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| The 75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was produced by Gil Cates and hosted for the second time by Steve Martin.
The nominees were announced on February 11, 2003, by Academy president Frank Pierson and actress Marisa Tomei, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. Chicago led the nominations with thirteen. The film went on to win six Oscars including Best Picture, the first musical to win this category since Oliver! in 1968. Roman Polanski, who was nominated for the fourth time, won the Oscar for Best Director. Adrien Brody, at age 29, became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his role in The Pianist Best Picture: Chicago |
| Ugh, Russell Crowe said 'don't cry if you get up there' and now i'm crying. [turn around, crying]. Sorry.." - Nicole Kidman, upon received her Oscar for Best Actress.
"We live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fiction of duct tape or fiction of orange alerts, we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you! And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up! Thank you very much!" - Michael Moore, as he received his Oscar for Best Documentary Bowling for Columbine. "It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it. The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo." – host Steve Martin, after Michael Moore's acceptance |
| "In About Schmidt, Jack Nicholson plays a retired insurance executive who climbs into a hot tub with Kathy Bates...But hey, who hasn't?" - host Steve Martin.
"Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings." - Kathy Bates. "There comes a time in life when everything makes sense. This is not one of those times." - Adrien Brody after winning Best Actor. "...you know, it fills me with great joy. But I am also filled with a lot of sadness tonight, because I'm accepting an award at -- at such a strange time. And you know my experiences of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at times of war, and the repercussions of war. And whomever you believe in, if it's God or Allah, may He watch over you, and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution."- Adrien Brody. |
