Review for

Susan Granger's BEST OF 2002 (in alphabetical order)

PICTURE:

ABOUT SCHMIDT 
ADAPTATION
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN 
CHICAGO 
FAR FROM HEAVEN
GANGS OF NEW YORK 
MINORITY REPORT
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 
ROAD TO PERDITION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

DIRECTOR:

Stephen Daldry for "The Hours" Todd Haynes for "Far From Heaven" Peter Jackson for "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Spike Jonze for "Adaptation" Rob Marshall for "Chicago" Sam Mendes for "Road to Perdition" Alexander Payne for "About Schmidt" Roman Polanski for "The Pianist" Martin Scorsese for "Gangs of New York" Steven Spielberg for "Catch Me If You Can" and "Minority Report"

ACTOR:

Pierce Brosnan in "Evelyn"
Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation"
Michael Caine in "The Quiet American"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York"
Hugh Grant in "About a Boy"
Tom Hanks in "Road to Perdition"
Kevin Kline in "The Emperor's Club"
Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt"
Al Pacino in "Insomnia"
Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo"
ACTRESS:

Jennifer Aniston in "The Good Girl" Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Secretary" Salma Hayek in "Frida" Nicole Kidman in "The Hours" and "Birthday Girl" Diane Lane in "Unfaithful" Julianne Moore in "Far From Heaven" Meryl Streep in "The Hours" and "Adaptation" Emily Watson in "Punch Drunk Love" Nia Vardalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" Renee Zellweger in "Chicago"

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Michael Constantine in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Chris Cooper in "Adaptation"
Willem Dafoe in "Auto Focus"
Tom Hanks in "Catch Me If You Can"
Ed Harris in "The Hours"
Alfred Molina in "Frida"
Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition" 
Dennis Quaid in "Far From Heaven"
John C. Reilly in "Chicago" & "Gangs of New York"
Christopher Walken in "Catch Me If You Can"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Kathy Bates in "About Schmidt" 
Patricia Clarkson in "Far From Heaven"
Toni Collette in "About a Boy"
Cameron Diaz in "Gangs of New York"
Edie Falco in "Sunshine State"
Julianne Moore in "The Hours"
Emily Mortimer in "Lovely and Amazing"
Bebe Newirth in "Tadpole"
Susan Sarandon in "Igby Goes Down"
Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Chicago"

BEST FOREIGN FILM:

"City of God"
"Italian for Beginners"
"Monsoon Wedding"
"Russian Ark"
"Talk to Her"
"Y Tu Mama Tambien"

DOCUMENTARY:

"Bowling for Columbine"
"The Kid Stays in the Picture"
"Standing in the Shadows of Motown"
"The Cockettes"
"Trials of Henry Kissinger"

ANIMATED FEATURE:

"Ice Age"
"Lilo and Stitch"
"Spirited Away"
"Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"
"Stuart Little 2"

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Michael Ballhaus for "Gangs of New York" Dion Beebe for "Chicago" Jeff Cronenweth for "One Hour Photo" Chris Doyle for "The Quiet American" Lawel Edelman for "The Pianist" Tak Fujimoto for "Signs" Conrad Hall for "Road to Perdition" Janusz Kaminsky for "Minority Report" Edward Lachman for "Far From Heaven" Roger Pratt for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" BEST ADAPTED or ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

PT Anderson's "Punch Drunk Love"
Bill Condon's "Chicago"
David Hare's "The Hours"
Todd Haynes's "Far From Heaven"
Peter Hedges, Chris & Paul Weitz's "About a Boy"
Charlie Kaufman's "Adaptation"
Dylan Kidd's "Roger Dodger"
Menno Meyjes's "Max"
Jeff Nathanson's "Catch Me If You Can"
Daniel Self's "Road to Perdition"
Neil Tolkin's "The Emperor's Club"

BREAKTHROUGH ACTING ACHIEVEMENT:

Adrien Brody in "The Pianist"
Eminem in "8 Mile"
Kiran Culkin in "Igby Goes Down"
Derek Luke in "Antwone Fisher"
Campbell Scott in "Roger Dodger"
Nia Vardalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT:

Dylan Kydd for "Roger Dodger"
Rob Marshall for "Chicago"
Burr Steers for "Igby Goes Down"
Denzel Washington for "Antwone Fisher"

BEST SCORE:

Philip Bernstein for "Far From Heaven" Carter Burwell for "Adaptation" Philip Glass for "The Hours" Rolfe Kent for "About Schmidt" Thomas Newman for "Road to Perdition" Howard Shore for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" John Williams for "Catch Me If You Can" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Hans Zimmer, Bryan Adams for "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"

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