Academy Awards
72nd edition
- March 26, 2000
- United States
United StatesThe 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek.
Awards
Most Awarded
2 or more wins- American Beauty 5
- The Matrix 4
- The Cider House Rules 2
- Topsy-Turvy 2
Most Nominated
3 or more nominations- American Beauty 8
- The Cider House Rules 7
- The Insider 7
- The Sixth Sense 6
- The Talented Mr. Ripley 5
- The Green Mile 4
- The Matrix 4
- Topsy-Turvy 4
- Being John Malkovich 3
- Magnolia 3
- Sleepy Hollow 3
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3
Most Unluckiest
wins / nominations- The Insider 0 / 7
- The Sixth Sense 0 / 6
- The Cider House Rules 2 / 7
- The Talented Mr. Ripley 0 / 5
- The Green Mile 0 / 4
- American Beauty 5 / 8
- Being John Malkovich 0 / 3
- Magnolia 0 / 3
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 0 / 3
- Topsy-Turvy 2 / 4
- Sleepy Hollow 1 / 3
Only one nomination
- 3 Misses
- All About My Mother
- Angela's Ashes
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Bicentennial Man
- Buena Vista Social Club
- East/West
- Election
- Eyewitness
- Fight Club
- Genghis Blues
- Girl, Interrupted
- Himalaya
- Humdrum
- The Hurricane
- Killing Joe
- King Gimp
- Life
- Major and Minor Miracles
- The Mummy
- My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
- My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
- The Old Man and the Sea
- On the Ropes
- One Day in September
- The Red Violin
- Small Change
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- Solomon & Gaenor
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Speaking in Strings
- The Straight Story
- Stuart Little
- Tarzan
- Theis and Nico
- Titus
- Toy Story 2
- Tumbleweeds
- Under the Sun
- When the Day Breaks
- The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
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