DK's Best Achievements in Cinema - 2001


Best Director
Brad Anderson    Session 9
Peter Jackson    LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ridley Scott    Black Hawk Down
Also worth mentioning
Sean Penn    The Pledge

Best Actor
Sean Penn    I am Sam
Peter Mullan    Session 9
Also worth mentioning
Rhys Ifans    Human Nature
Moni Moshonov    Late Marriage
Jack Nicholson    The Pledge
Ryan Gosling    The Believer
Tim Roth    Planet of the Apes
Paul Giamatti    Planet of the Apes
James Spader    Speaking of Sex

Best Cinematography
Andrew Lesnie    LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Slawomir Idziak    Black Hawk Down
Also worth mentioning
Uta Briesewitz    Session 9

Best Score
Howard Shore    LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Danny Elfman    Planet of the Apes
Climax Golden Twins    Session 9
Also worth mentioning
Graeme Revell    Human Nature
Hans Zimmer,
Klaus Badelt
   The Pledge

Best Writing
Brad Anderson,
Stephen Gevedon
   Session 9

Best Editing
John Gilbert    LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
?    Black Hawk Down
Also worth mentioning
Brad Anderson    Session 9

Best Sound Editing
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Black Hawk Down
Also worth mentioning
Session 9
Best Picture
Session 9
Also worth mentioning
Black Hawk Down

Best Actress
Jessica Lange    Prozac Nation
Also worth mentioning
Kerry Fox    Intimacy
Robin Wright Penn    The Pledge

Best Makeup
Rick Baker    Planet of the Apes
Peter Owen,
Richard Taylor
   LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Also worth mentioning
?    Ali
Michele Burke,
Camille Calvet
   Vanilla Sky

Best Visual Effects
Monsters Inc.
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Artificial Intelligence: AI
Jurassic Park III
Waking Life
Also worth mentioning
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Shrek

Best Steadicam
James Muro,
Kenji Luster
   The Fast and the Furious
Colin Hudson,
Charles Papert
   Session 9

Best Stunts
The Fast and the Furious

Movies that were considered (89):
15 Minutes | Ali | Ali G: Bling Bling | Amelie | American Pie 2 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | August Underground | A Beautiful Mind | Bad Guy | Bartleby | Black Hawk Down | Blow | Brainstorm | Bridget Jones's Diary | Buffalo Soldiers | Bully | Das Experiment | Dog Days | Don't Say a Word | Evolution | Electric Dragon 80000 V | Failan | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Freddy got Fingered | Friend | From Hell | Get Well Soon | Human Nature | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Hannibal | I am Sam | In the Bedroom | Intimacy | Jurassic Park III | Jason X | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Joy Ride | K-PAX | Knockaround Guys | Late Marriage | Monster's Ball | Monsters, Inc. | My Sassy Girl | Mulholland Dr. | No Such Thing | Not Another Teen Movie | Novocaine | Ocean's Eleven | Orlan - carnal art | Osmosis Jones | Planet of the Apes | Prozac Nation | Rat Race | Raw Deal: A Question of Consent | Rush Hour 2 | Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures | Series 7: The Contenders | Session 9 | Shallow Hal | Shrek | Sidewalks of New York | Speaking of Sex | Spirited Away | Swordfish | The Happiness of the Katakuris | The Animal | The Anniversary Party | The Believer | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | The Deep End | The Devil's Backbone | The Fast and the Furious | The Hole | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | The Majestic | The Mummy Returns | The Pledge | The Royal Tenenbaums | The Score | Training Day | Tremors 3: Back to Perfection | Trouble Every Day | Vidocq | Visitor Q | Vanilla Sky | Warking Life | Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell | Y tu mama tambien | Zoolander.

Movies that were not considered (and should have):
Donnie Darko | Gosford Park | Pearl Harbor | The Man Who Wasn't There.


Special Awards

Most Promising Young Actress: Dakota Fanning for I am Sam.

Best Horror: Session 9.

Worst Cinematography: Elliot Davis (I am Sam) for the shaky camera work and for deliberately causing the audience a headache during the entire movie.
"Will Sell my Mom and Art for Money and Fame" Award: Anthony Hopkins, Dino De Laurentiis and Ridley Scott for Hannibal.
Worst Excuse for a Sequel: Jason X.
Worst Comedy: Freddy got Fingered.
Worst Sequel: Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell.