The 2000 Critics Consensus Award Winners
Follow the 2000 Critics Consensus Awards from the bottom of this post upwards, and it seems obvious: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has it in the bag. Alas, it does not, as Steven Soderbergh's Traffic sneaks in a Best Picture win, despite losing all of its nominations bar Benicio del Toro in Supporting Actor. These are, after a couple of years of major divergence from Oscar, actually fairly conservative picks from the critics, hewing largely to Oscar nominees and predictable favourites, but they're also largely worthy winners. Of note: Frances McDormand here joins Meryl Streep as the CCA's most honoured actress to date, with her third win. The 2000 nominees are here, and the winners below.
Best Picture
Traffic (Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz, Steven Soderbergh and Edward Zwick)
Best Director
Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Frances McDormand (Almost Famous)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio del Toro (Traffic)
Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys)
Best Cinematography
Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Best Music
Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Best Documentary
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Aviva Kempner)
Best Foreign Language Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Hsu Li Kong, William Kong and Ang Lee)
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