Saltzman Sees...Adaptation (2002)

Adaptation won my Best Actress (Meryl Streep) and was nominated for Best Director (Spike Jonze), Best Actor (Nicolas Cage), Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper) and Best Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman and Susan Orlean) in 2002.

Saltzman Sees...2002 Oscars

2002 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Bowling for Columbine
City of God
Gangs Of New York
John Q


• Best Director

Spike Jonze (Adaptation)
Michael Moore (Bowling For Columbine)
Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York)
Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher)


• Best Family Picture

Ice Age
Like Mike
Lilo & Stitch
Santa Clause 2


• Best Screenplay

Jack Cocks (Gangs of New York)
Antwone Fisher (Antwone Fisher)
Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman & Susan Orlean (Adaptation)
Michael Moore (Bowling For Columbine)


• Best Actor

Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Mike Myers (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Denzel Washington (John Q)


• Best Actress

Cameron Diaz (Gangs of New York)
Sanaa Lathan (Brown Sugar)
Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation)


• Best Supporting Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (Catch Me If You Can & Gangs of New York)
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Brendan Gleeson (Gangs of New York)
Dante 'Mos Def' Smith (Brown Sugar)


• Best Supporting Actress

Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman)
Cécile De France (L'Auberge Espagnole)
Beyonce Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Queen Latifah (Brown Sugar)

To see all the movies I've seen in 2002, Click Here

Saltzman Sees...The 2012 Oscars!!

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Here are my Predictions heading into tonight:

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Supporting Actress: Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
 Best Achievement in Editing: The Artist The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Best Achievement in Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2  The Iron Lady
Best Actress: Viola Davis for The Help  Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Best Cinematography: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Sound Editing: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Art Direction: The Artist Hugo
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo






Best Achievement in Costume Design: Jane Eyre The Artist
Best Original Score: John Williams in War Horse The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist 

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Picture: The Artist