The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)

Directors:

Louis J. Horvitz
Penelope Spheeris

Writers:

Hal Kanter (written by) and
Rita Cash (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 March 2003 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Number In Title

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Affleck	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
John Agar	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse, co-presenting Animated Short Award (voice)
Agustín Almodóvar	...	Himself - Audience Member
Pedro Almodóvar	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay / Nominee: Best Director
Mie Andreasen	...	Herself - Winner: Best Live Action Short
Julie Andrews	...	Herself - Presenter: Past Oscar Night Music Highlights / Past Winner
Royce D. Applegate	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Eric Armstrong	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short
Colleen Atwood	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Anne Bancroft	...	Annie Sullivan (archive footage)
Kathy Bates	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Past Winner Recollections / Past Winner
Philippe Bergeron	...	French interpreter
Milton Berle	...	Himself - In Memorium Tribute (archive footage)
Halle Berry	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Margaret Booth	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself - Past Winner
Eddie Bracken	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jack Brodsky	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Adrien Brody	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Josh Brolin	...	Himself - Audience Member
Horst Buchholz	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Red Buttons	...	Himself - Past Winner
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Michael Caine	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
George Chakiris	...	Himself - Past Winner
Rosemary Clooney	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute)
James Coburn	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Jennifer Connelly	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Sean Connery	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Randall William Cook	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Chris Cooper	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Crenna	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Stephen Daldry	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Geena Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing / Past Winner
Daniel Day-Lewis	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Beatrice De Alba	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Olivia de Havilland	...	Herself - Presenter: Oscar Tribute Sequence / Past Winner
Brad Dexter	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Animated Feature
Michael Donovan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary
Kirk Douglas	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Picture / Past Winner
Michael Douglas	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture / Past Winner
Lila Downs	...	Herself - Performer
Robert Duvall	...	Himself - Past Winner
Colin Farrell	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'The Hands That Built America'
Louise Fletcher	...	Herself - Past Winner
Harrison Ford	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
John Frankenheimer	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Brendan Fraser	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'
Brenda Fricker	...	Herself - Past Winner
Alex Funke	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Gael García Bernal	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'Burn It Blue'
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film and Best Short Film
Richard Gere	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Chicago' Film Clip
Elliot Goldenthal	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Adolph Green	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Joel Grey	...	Himself - Past Winner
Charles Guggenheim	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Bill Guttentag	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Conrad L. Hall	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Conrad W. Hall	...	Himself - accepting Cinematography Award for his late father Conrad L. Hall
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Past Winner
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay / Past Winner
Ed Harris	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Harris	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ronald Harwood	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Signe Hasso	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Salma Hayek	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
George Roy Hill	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Pianist' / Past Winner
Celeste Holm	...	Herself - Past Winner
Mike Hopkins	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Kate Hudson	...	Herself - Host: Technical Awards Banquet
Tara Nicole Hughes	...	Dancer
Holly Hunter	...	Herself - recalling her award (pre-recorded)
Kim Hunter	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Past Winner
John E. Jackson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Claude Jarman Jr.	...	Himself - Past Winner
Jennifer Jones	...	Herself - Past Winner
Shirley Jones	...	Herself - Past Winner
Katy Jurado	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
George Kennedy	...	Himself - Past Winner
Nicole Kidman	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ward Kimball	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ben Kingsley	...	Himself - Past Winner
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Past Winner
Diane Lane	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Queen Latifah	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Performer
Cloris Leachman	...	Herself - Past Winner
David Lee	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
J. Lee Thompson	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Joe Letteri	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Jennifer Lopez	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction
Karl Malden	...	Himself - Past Winner
Rob Marshall	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Marlee Matlin	...	Herself - Past Winner
Matthew McConaughey	...	Himself - Presenter: Film clip from 'Gangs of New York'
Leo McKern	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Hayley Mills	...	Herself - Past Winner
Michael Minkler	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Marvin Mirisch	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dudley Moore	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Julianne Moore	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing
Michael Moore	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Rita Moreno	...	Herself - Past Winner
John Myhre	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Patricia Neal	...	Herself - Past Winner
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Margaret O'Brien	...	Herself - Past Winner
Tatum O'Neal	...	Herself - Past Winner
Peter O'Toole	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (also archive footage)
Jack Palance	...	Himself - Past Winner
Norman Panama	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Frank Pierson	...	Himself - Academy President
Robert David Port	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Luise Rainer	...	Herself - Past Winner
Keanu Reeves	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
John C. Reilly	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Luis Resto	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Martin Richards	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Julia Roberts	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography / Past Winner
Cliff Robertson	...	Himself - Past Winner
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself - Past Winner
Kay Rose	...	Herself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Neil Ross	...	Himself - Announcer
Jim Rygiel	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Eva Marie Saint	...	Herself - Past Winner
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Presenter: Memorial segment / Past Winner
Walter Scharf	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Maximilian Schell	...	Himself - Past Winner
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Mildred Shay	...	Herself
George Sidney	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Gordon Sim	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Paul Simon	...	Himself - Performer
Alberto Sordi	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Mira Sorvino	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design / Past Winner
Sissy Spacek	...	Herself - Past Winner
Mary Steenburgen	...	Herself - Past Winner
Rod Steiger	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Martin Strange-Hansen	...	Himself - Winner: Best Short Film, Live Action
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role / Presenter: Honorary Award to Peter O'Toole / Past Winner
Barbra Streisand	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song / Past Winner
Hilary Swank	...	Herself - Presenter: Film clip from 'The Hours' / Past Winner
Richard Sylbert	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Daniel Taradash	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dominick Tavella	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Julie Taymor	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song
Randy Thomas	...	Herself - Announcer
John Travolta	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'I Move On'
U2	...	Themselves - Performers: 'The Hands That Built America'
Robert Urich	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jack Valenti	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short
Ethan Van der Ryn	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Nia Vardalos	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay & Presenter: Best Makeup
Caetano Veloso	...	Himself - Performer
Jon Voight	...	Himself - Past Winner
Christopher Walken	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Martin Walsh	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Lew Wasserman	...	Himself - (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture
Billy Wilder	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Teresa Wright	...	Herself - Past Winner
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Original Score
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Performer

