Oscar Column at MCN: The Charts

..Gary Dretzka
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Ray Pride
..Patricia Vidal

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Best Picture

This Week

Last
Week

1

1
Chicago

2

2
The Pianist

3

3
The Hours

x

4
Gangs of New York

x

5
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Best Director

This Week

Last
Week

t-1

3
Rob Marshall (Chicago)

2

t-1
Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York)

3

t-1
Roman Polanski (The Pianist)

4

4
Stephen Daldry (The Hours)

x

5
Pedro Almodovar (Habla Con Ella)

Best Actor

1

2
Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York)

2

1
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)

3

3
Adrien Brody (The Pianist)

x

4
Michael Caine (The Quiet American)

x

5
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)

Best Actress

1

1
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)

2

3
Renee Zellweger (Chicago)

3

2
Diane Lane (Unfaithful)

x

4
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)

x

5
Salma Hayek (Frida)

Best Supporting Actor

1

1
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)

2

5
Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)

3

3
John C. Reilly (Chicago)

x

4
Ed Harris (The Hours)

x

2
Paul Newman (Road To Perdition)

Best Supporting Actress

1

2
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)

2

1
Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)

3

5
Julianne Moore (The Hours)

4

4
Queen Latifah (Chicago)

5

3
Meryl Streep (Adaptation)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1

2
David Hare (The Hours)

2

4
Bill Condon (Chicago)

3

1
Charlie & Donald Kaufman (Adaptation)

4

3
Ronald Harwood (The Pianist)

5

5
Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (About A Boy)

Best Original Screenplay

1

1
Pedro Almodovar (Habla Con Ella)

2

2

Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan & Steven Zallian (Gangs of New York)

3

3
Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven)

4

4
Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

5

5
Alfonso Cuaron & Carlos Cuaron (Y tu Mama Tambien)

Best Animated Feature

1

1
Lilo & Stitch

2

2

Spirited Away

3

3
Ice Age

4

4
Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron

5

5
Treasure Planet

Best Documentary

1

1
Bowling for Columbine

2

2

Spellbound

3

3
Prisoner of Paradise

4

4
Winged Migration

5

5
Daughter From Danang

Best Art Direction

1

1
Gangs of New York

2

2

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

3

3
Road To Perdiiton

4

4
Frida

5

5
Chicago

Best Cinematography

1

1
Conrad Hall (Road To Perdition)

2

2

Pawel Edelman (The Pianist)

3

3
Michael Ballhaus (Gangs of New York)

4

4
Ed Lachman (Far From Heaven)

5

5
Dion Beebe (Chicago)

Best Costume Design

1

1
Chicago

2

2

Gangs of New York

3

3
Frida

4

4
The Hours

5

5
The Pianist

Best Film Editing

1

1
The Hours

2

2

Chicago

3

3
Gangs of New York

4

4
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

5

5
The Pianist

Best Foreign Language Film

1

1
Nowhere In Africa

2

2

The Crime Of Father Amaro

3

3
Hero

4

4
Zus & Zo

5

5
The Man Without A Past

Best Make-Up

1

t-1
Frida

-

-

The Time Machine

Best Original Song

1

1
I Move On (Chicago)

2

2

The Hands That Built America (Gangs of New York)

3

3
Burn It Blue (Frida)

4

4
Father & Daughter (The Wild Thornberrys Movie)

5

5
Lose Yourself (8 Mile)

Best Score

1

1
Catch Me If You Can

2

2

The Hours

3

3
Far From Heaven

4

4
Frida

5

5
Road to Perdition

Best Animated Short

1

1
The ChubbChubbs!

2

2

Mike's New Car

t-3

t-3
The Cathedral

t-3

t-3
Das Rad

t-3

t-3
Mt. Head

Charts are an estimation of Academy membership, not David Poland's personal opinion.

Categories Not Worth Figuring: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Documentary Short,
Best Live Action Short, Best Make-Up, Best Visual Effects