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(March 28) "American Beauty," which won five Oscars on Sunday night, is sweet vindication for DreamWorks, which last year saw its heavily favored "Saving Private Ryan" lose the best-picture Oscar to Miramax's "Shakespeare in Love."

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    BEST PICTURE:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (6) "American Beauty"

    "The Cider House Rules"
    " The Green Mile"
    " The Insider"
    " The Sixth Sense"

    ACTOR:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (7) Kevin Spacey, "American Beauty"

    Russell Crowe, "The Insider"
    Richard Farnsworth, "The Straight Story"
    Sean Penn, "Sweet and Lowdown"
    Denzel Washington, "The Hurricane"

    ACTRESS:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (8) Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry"

    Annette Bening, "American Beauty"
    Janet McTeer, "Tumbleweeds"
    Julianne Moore, "The End of the Affair"
    Meryl Streep, "Music of the Heart"

    SUPPORTING ACTOR:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (9) Michael Caine, "The Cider House Rules"

    Tom Cruise, "Magnolia"
    Michael Clarke Duncan, "The Green Mile"
    Jude Law, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
    Haley Joel Osment, "The Sixth Sense"

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (10) Angelina Jolie, "Girl, Interrupted"

    Toni Collette, "The Sixth Sense"
    Catherine Keener, "Being John Malkovich"
    Samantha Morton, "Sweet and Lowdown"
    Chloe Sevigny, "Boys Don't Cry"

    DIRECTOR:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (11) Sam Mendes, "American Beauty"

    Lasse Hallstrom, "The Cider House Rules"
    Spike Jonze, "Being John Malkovich"
    Michael Mann, "The Insider"
    M. Night Shyamalan, "The Sixth Sense"

    FOREIGN FILM:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (12) "All About My Mother," Spain

    "Caravan," Nepal
    "East-West," France
    "Solomon and Gaenor," United Kingdom
    "Under the Sun," Sweden

    SCREENPLAY (written directly for the screen):
    The 72nd Academy Awards (13) Alan Ball, "American Beauty"

    Paul Thomas Anderson, "Magnolia"
    Charlie Kaufman, "Being John Malkovich"
    Mike Leigh, "Topsy-Turvy"
    M. Night Shyamalan, "The Sixth Sense"

    SCREENPLAY (based on material previously produced or published):
    The 72nd Academy Awards (14) John Irving, "
    The Cider House Rules"

    Frank Darabont, "The Green Mile"
    Alexander Payne, "Election"
    Anthony Minghella, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
    Eric Roth, Michael Mann, "The Insider"

    ART DIRECTION:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (15) Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young, "Sleepy Hollow"

    "Anna and the King"
    " The Cider House Rules"
    " The Talented Mr. Ripley"
    " Topsy-Turvy"

    CINEMATOGRAPHY:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (16) Conrad L. Hall, "American Beauty"

    Roger Pratt, "The End of the Affair"
    Dante Spinotti, "The Insider"
    Emmanuel Lubezki, "Sleepy Hollow"
    Robert Richardson, "Snow Falling on Cedars"

    SOUND:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (17) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee, "The Matrix"

    "The Green Mile"
    " The Insider"
    " The Mummy"
    " Star Wars: Episode One"

    SOUND EFFECTS EDITING:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (18) Dane A. Davis, "
    The Matrix"

    "Fight Club"
    " Star Wars: Episode One"

    ORIGINAL SCORE:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (19) John Corigliano, "The Red Violin"

    Thomas Newman, "American Beauty"
    Rachel Portman, "The Cider House Rules"
    John Williams, "Angela's Ashes"
    Gabriel Yared, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"

    ORIGINAL SONG:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (20) "You'll Be in My Heart" from "Tarzan"

    "Blame Canada," from "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut"
    "Music of My Heart" from "Music of the Heart"
    "Save Me" from "Magnolia"
    "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2"

    COSTUME:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (21) Lindy Hemming, "Topsy-Turvy"

    "Anna and the King"
    " Sleepy Hollow"
    " The Talented Mr. Ripley"
    " Titus"

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (22) "One Day in September"

    "Buena Vista Social Club"
    " Genghis Blues"
    " On the Ropes"
    " Speaking in Strings"

    DOCUMENTARY (short subject):
    The 72nd Academy Awards (23) "King Gimp"

    "Eyewitness"
    "The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo"

    FILM EDITING:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (24) Zach Staenberg, "The Matrix"

    Tariq Anwar, Chris Greenbury, "American Beauty"
    Lisa Zeno Churgin, "The Cider House Rules"
    William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, "The Insider"
    Andrew Monshein, "The Sixth Sense"

    MAKEUP:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (25) Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud, "Topsy-Turvy"

    "Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me"
    " Bicentennial Man"
    " Life"

    ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (26) "The Old Man of the Sea"

    "Humdrum"
    "My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts"
    "3 Misses"
    "When the Day Breaks"

    LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (27) "My Mother Dreams of Satan's Disciples in New York"

    "Bror, Min Bror"
    "Killing Joe"
    "Kleingeld"
    "Major and Minor Miracles"

    VISUAL EFFECTS:
    The 72nd Academy Awards (28) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum, "The Matrix"

    "Star Wars: Episode One"
    " Stuart Little"

    Oscar winners previously announced this year:

    THALBERG AWARD:
    Warren Beatty

    HONORARY AWARD:
    Andrzej Wajda.

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