The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Louis J. Horvitz

Writers:

Hal Kanter (written by) and
Rita Cash (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 March 2003 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Number In Title

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Affleck	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
John Agar	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse, co-presenting Animated Short Award (voice)
Agustín Almodóvar	...	Himself - Audience Member
Pedro Almodóvar	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay / Nominee: Best Director
Mie Andreasen	...	Herself - Winner: Best Live Action Short
Julie Andrews	...	Herself - Presenter: Past Oscar Night Music Highlights / Past Winner
Royce D. Applegate	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Eric Armstrong	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short
Colleen Atwood	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Anne Bancroft	...	Annie Sullivan (archive footage)
Kathy Bates	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Past Winner Recollections / Past Winner
Philippe Bergeron	...	French interpreter
Milton Berle	...	Himself - In Memorium Tribute (archive footage)
Halle Berry	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Margaret Booth	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself - Past Winner
Eddie Bracken	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jack Brodsky	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Adrien Brody	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Josh Brolin	...	Himself - Audience Member
Horst Buchholz	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Red Buttons	...	Himself - Past Winner
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Michael Caine	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
George Chakiris	...	Himself - Past Winner
Rosemary Clooney	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute)
James Coburn	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Jennifer Connelly	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Sean Connery	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Randall William Cook	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Chris Cooper	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Crenna	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Stephen Daldry	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Geena Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing / Past Winner
Daniel Day-Lewis	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Beatrice De Alba	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Olivia de Havilland	...	Herself - Presenter: Oscar Tribute Sequence / Past Winner
Brad Dexter	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Animated Feature
Michael Donovan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary
Kirk Douglas	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Picture / Past Winner
Michael Douglas	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture / Past Winner
Lila Downs	...	Herself - Performer
Robert Duvall	...	Himself - Past Winner
Colin Farrell	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'The Hands That Built America'
Louise Fletcher	...	Herself - Past Winner
Harrison Ford	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
John Frankenheimer	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Brendan Fraser	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'
Brenda Fricker	...	Herself - Past Winner
Alex Funke	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Gael García Bernal	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'Burn It Blue'
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film and Best Short Film
Richard Gere	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Chicago' Film Clip
Elliot Goldenthal	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Adolph Green	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Joel Grey	...	Himself - Past Winner
Charles Guggenheim	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Bill Guttentag	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Conrad L. Hall	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Conrad W. Hall	...	Himself - accepting Cinematography Award for his late father Conrad L. Hall
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Past Winner
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay / Past Winner
Ed Harris	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Harris	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ronald Harwood	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Signe Hasso	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Salma Hayek	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
George Roy Hill	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Pianist' / Past Winner
Celeste Holm	...	Herself - Past Winner
Mike Hopkins	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Kate Hudson	...	Herself - Host: Technical Awards Banquet
Holly Hunter	...	Herself - recalling her award (pre-recorded)
Kim Hunter	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Past Winner
John E. Jackson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Claude Jarman Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Jennifer Jones	...	Herself - Past Winner
Shirley Jones	...	Herself - Past Winner
Katy Jurado	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
George Kennedy	...	Himself - Past Winner
Nicole Kidman	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ward Kimball	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ben Kingsley	...	Himself - Past Winner
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Past Winner
Diane Lane	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Queen Latifah	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Performer
Cloris Leachman	...	Herself - Past Winner
David Lee	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
J. Lee Thompson	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Joe Letteri	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Jennifer Lopez	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction
Karl Malden	...	Himself - Past Winner
Rob Marshall	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Marlee Matlin	...	Herself - Past Winner
Matthew McConaughey	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'Gangs of New York'
Leo McKern	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Hayley Mills	...	Herself - Past Winner
Michael Minkler	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Marvin Mirisch	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dudley Moore	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Julianne Moore	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing
Michael Moore	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Rita Moreno	...	Herself - Past Winner
John Myhre	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Patricia Neal	...	Herself - Past Winner
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Margaret O'Brien	...	Herself - Past Winner
Tatum O'Neal	...	Herself - Past Winner
Peter O'Toole	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (also archive footage)
Jack Palance	...	Himself - Past Winner
Norman Panama	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Frank Pierson	...	Himself - Academy President
Robert David Port	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Luise Rainer	...	Herself - Past Winner
Keanu Reeves	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
John C. Reilly	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Luis Resto	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Martin Richards	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Julia Roberts	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography / Past Winner
Cliff Robertson	...	Himself - Past Winner
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself - Past Winner
Kay Rose	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Neil Ross	...	Himself - Announcer
Jim Rygiel	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Eva Marie Saint	...	Herself - Past Winner
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Presenter: Memorial segment / Past Winner
Walter Scharf	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Maximilian Schell	...	Himself - Past Winner
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Mildred Shay	...	Herself
George Sidney	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Gordon Sim	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Paul Simon	...	Himself - Performer
Alberto Sordi	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Mira Sorvino	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design / Past Winner
Sissy Spacek	...	Herself - Past Winner
Mary Steenburgen	...	Herself - Past Winner
Rod Steiger	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Martin Strange-Hansen	...	Himself - Winner: Best Short Film, Live Action
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Honorary Award to Peter O'Toole / Past Winner
Barbra Streisand	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song / Past Winner
Hilary Swank	...	Herself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Hours' / Past Winner
Richard Sylbert	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Daniel Taradash	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dominick Tavella	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Julie Taymor	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song
Randy Thomas	...	Herself - Announcer
John Travolta	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'I Move On'
U2	...	Themselves - Performers: 'The Hands That Built America'
Robert Urich	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jack Valenti	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short
Ethan Van der Ryn	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Nia Vardalos	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay & Presenter: Best Makeup
Caetano Veloso	...	Himself - Performer
Jon Voight	...	Himself - Past Winner
Christopher Walken	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Martin Walsh	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Lew Wasserman	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture
Billy Wilder	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Teresa Wright	...	Herself - Past Winner
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Original Score
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Performer

