Mouse
Live Action Short Film:Jennifer Garner
Costume Design:Mira Sorvino
Makeup:Nia Vardalos
Supporting Actress:Sean Connery
Scientific and Technical Awards:Kate Hudson
Original Score:Renée Zellweger
Great Musical Performances on Past Oscar® Shows:Julie Andrews
Foreign Language Film:Salma Hayek
Sound:Julianne Moore
Sound Editing:Julianne Moore
Documentary Feature:Diane Lane View Michael Moore's acceptance speech at (1:58)
Documentary Short Subject:Jack Valenti
Cinematography:Julia Roberts
Film Editing:Geena Davis
Actor:Halle Berry View Adrien Brody's acceptance speech at (5:07)
Original Song:Barbra Streisand
Honorary Award to Peter O'Toole:Meryl Streep
Actress:Denzel Washington
Adapted Screenplay:Marcia Gay Harden
Original Screenplay:Ben Affleck
Director:Harrison Ford
Best Picture:Kirk Douglas & Michael Douglas

All images © Wireimage.com
Best Picture Nominees Film Clip Introductions

Brendan Fraser (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)

Matthew McConaughey
(Gangs of New York)

Hilary Swank
(The Hours)

Dustin Hoffman
(The Pianist)

Richard Gere
(Chicago)

Best Song Nominee Performances

Queen Latifah & Catherine Zeta-Jones perform "I Move On" (Chicago, introduced by John Travolta)

Paul Simon performs "Father and Daughter" (The Wild Thornberries Movie, introduced by Steve Martin)

Caetano Veloso and Lila Downs perform "Burn It Blue" (Frida; introduced by Gael Garcia Bernal)

U2 performs "The Hands That Built America" (Gangs of New York, introduced by Colin Farrell)

"Lose Yourself"
from 8 Mile
-- not performed


The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles

59 Acting Oscar® winners on stage to celebrate Oscar's 75th Anniversary

Your host, Steve Martin

Cameron Diaz accepts the Award for Best Animated Feature for the absent Hayao Miyazaki

The Visual Effects team for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers accepts their Awards

Chris Cooper, Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation

John Myhre & Gordon Sim accept their Awards for Best Art Direction (Chicago)

Eric Armstrong, Best Animated Short Film (The Chubbchubbs!)


Martin Strange-Hansen & Mie Andreasen (l.) accept their Awards for Live Action Short Film (This Charming Man)

Colleen Atwood, Best Costume Design (Chicago)

Best Makeup winners Bernice De Alba & John Jackson (Frida)

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress for Chicago

Kate Hudson reports on the Scientific & Techical Awards

Elliot Goldenthal, winner for Best Original Score (Frida)


Julie Andrews introduces a montage of great musical moments from the Oscar® Ceremonies

Salma Hayek announces the winner of Best Foreign Language Film, Nowhere in Africa

The Sound crew of Chicago accepts their Awards

Ethan Van der Ryn & Michael Hopkins, Best Sound Editing
(LOTR II)

Feature Documentary winner Michael Moore makes an anti-war statement from the podium (Bowling for Columbine)

Documentary Short Subjects winners William Guttentag and Robert David Port
(Twin Towers)


Conrad Hall Jr. accepts the Award for Best Cinematography for his deceased father (Road to Perdition)

Martin Walsh, winner for Best Film Editing (Chicago)

Adrien Brody is very pleased to accept his Best Actor Award for The Pianist from Halle Berry

Luis Resto accepts the Award for Best Song ("Lose Yourself") for his fellow songwriters Eminem & Jeff Bass

Peter O'Toole graciously accepts his Honorary Oscar® after 7 unsuccessful nominations

Nicole Kidman during her 2:20 acceptance speech for Best Actress (The Hours)


Ronald Harwood accepts his Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (The Pianist)

Pedro Almodóvar, winner of Best Original Screenplay for Talk to Her

Harrison Ford accepts the Award for Best Directing for the absent Roman Polanski (The Pianist)

Martin Richards, producer of Chicago, accepts the Award for Best Picture of the Year

Show Executive Producer:Gilbert Cates
Telecast Director for ABC:Louis J. Horvitz
Musical Director:Bill Conti