The Playoffs: AFI Awards Updated 1/05/02: Winners

The AFI (American Film Institute) nominations, courtesy Variety: award ceremony to be televised 1/5/02 on CBS. (Television nominations are also out for the same show; see this page for the full list.) Updated: Winners are added in red. TV winners are listed beneath the film awards in order of presentation.

BEST MOTION PICTURE A Beautiful Mind -- producers, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard (Universal/DreamWorks) Black Hawk Down -- producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott (Columbia) In the Bedroom -- producers, Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field (Miramax) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- producers, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders (New Line) The Man Who Wasn't There -- producer, Ethan Coen (USA Films) Memento -- producers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd (Newmarket) Monster's Ball -- producer, Lee Daniels (Lions Gate) Moulin Rouge -- producers, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron (20th Century Fox) Mulholland Drive -- producers, Mary Sweeney, Alain Sarde, Neal Edelstein, Michael Polaire, Tony Krantz (Universal Focus) Shrek -- producers, Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks) ACTOR Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There Denzel Washington, Training Day Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom ACTRESS Halle Berry, Monster's Ball Stockard Channing, The Business of Strangers Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive FEATURED ACTOR Steve Buscemi, Ghost World Brian Cox, L.I.E. Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums Tony Shalhoub, The Man Who Wasn't There FEATURED ACTRESS Cate Blanchett, Bandits Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind Cameron Diaz, Vanilla Sky Frances O'Connor, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence DIRECTOR Robert Altman, Gosford Park Todd Field, In the Bedroom David Lynch, Mulholland Drive Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down SCREENWRITER Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World Rob Festinger, Todd Field, In the Bedroom Akiva Goldsman, A Beautiful Mind Christopher Nolan, Memento CINEMATOGRAPHER Ericson Core, The Fast and the Furious Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There Slawomir Idziak, Black Hawk Down Janusz Kaminski, A.I. Artificial Intelligence EDITOR Jill Bilcock, Moulin Rouge Dody Dorn, Memento Pietro Scalia, Black Hawk Down Tim Squyres, Gosford Park PRODUCTION DESIGNER Stephen Altman, Gosford Park Rick Carter, A.I. Artificial Intelligence Grant Major, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Arthur Max, Black Hawk Down DIGITAL ARTIST Scott Farrar, Dennis Muren, A.I. Artificial Intelligence Robert Legato, Nick Davis, Roger Guyett, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Jim Rygiel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bob Sabiston, Waking Life COMPOSER Craig Armstrong, Moulin Rouge Angelo Badalamenti, Mulholland Drive Patrick Doyle, Gosford Park Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring For those of you keeping score...here's who won the TV categories (in order of presentation--we're just typing with the ceremony on TV here, kids). The complete nomination list is at www.afi.com. Best Actor in a TV Miniseries: Geoffrey Wright, Boycott Best Actress in a TV Miniseries: Judy Davis, Me and My Shadows (accepted by "Judy Garland's daughter," presumably Lorna Luft, as Judy Davis could not attend). Interestingly, the actress who played the young Judy Garland (Davis played the older, if you haven't caught that yet) was nominated against Davis. Best Actress in a TV Series: Edie Falco, The Sopranos (as presenter Dennis Franz noted, somewhat sheepishly, actresses in both comedies and dramas, leads and supporting, were all tossed together in this category. Our question is, why did the American Film Institute bother to honor television if it was going to do it so half-assedly?) Best Actor in a TV Series: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (see note above for similar "grab-bag" quality) Best Drama Series: The Sopranos Movie or Miniseries of the Year: Band of Brothers Comedy Series of the Year: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Whoa, shock winner--this really ain't your grandma's award show) Disagree with the AFI's picks? Call the critics out on the message board!

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Sean Astin and Elijah Wood, introducing the LOTR clip above, are forced to per-form inanely scripted banter about their LOTR tattoos. But it all pays off in the end.

Sissy Spacek accepts the Best Actress award for her performance in In the Bedroom. This--and a spate of other laurels--puts her as, in essence, the (current) front runner for the Oscar.

Memento for Screenwriter Best for award the accepts Nolan Christopher director/ writer.

We were going to post more winners' pictures, but turns out there aren't many--not many stars showed up, causing the press to dub this the "MIA Awards."