Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000

The 4th Sierra Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2000, were announced on 21 December 2000 and given on 23 February 2001.^[1]

Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Best Picture 1.2 Best Director 1.3 Best Actor 1.4 Best Actress 1.5 Best Supporting Actor 1.6 Best Supporting Actress 1.7 Best Original Screenplay 1.8 Best Adapted Screenplay 1.9 Best Score 1.10 Best Song 1.11 Best Cinematography 1.12 Best Editing 1.13 Best Documentary 1.14 Best Costume Design 1.15 Best Foreign Language Film 1.16 Best Visual Effects 1.17 Best Male Newcomer 1.18 Best Female Newcomer 1.19 Youth in Film Award 1.20 Best Family Film 1.21 Best DVD 1.22 William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award 2 References

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

Erin Brockovich

• All the Pretty Horses
• Almost Famous
• Billy Elliot
• Quills

Best Director

Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich and Traffic

• Sofia Coppola - The Virgin Suicides
• Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
• Ridley Scott - Gladiator
• Robert Zemeckis - Cast Away

Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Quills

• Russell Crowe - Gladiator
• Matt Damon - All the Pretty Horses
• Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys and Traffic
• Tom Hanks - Cast Away

Best Actress

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

• Joan Allen - The Contender
• Björk - Dancer in the Dark
• Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
• Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro - Traffic

• Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
• Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator and Quills
• Fred Willard - Best in Show
• James Woods - The Virgin Suicides

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

• Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
• Frances McDormand - Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
• Connie Nielsen - Gladiator
• Kate Winslet - Quills

Best Original Screenplay

Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant and Richard LaGravanese

• Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
• Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Traffic - Stephen Gaghan

Best Adapted Screenplay

Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves

• All the Pretty Horses - Ted Tally
• American Psycho - Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner
• Quills - Doug Wright
• The Virgin Suicides - Sofia Coppola

Best Score

Gladiator - Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard

• All the Pretty Horses - Marty Stuart and Daniel Lanois
• Almost Famous - Nancy Wilson
• The Patriot - John Williams
• Unbreakable - James Newton Howard

Best Song

"Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys - Bob Dylan

• "Fever Dog" from Almost Famous - Stillwater
• "Meet the Parents" from Meet the Parents - Randy Newman
• "My Funny Friend and Me" from The Emperor's New Groove - Sting
• "The Tower That Ate People" from Red Planet - Peter Gabriel

Best Cinematography

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Roger Deakins

• All the Pretty Horses - Barry Markowitz
• Cast Away - Don Burgess
• Gladiator - John Mathieson
• The Virgin Suicides - Edward Lachman

Best Editing

Gladiator - Pietro Scalia

• Almost Famous - Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
• Thirteen Days - Conrad Buff IV
• Traffic - Stephen Mirrione
• Wonder Boys - Dede Allen

Best Documentary

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

• Beyond the Mat
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Costume Design

Gladiator

• Almost Famous
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Quills

Best Foreign Language Film

Girl on the Bridge

• Butterfly's Tongue
• East/West
• Malèna
• Mifune's Last Song

Best Visual Effects

Gladiator

• Cast Away
• The Perfect Storm
• U-571
• X-Men

Best Male Newcomer

Rob Brown - Finding Forrester

• Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
• David Gordon Green - George Washington
• Ashton Kutcher - Dude, Where's My Car?
• Kip Pardue - Remember the Titans

Best Female Newcomer

Karyn Kusama - Girlfight
Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight

• Björk - Dancer in the Dark
• Sofia Coppola - The Virgin Suicides

Youth in Film Award

Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot

• Lucas Black - All the Pretty Horses
• Frankie Muniz - My Dog Skip
• Hayden Panettiere - Dinosaur and Remember the Titans

Best Family Film

Chicken Run

• The Emperor's New Groove
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
• The Tigger Movie

Best DVD

Gladiator

• Fight Club
• Jurassic Park & Lost World: Limited Collectors Edition Box Set
• Magnolia
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25th Anniversary Edition

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award

• William Goldman

References

Las Vegas Film Critics Current Awards Actor • Actress • Animated Film • Art Direction • Cinematography • Costume Design • Director • Documentary Film • Editing • Film • Family Film • Foreign Language Film • Screenplay • Score • Song • Supporting Actor • Supporting Actress • Visual Effects Ceremonies 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 2010 • 2011