Runtime:

Israel:210 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Kodak Theatre - 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

The Oscar "Family Album" tribute segment with many stars who had not appeared at the previous Oscar "family album" celebration at the 70th Awards show. This time 59 stars attended, including more of the defunct juvenile award winners such as 'Margaret O'Brien', _Hayley Mills, Claude Jarman Jr. and Mickey Rooney.

Quotes:

Herself - Best Actress Winner: Thank you so much. Yes. Now I have to think. David Hare, I need your words. I have such appreciation and gratitude for this. Russell Crowe said, "Don't cry if you get up there." And now I'm crying. Sorry. Stephen Daldry, you took a huge chance on me...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Garner/Beck (#28.12)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

The Hands That Built America

Every year I say I won't watch... and every year I do. There are worse traps to be in.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a GoodFella... sorry, I'll start again.

As far back as I can remember, I've been tuning into the Oscars; first the edited highlights while living in Barbados and stuck with CBC Channel 8, then the coverage on CNN (when they still carried showbiz stuff), and then when I returned to England, it was time to sit up late or get up early and watch them live. The Academy Awards, like them or not, still have a glitz and pull no other award show on Earth can match; the BAFTAs and the Golden Globes can try all they want, but no matter whether they come before or after, they'll always be mere appetizers to the main event.

This year's, back on BBC1 (who incidentally pretended that losing them to Sky didn't matter... okay, but why did they make such a fuss when they got them BACK?), was amazing not so much for the results - "Chicago" won Best Picture? Who didn't see that coming? - as for the fact that it only overran by about four minutes. Keep up the tight reins, folks (or maybe ensure that not all the nominated songs get performed again). The segments in between the awards with Jonathan Ross interviewing various Americans and Brits are always a cue for me to change the channel or mute it, but the rest of the show...

Five Bad Things:

1. The failure of Eminem to turn up and accept an Oscar for Barbra Streisand (E&B would have been a team for the ages).

2. The snubbing, for the most part, of "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers."

3. The continuing prejudice of the producers (apparently if you're winning a major acting prize you can talk as long as you want).

4. Steve Martin's joke about Mickey Mouse being one of "America's leading black actors."

5. Jennifer Garner appearing alongside the aforementioned actor of colour (it must have been a Disney/ABC thing).

Five Good Things:

1. Jennifer Garner appearing and a) maintaining her dignity and b) being one of the best-looking women there (if she, Salma Hayek or Halle Berry are reading this...). No wonder she was nominated for an Emmy for "Alias."

2. Most of Steve Martin's other jokes (not least the one about Hollywood willing to work with actors of any age - "Young...[picture of Haley Joel Osment]... middle-aged... [picture of Natalie Portman]... or old [picture of Reese Witherspoon]").

3. Adrien Brody, for delivering the best acceptance speech of the night (sorry Michael Moore, but political statements do not count), and for not letting the opportunity to snog Halle Berry go by.

4. The fact that "Chicago" didn't win all the Oscars it was up for, sparing us from hearing "All That Jazz" 11 times.

5. The Oscars giving the Animated Feature award to the only non-American feature nominated (though non-Disney fans note "Spirited Away" was released there by... guess).

And I'll be watching again next year...