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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 72nd Academy Awards this morning.

The nominees are...

For the best performance by an actor in a leading role
Russell Crowe in THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)

Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY (Buena Vista)

Sean Penn in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)

Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)

Denzel Washington in THE HURRICANE (Universal and Beacon)

For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role
Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)

Tom Cruise in MAGNOLIA (New Line)

Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)

Jude Law in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)

Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)

For the best performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)

Janet McTeer in TUMBLEWEEDS (New Line)

Julianne Moore in THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia)

Meryl Streep in MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax)

Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role
Toni Collette in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)

Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED (Columbia)

Catherine Keener in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)

Samantha Morton in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)

ChloÎ Sevigny in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

For the best achievement in art direction
ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox)
Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi
Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
Art Direction: David Gropman
Set Decoration: Beth Rubino

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Peter Young

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
Art Direction: Roy Walker
Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
Art Direction: Eve Stewart
Set Decoration: John Bush

For the best achievement in cinematography
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
Conrad L. Hall

THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia)
Roger Pratt

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
Dante Spinotti

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
Emmanuel Lubezki

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (Universal)
Robert Richardson

For the best achievement in costume design
ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox)
Jenny Beavan

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
Colleen Atwood

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
Ann Roth and Gary Jones

TITUS (Fox Searchlight)
Milena Canonero

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
Lindy Hemming

For the best achievement in directing
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
Sam Mendes

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)
Spike Jonze

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
Lasse Hallstrom

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
Michael Mann

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
M. Night Shyamalan

For the best achievement in documentary features
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Artisan)
A Road Movies Production
Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg

GENGHIS BLUES (Roxie Releasing)
A Wadi Rum Production
Roko Belic and Adrian Belic

ON THE ROPES (WinStar Cinema)
A Highway Films Production
Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen

ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER
An Arthur Cohn Production
Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald

SPEAKING IN STRINGS (Seventh Art)
A CounterPoint Films Production
Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster

For the best achievement in documentary short subject
EYEWITNESS
A Marbert Art Foundation Production
Bert Van Bork

KING GIMP
A Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production
Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford

THE WILDEST SHOW IN THE SOUTH: THE ANGOLA PRISON RODEO
A Gabriel Films Production
Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack

For the best achievement in film editing
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
Tariq Anwar

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
Lisa Zeno Churgin

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
Zach Staenberg

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
Andrew Mondshein

For the best foreign language film of the year
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
An El Deseo S.A./Renn/France 2 Cinema Production
Spain

CARAVAN
A Galatee Films - France 2 Cinema - Les Productions de la Gueville/Les Productions JMH/Antelope (UK) Limited/National Studio Limited/Bac Films Production
Nepal

EAST-WEST
A UGC YM Production
France

SOLOMON AND GAENOR
An Apt Film and Television Company Production
United Kingdom

UNDER THE SUN
A Sweetwater AB Production
Sweden

For the best achievement in makeup
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (New Line)
Michele Burke and Mike Smithson

BICENTENNIAL MAN (Buena Vista)
Greg Cannom

LIFE (Universal)
Rick Baker

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud

For the best achievement in music (original score)
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
Thomas Newman

ANGELA'S ASHES (Paramount and
Universal Pictures International)
John Williams

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
Rachel Portman

THE RED VIOLIN (Lions Gate)
John Corigliano

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
Gabriel Yared

For the best achievement in music (original song)
"Blame Canada" from
SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman

"Music Of My Heart" from
MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Save Me" from
MAGNOLIA (New Line)
Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann

"When She Loved Me" from
TOY STORY 2 (Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

"You'll Be In My Heart" from
TARZAN (Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Phil Collins

For the best picture of the year
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
A Jinks/Cohen Company Production
Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
A FilmColony Production
Richard N. Gladstein, Producer

THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
A Castle Rock Pictures, Inc. Production
David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
A Touchstone Pictures Production
Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
A Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production
Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and
Barry Mendel, Producers

For the best achievement in animated short films
HUMDRUM
An Aardman Animations Limited Production
Peter Peake

MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS
A National Film Board of Canada & Studio Magica a.s. Production
Torill Kove

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
A Productions Pascal Blais/Imagica Corp./ Dentsu Tech./NHK Enterprise 21/Panorama Studio of Yaroslavl Production
Alexandre Petrov

3 MISSES
A CineTe Film Production
Paul Driessen

WHEN THE DAY BREAKS
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

For the best achievement in live action short films
BROR, MIN BROR (Teis and Nico)
A Nimbus Film & Dansk Novellefilm Production
Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten

KILLING JOE
A Joy Films and Chelsea Pictures Production
Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax

KLEINGELD (Small Change)
A Production of Die Hochschule -- Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam-Babelsberg
Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins

MAJOR AND MINOR MIRACLES
A Dramatiska Institutet Production
Marcus Olsson

MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK (American Film Institute)
A Kickstart Production
Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel

For the best achievement in sound
THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee

THE MUMMY (Universal)
Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley

For the best achievement in sound effects editing
FIGHT CLUB (20th Century Fox)
Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
Dane A. Davis

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort

For the best achievement in visual effects
THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and
Rob Coleman

STUART LITTLE (Columbia)
John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard

For the best screenplay written directly for the screen
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
Written by Alan Ball

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)
Written by Charlie Kaufman

MAGNOLIA (New Line)
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
Written by M. Night Shyamalan

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
Written by Mike Leigh

For the best screenplay based on material previously produced or published
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
Screenplay by John Irving

ELECTION (Paramount)
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
Written for the screen by Frank Darabont

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
Screenplay by Anthony Minghella