?Gladiator,? Hollywood?s high-tech return to the glories of Rome, led Academy Awards contenders Tuesday with 12 nominations, including nods for best picture, actor and director. The other nominations, for best picture, went to ?Chocolat,? ?Erin Brokovich,? ?Traffic? and ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,? which also earned nine additional nominations.
THE NOMINATIONS for Best Actor went to Javier Bardem in ?Before Night Falls,? Russell Crowe in ?Gladiator,? Tom Hanks for ?Cast Away,? Ed Harris for ?Pollack? and Geoffrey Rush in ?Quills.?
The nods for Best Actress went to Joan Allen in ?The Contender,? Juliet Binoche in ?Chocolat,? Elly Burstyn in ?Requiem for a Dream,? Laura Linney for ?You Can Count on Me? and Julia Roberts for ?Erin Brokovich.?
Supporting Actor went to Willem Dafoe in ?Shadow of the Vampire,? Benicia del Toro in ?Traffic,? Albert Finney in ?Erin Brokovich,? and Joaquin Phoenix in ?Gladiator.?
THE NOMINATIONS for Best Actor went to Javier Bardem in ?Before Night Falls,? Russell Crowe in ?Gladiator,? Tom Hanks for ?Cast Away,? Ed Harris for ?Pollack? and Geoffrey Rush in ?Quills.?
The nods for Best Actress went to Joan Allen in ?The Contender,? Juliet Binoche in ?Chocolat,? Elly Burstyn in ?Requiem for a Dream,? Laura Linney for ?You Can Count on Me? and Julia Roberts for ?Erin Brokovich.?
Supporting Actor went to Willem Dafoe in ?Shadow of the Vampire,? Benicia del Toro in ?Traffic,? Albert Finney in ?Erin Brokovich,? and Joaquin Phoenix in ?Gladiator.?