Runtime:

Israel:210 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Kodak Theatre - 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

The Oscar "Family Album" tribute segment with many stars who had not appeared at the previous Oscar "family album" celebration at the 70th Awards show. This time 59 stars attended, including more of the defunct juvenile award winners such as 'Margaret O'Brien', _Hayley Mills, Claude Jarman Jr. and Mickey Rooney.

Quotes:

Herself - Best Supporting Actress Winner: Thank you so much my Scotsman giving the Welsh here, I can't believe it. Oh my gosh. This is too - I mean, my hormones are just too way out of control to be dealing with this. But, thank you so much, the Academy. To be nominated with such amazing women and an amazing year for women...

Movie Connections:

Features Caligola (1979)

Soundtrack:

I Move On

Star-studded even elevated by presence of Olivia de Havilland...

Despite the muted tone of the 75th Academy Awards, there were some outstanding moments and here are a few of the observations I care to make on the whole affair:

1) Adding not a bit of class to the televised event was CAMERON DIAZ, busily chewing gum and staring vacantly at some of the old-time presenters, as though she either didn't recognize them or didn't appreciate that they were a part of film history;

2) ADRIEN BRODY giving a genuinely heart-felt acceptance speech, including the surprisingly passionate kiss for Halle Berry! Talk about taking advantage of a situation, but at least he was honest about it;

3) MICHAEL MOORE making a complete jackass of himself by taking the stage to receive an award (for a non-documentary, by the way), and then erupting into a tirade against President Bush and the war that was greeted at first with abashed silence and then a round of well-deserved boos from the overwhelmingly liberal Hollywood crowd;

4) OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND receiving a standing ovation and still radiating good health and classic loveliness even with silver-white hair as she presented 59 of the past winners. Among the missing: ELIZABETH TAYLOR, which was just as well considering her diamonds would have weighed her down, even if she was sitting in a wheelchair, and would have called for even more of a bodyguard atmosphere than usual;

5) Among those who didn't look so well (some even shockingly bad), were KARL MALDEN, JENNIFER JONES (who looked like a wax figure), TERESA WRIGHT, GEORGE CHAKIRIS (another wax figure), KIRK DOUGLAS, DUSTIN Hoffman, PATRICIA NEAL and CLIFF ROBERTSON.

Although it was good to see a stage full of former winners, one couldn't help noticing how few of them resembled their former selves on screen.

STEVE MARTIN did an okay job as presenter, easily rebuffing Michael Moore with a clever comeback line about the Mafia, but unfortunately veering into tasteless territory with his jokes about MICKEY ROONEY's age or the sexual ambiguities of stars like JACK NICHOLSON and others.

I was especially impresssed with one of de Havilland's comments after observing that much had changed since the earlier times. "What hasn't changed," she said, in her gentle tone, "is our love of the movies. They inspire us and help us through troubled times." She's done so many Oscar shows as presenter (not to mention winner) and is always a reminder of how classy Hollywood performers used to be.