The seventy-second Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 26, 2000 at the Shrine Auditorium. Disaster struck the Academy Awards even before they started this year. On March 8, the Oscars were stolen while in transit to the Academy. Just a week before the event, the Oscars were found by Willie Fulgear in the trash behind a laundromat. Billy Crystal hosted the event.
The 1999 Academy Award Winners
Picture: American BeautyActor: Kevin Spacey
Actress: Hilary Swank
Supporting Actor: Michael Caine
Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie
Director: Sam Mendes
Adapted Screenplay: John Irving (The Cider House Rules)
Original Screenplay: Alan Ball (American Beauty)
Song: "You'll Be in My Heart" (Tarzan)
Score: John Corigliano (The Red Violin)
Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall (American Beauty)
Costume Design: Lindy Hemming (Topsy-Turvy)
Art / Set Decoration: Rick Heinrichs (Sleepy Hollow)
Film Editing: Zach Staenberg (The Matrix)
Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)
Sound: John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, and David Lee (The Matrix)
Visual Effects: John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (The Matrix)
Short Films: The Old Man and the Sea (Animated) / My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (Live Action)
Documentaries: King Gimp (Short) / One Day in September (Feature)
