The 73rd Annual Academy Awards

Name: The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
Genre: Music
Released: 2001-03-25
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Steve Martin, Ben Affleck, Debbie Allen

TV Special
2001

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

927

YOUR RATING

Music

The 2001 Oscars hosted by Steve Martin.The 2001 Oscars hosted by Steve Martin.The 2001 Oscars hosted by Steve Martin.

Directors
- Louis J. Horvitz
- Roger Goodman
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

927

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Louis J. Horvitz
- Roger Goodman
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total

Storyline

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Trivia
As an incentive to keep the show's running time short, a television was offered to whoever gave the shortest acceptance speech. The prize went to Michael Dudok de Wit, who won, interestingly enough, for Best Animated Short.

Quotes
Russell Crowe: You know, when you grow up in the suburbs of Sydney, or Auckland, or Newcastle, like Ridley or Jamie Bell, or the suburbs of anywhere, you know a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable. But this moment is directly connected to those childhood imaginings. And for anybody who's on the downside of advantage and relying purely on courage: It's possible.

Connections
Featured in Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)

Soundtracks
Fanfare for Oscar
Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Steve Martin is certainly one of the Oscar hosts whom I like most. His comment about "Dude, Where's My Car?" here was a big enough laugh in and of itself. Most of the evening was actually a little bit predictable, and I thought that Ed Harris did a better job in "Pollock" than Russell Crowe did in "Gladiator". Listening to Julia Roberts's acceptance speech, it was clear that she was more full of herself than the people doing costume design and stuff like that. But I do think that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - remember Steve Martin's comment about the title characters - deserved its win. As for Bjork's dress, I now like the fact that it provided Jon Stewart with a joke when he hosted the Oscars a few years later.

Looking back on "The 73rd Annual Academy Awards", some things are a little surprising. This was the last Oscars ceremony before September 11, 2001. Did that make this ceremony a sign of things to come? I don't know, and maybe I'm the only person who even identified that. But mostly I liked the ceremony.