2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards

January 6, 2001

Best Film:

** Yi Yi **

The 35th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2001, honored the best in film for 2000.

Winners

Best Picture

1. Yi Yi

2. Traffic

3. The House of Mirth

Best Director

1. '*Steven Soderbergh – Traffic and *Erin Brockovich'''''

2. Edward Yang – Yi Yi

3. Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

Best Actor

1. '*Javier Bardem – *Before Night Falls'''''

2. Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count on Me

3. Tom Hanks – Cast Away

Best Actress

1. '*Laura Linney – *You Can Count on Me'''''

2. Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth

3. Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream

Best Supporting Actor

1. '*Benicio del Toro – *Traffic'''''

2. Fred Willard – Best in Show

3. Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire

Best Supporting Actress

1. '*Elaine May – *Small Time Crooks'''''

2. Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys

3. Marcia Gay Harden – Pollock

Best Screenplay

1. '*Kenneth Lonergan – *You Can Count on Me'''''

2. Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys

3. Stephen Gaghan – Traffic

Best Cinematography

1. '*Agnès Godard – *Beau Travail'''''

2. Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

3. Steven Soderbergh – Traffic

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

2. Dark Days

3. The Original Kings of Comedy

Experimental Film Award

• The Heart of the World

Film Heritage Award

• The National Film Preservation Foundation for "Treasures from American Film Archives," its four-DVD anthology of 50 films, "for preserving and propagating a body of films of cultural and historical significance, with an emphasis on non-Hollywood films."

Special Citation

• Michelangelo Antonioni

References

References

1. (7 January 2001). "Critics Group Honors Quirky List of Film Favorites". The New York Times.