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1. What to say, in one word, about an actor who has played the gamut of roles from Major Caterpillar in "Alice in Wonderland" all the way to the sociopathic thug/gangster Meyer Lansky...diverse...talented...daring? Let's settle with powerful, I think. He didn't win for his performance as Don Logan though, at the 2002 Oscars (despite his well regarded nomination). Who is this esteemed fellow?
2. The young (and the young-at-heart) loved this 2001 film and all were thrilled to see it nominated for Best Original Song of the year. They may not have been so tickled when it didn't pick up that Oscar in early 2002, though. I won't give you the song title - but I will say it wasn't named for or about the movie. Which of the following was the only film that contained a song nominated that year?
3. This actress has been aloft in high dramatic places for some years now, playing a brilliant mix of vulnerable and damaged (Jessie Cates in 1986) to the reliable and maternal anchor (Helen Webber in 1999). In the 2001 film which earned her an Oscar nomination she took on the part of a determined woman named Ruth - a victim of time, place and the assignments that usually define, if not disrupt altogether, those things which are called 'life'. The same things, at the end of the day, that define loss and disappointments just as much. The acting job was astounding, too! Who was this actress who won our hearts but not the Academy Award that year?
4. This gentleman was no stranger to being nominated for awards on either side of any ocean as he had a body of work both vast and definitely multi-cultural. Interesting, too, that up until that time he'd never won an Academy Award for directing (and many thought that, considering his money-making skills for various studios, 2002 might be his year). He lost the award to Ron Howard who piloted "A Beautiful Mind", however. He's also the only director of these who had been nominated more than three times for foreign OR domestic films [up until 2002, that is]. Who is this fellow?
5. Which of these nominees, who lost at the Academy Awards on March 24, 2002, went on to win the award just a few years later? Or, if you'd rather, which one of these actors was even nominated, in any category, for a film released in 2001?
6. A multi-talented actor was nominated (but didn't win) on his try at an Oscar at the ceremony in 2002. He played a real person, a daunting task, but did so with such skill (not to mention a notable change in physicality/demeanor) that it looked like he might just sustain a victory. Who did said talented actor play in that 2001 film? You may remember some of his other roles such as that of the duplicitous Paul in 1993 and a few years later as the stalwart Steven Hiller.
7. This lovely actress made her screen debut at just 19 years of age (after acting in other formats for a time) playing an unsubtlely dangerous woman named Juliet Hulme. She scored the zenith of her success, so far, several years later with her role as the fiercely independent Miss DeWitt Bukater. While she left the Oscar ceremony empty-handed in 2002 she had already, just by being on the roster at the time, set two significantly interesting Academy Award "firsts". Please name this star - one of the winningest "losers" as the new century opened?
8. The Best Picture of the year was, as we know, "A Beautiful Mind" when the winners were announced that year. It received four statuettes in total (including Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Director). Another film that year gave it a run for its money by also winning four Oscars - although in less major categories. It placed a most respectable second place! Which of these fine movies was it that was runner-up?
9. The Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup can go many ways. Sometimes it's given for efforts at expressively gruesome details of facial changes or destruction. Sometimes it is given for effective illusions of aging or even garishness. In 2002 one of these was nominated for (and lost) the Oscar for its makeup. Was it the brave soldiers caught in ghastly dire straits? Or the assembly of rich and flowery aristocrats? Maybe it was the youthfulness followed by the golden years of a tortured scientist. Or could it be a fanciful comic book-styled glimpse at 1950's rock-n-roll? Which one was nominated (but didn't win) that year?
10. One of the three trios listed were characters from a film that was nominated as the Best Picture [English Language] of 2001 but lost the statuette at the 2002 Academy Awards ceremony. Which of these is the correct assembly of fictional folks that were in the race but failed to best the rest?
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