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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

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    Critics Choice Award

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    Best Actor

    • Russell Crowe
      Winner
      • Russell Crowe
      • Gladiator
    • Geoffrey Rush
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Quills

    Best Actress

    • Julia Roberts at an event for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
      Winner
      • Julia Roberts
      • Erin Brockovich
    • Laura Linney
      • Laura Linney
      • You Can Count on Me

    Best Animated Film

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      Winner

      Chicken Run

      7.1 (221K)

    Best Child Performance

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      Winner

      Billy Elliot

      7.7 (149K)
      Jamie Bell

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gladiator

      8.5 (1.8M)
      John Mathieson

    Best Director

    • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      Winner
      • Steven Soderbergh
      • Traffic
      • Erin Brockovich
    • Ridley Scott
      • Ridley Scott
      • Gladiator

    Best Family Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Dog Skip

      7.0 (22K)

    Best Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

      7.6 (833)

    Best Foreign-Language Film

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      Winner

      Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

      7.9 (290K)

    Best Inanimate Object

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cast Away

      7.8 (672K)
      Wilson the Volleyball

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gladiator

      8.5 (1.8M)
    • [object Object]

      Almost Famous

      7.9 (307K)
    • [object Object]

      Billy Elliot

      7.7 (149K)
    • [object Object]

      Cast Away

      7.8 (672K)
    • [object Object]

      Erin Brockovich

      7.5 (237K)
    • [object Object]

      Quills

      7.2 (58K)
    • [object Object]

      Thirteen Days

      7.3 (65K)
    • [object Object]

      Traffic

      7.5 (226K)
    • [object Object]

      Wonder Boys

      7.2 (68K)
    • [object Object]

      Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

      7.9 (290K)
    • [object Object]

      You Can Count on Me

      7.5 (33K)

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gladiator

      8.5 (1.8M)
      Arthur Max

    Best Score

    • The Road to El Dorado (2000)
      Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)
      Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II (2000)
      Winners
      • The Road to El Dorado
      • Gladiator
      • Mission: Impossible II
      Hans Zimmer

    Best Screenplay, Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Traffic

      7.5 (226K)
      Stephen Gaghan
      Tied with Steve Kloves for Wonder Boys (2000).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wonder Boys

      7.2 (68K)
      Steve Kloves
      Tied with Stephen Gaghan for Traffic (2000).

    Best Screenplay, Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Almost Famous

      7.9 (307K)
      Cameron Crowe

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Emperor's New Groove

      7.4 (241K)
      Sting(composer/lyricist)
      Dave Hartley(composer)
      For the song "My Funny Friend and Me".

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Joaquin Phoenix
      Winner
      • Joaquin Phoenix
      • Quills
      • Gladiator
      • The Yards
    • Benicio Del Toro
      • Benicio Del Toro
      • Traffic

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Frances McDormand
      Winner
      • Frances McDormand
      • Almost Famous
      • Wonder Boys
    • Kate Hudson
      • Kate Hudson
      • Almost Famous

    Breakthrough Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Almost Famous

      7.9 (307K)
      Kate Hudson

    Best Animated Feature

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      Dinosaur

      6.4 (71K)
    • [object Object]

      The Emperor's New Groove

      7.4 (241K)
    • [object Object]

      Rugrats in Paris

      6.2 (14K)
    • [object Object]

      Fantasia 2000

      7.1 (43K)

    Alan J. Pakula Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Contender

      6.9 (26K)
      Rod Lurie(screenwriter)
      Gary Oldman
      Joan Allen
      Jeff Bridges
      Christian Slater
      Sam Elliott
      William Petersen
      Saul Rubinek
      Philip Baker Hall
      Mike Binder
      Robin Thomas
      Mariel Hemingway
      For artistic excellence by illuminating issues of great social and political importance.

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    • The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

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    Event date

    January 22, 2001

    Event location

    USA

    Event links

    • https://www.criticschoice.com/

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