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March 24th, 2002, 17:30 to 21:45 PST, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Host: Whoopi Goldberg.
All presentations and awards, in the order that they were shown. For details on all nominees and winners, see the IMDB Academy Awards 2002 page. Also see the official Oscars site.
Tom Cruise, then Whoopi Goldberg.
Benicio Del Toro, who won best supporting actor last year, presents the award. The Oscar goes to Jennifer Connelly.
The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Frank R. Pierson, gives a short speech.
Will Smith presents the award. The Oscar goes to Black Hawk Down.
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe present the award. The Oscar goes to Moulin Rouge.
Whoopi Goldberg presents a short clip of the nominated film.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson present the award. The Oscar goes to Moulin Rouge.
Whoopi Goldberg introduces Woody Allen, who does a little stand-up comedy act and presents a short movie tribute to New York City by Nora Ephron.
Jodie Foster presents the award. The Oscar goes to The Lord of the Rings.
Whoopi Goldberg presents a short clip of the nominated film.
Helen Hunt presents a clip with fragments taken from documentary films.
Samuel L. Jackson presents the award. The Oscar goes to Murder On a Sunday Morning.
Jackson also presents this award. The Oscar goes to Thoth.
Cameron Diaz presents the award. The Oscar goes to Moulin Rouge.
Whoopi Goldberg mentions that Charlize Theron hosted an event on March 2nd at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel where all kinds of technical awards were given out. No mention of the food poisoning, though.
Nathan Lane presents the award. The Oscar goes to Shrek.
Halle Berry presents the award. The Oscar goes to Black Hawk Down.
Halle Berry also presents the award. The Oscar goes to Pearl Harbor.
Marcia Gay Harden, who won best supporting actress last year, presents the award. The Oscar goes to Jim Broadbent.
The award was presented to Edmund M. Di Giulio at the Technical Achievement Awards event.
Whoopi Goldberg presents a short clip of the nominated film.
Maggie Smith and Ian McKellen introduce a dance presentation by the ensemble of the Cirque Du Soleil. It is an hommage to special effects in the movies.
Kirsten Dunst and Elijah Wood present the award. The Oscar goes to The Lord of the Rings.
Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw present the award to Arthur Hiller.
Ben Kingsley introduces John Williams, who conducts a mix of famous movie melodies.
Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant present the award. The Oscar goes to Howard Shore.
Denzel Washington and Walter Mirisch present the award to Poitier for his lifetime achievements.
Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman present this award. The Oscar goes to The Accountant.
Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman also present this award. The Oscar goes to For the Birds.
Josh Harnett introduces the performances of the five songs that are nominated for best song. The artists: Sting, Enya, Randy Newman and John Goodman, Faith Hill and Paul McCartney.
Jennifer Lopez presents the award. The Oscar goes to Randy Newman (his first win after 16 nominations).
Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke present the award. The Oscar goes to A Beautiful Mind.
The two previous presenters also give away this award. The Oscar goes to Gosford Park.
John Travolta presents the award. The Oscar goes to No Man's Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
Kevin Spacey asks the audience to rise for a moment of silence for the victims of the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001. After that, a short clip with famous people from the movie industry who died last year (including Jack Lemmon and Anthony Quinn) was shown.
Whoopi Goldberg presents a short clip of the nominated film.
Barbra Streisand presents an honorary award to Robert Redford.
Last year's winner of the best actor category, Russell Crowe, presents the award. The Oscar goes to Halle Berry.
Whoopi Goldberg presents a short clip of the nominated film.
Last year's winner for best actress, Julia Roberts, presents the award. The Oscar goes to Denzel Washington.
Mel Gibson presents the award. The Oscar goes to Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind.
Tom Hanks presents the award. The Oscar goes to A Beautiful Mind.