| 73rd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | Sunday, March 25, 2001 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California |
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| Host | Steve Martin | |||
| Producer | Gil Cates | |||
| Director | Louis J. Horvitz | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Gladiator | |||
| Most awards | Gladiator (5) | |||
| Most nominations | Gladiator (12) | |||
| TV in the United States | ||||
| Network | ABC | |||
| Duration | 3 hours, 23 minutes | |||
| Viewership | 42.93 million 25.93% (Nielsen ratings) |
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The 73rd Academy Awards honored the best films of 2000 and was held on March 25, 2001. It was the last Academy Awards to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. It was hosted by first-time host Steve Martin, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his presentation.
Notable films included Gladiator, which received 12 nominations and 5 awards, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which received 10 nominations and 4 awards, as well as Traffic, which had 5 nominations and won 4 of them.
After a three-year streak of high ratings, the annual ceremony received very low ratings for the first time in four years. This is partially due to the popularity of CBS's Survivor which was number one on the Nielsen Weekly Ratings. The awards show dropped to second place for the first time in broadcasting history (42.93 million viewers; with 21.1% of households watching). The second time the ceremony placed below the top happened in 2003 when it was surpassed by American Idol.
Björk arrived in a gown with a fake swan draped across her. It caused an audience reaction that led to several comments by those participating in the Awards Ceremony. She later used that dress on the cover of her 2001 record album Vespertine. Julia Roberts's black and white Valentino dress has been highlighted as one of the greatest Oscar dresses.
This marked the last time until 2010 where the winner of Best Picture also took home Best Actor.
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Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface[1]
John Travolta presented a list of those involved in films who had passed on in the previous year. Those featured included: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Marie Windsor, Beah Richards, screenwriter/producer Edward Anhalt, Billy Barty, screenwriter Julius Epstein, George Montgomery, screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., Steve Reeves, Jean Peters, Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dale Evans, Gwen Verdon, director/producer Stanley Kramer, composer Jack Nitzsche, Harold Nicholas, screenwriter Howard Koch, Loretta Young, Richard Farnsworth, John Gielgud, Jason Robards, Claire Trevor, Alec Guinness, and Walter Matthau.
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The following 20 films received multiple nominations:
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The following three films received multiple awards:
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