2001 Fidelio Film Awards
Winners
March 18, 2002 

        Over the year, I compile a list of the Best, Worst, and Most Overrated films in different categories for the Fidelio Film Awards.  The Fidelio Film Awards honor artistic ingenuity and integrity in film.  They also point out the worst in film, a lot of times resulting from big budget Hollywood nonsense, and the most overrated, which fail to live up to the hype. 
        The 2001 Fidelio Film Awards go to:

(Winners are larger and bolded)

Best of 2001


Best Dramatic Feature Amores Perros
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Man Who Wasn't There
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Best Comedic Feature The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Ghost World
The Royal Tenenbaums
Snatch
Storytelling
Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu 
Amores Perros

John Cameron Mitchell 
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Joel Coen 
The Man Who Wasn't There

Christopher Nolan 
Memento

David Lynch 
Mulholland Drive

Best Original Screenplay Guillermo Arriaga Jordan
Amores Perros

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
The Man Who Wasn't There

David Lynch
Mulholland Drive

Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson 
The Royal Tenenbaums

Todd Solodnz
Storytelling

Best Adapted Screenplay Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis
Bridget Jones's Diary

Kendrew Lascelles
Focus

Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff
Ghost World

John Cameron Mitchell
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Christopher Nolan
Memento

Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
A.I.

Rodrigo Prieto
Amores Perros

Roger Deakins
The Man Who Wasn't There

Wally Pfister
Memento

Peter Deming
Mulholland Drive

Best Editing Luis Carballar, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fernando Pérez Unda 
Amores Perros

Andrew Marcus
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke
The Man Who Wasn't There

Dody Dorn
Memento

Mary Sweeney
Mulholland Drive

Best Art Direction/Set Design Richard L. Johnson et al./Rick Carter, Nancy Haigh
A.I.

Nancey Pankiw/Thérèse DePrez,   Liesl Deslauriers 
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Chris Gorak/Chris L. Spellman, Dennis Gassner
The Man Who Wasn't There

Ann-Marie Beauchamp/Catherine Martin, Brigitte Broch 
Moulin Rouge!

Peter Jamison/Jack Fisk, Barbara Haberecht
Mulholland Drive

Best Actor Will Smith 
Ali

Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind

John Cameron Mitchell
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Billy Bob Thorton
The Man Who Wasn't There

Guy Pierce
Memento

Best Actress Audrey Tautou
Amelie

Renee Zellweger
Bridget Jones's Diary

Halle Berry
Monster's Ball

Naomi Watts
Mulholland Drive

Selma Blair
Storytelling

Best Supporting Actor Emilio Echevarría
Amores Perros

Michael Badulucco
The Man Who Wasn't There

Joe Pantlioni
Memento

Ben Kingsley
Sexy Beast

Brad Pitt
Snatch

Best Supporting Actress Frances O'Connor
A.I.

Jennifer Connelly
A Beautiful Mind

Laura Dern
Focus

Carrie-Anne Moss
Memento

Laura Harring
Mulholland Drive

Best Special Effects A.I.
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Best Song "Me Van a Matar"--Julieta Venegas
Amores Perros

"Out of Reach"--Gabrielle
Bridget Jones's Diary

"Wicked Little Town" --Stephen Trask
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

"Wig in a Box" --Stephen Trask
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

"All or Nothing" --Athena Cage
Save the Last Dance

Best Score James Horner
A Beautiful Mind

Terence Blanchard
The Caveman's Valentine

Stephen Trask
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Carter Burwell
The Man Who Wasn't There

Angelo Badalamenti
Mulholland Drive

Worst of 2001


Worst Feature 15 Minutes
K-Pax
Planet of the Apes
Rush Hour 2
Say It Isn't So
Worst Director John Herzfeld
15 Minutes

Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Michael Bay
Pearl Harbor

Tim Burton
Planet of the Apes

Brett Ratner
Rush Hour 2

Worst Original Screenplay John Herzfeld
15 Minutes

Robert Dunn, Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur 
Heartbreakers

Kristine Johnson, Jessie Nelson
I Am Sam

Randall Wallace
Pearl Harbor

Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow
Say It Isn't So

Worst Adapted Screenplay Charles Leavitt
K-Pax

Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Brad Kaaya
O

William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner,  Mark Rosenthal 
Planet of the Apes

Cameron Crowe
Vanilla Sky

Worst Cinematography Robert Fraisse
Enemy at the Gates

Andrew Lesnie
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

John Schwartzman 
Pearl Harbor

Frank Prinzi
Sidewalks of New York

John Toll
Vanilla Sky

Worst Actor Jeff Bridges
K-Pax

Elijah Wood
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Jackie Chan
Rush Hour 2

Chris Klein
Say It Ain't So

Geoffrey Rush
The Tailor of Panama

Worst Actress Heather Graham
From Hell

Jennifer Love Hewitt
Heartbreakers

Michelle Pfeiffer
I Am Sam

Rachel Weisz
The Mummy Returns

Kate Beckinsale
Pearl Harbor


Worst Supporting Actor
Oleg Taktarov
15 Minutes

Christopher Lee
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Hugo Weaving
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Alec Baldwin
Pearl Harbor

Edward Burns
Sidewalks of New York

Worst Supporting Actress Liv Tyler
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Patricia Valasquez
The Mummy Returns

Estella Warren
Planet of the Apes

Sally Field
Say It Ain't So

Jamie Lee Curtis 
The Tailor of Panama

Worst Special Effects Enemy at the Gates
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring
Pearl Harbor
Swordfish
Vanilla Sky

Most Overrated of 2001


Most Overrated Feature In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring
The Others
Waking Life
Most Overrated Director Todd Field
In the Bedroom

Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Baz Luhrman
Moulin Rouge!

Alexandro Amenbar
The Others

Most Overrated Screenplay Todd Field
In the Bedroom

Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh
The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Most Overrated Actress Nicole Kidman
The Others

Summary of 2001 Nominations


Best of 2001
Worst of 2001
Most Overrated of 2001
The Man Who
Wasn't There
5
Best Dramatic Feature
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction/Set Design
Best Actor

Mulholland Drive
3
Best Original Screenplay
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress

Hedwig and the 
Angry Inch
2
Best Song
Best Score

Memento
2
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing

Amelie
1
Best Special Effects

Amores Perros
1
Best Supporting Actor 

The Royal Tenenbaums 
1
Best Comedic Feature

Planet of the Apes
3
Worst Feature
Worst Adapted Screenplay
Worst Supporting Actress

15 Minutes
2
Worst Original Screenplay
Worst Supporting Actor

From Hell
1
Worst Actress

The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship
of the Ring
1
Worst Actor

Pearl Harbor
1
Worst Cinematography

Rush Hour 2
1
Worst Director

Swordfish 
1
Worst Special Effects

The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship
of the Ring
3
Most Overrated Feature
Most Overrated Director
Most Overrated Screenplay

The Others
1
Most Overrated Actress


 
 
2001 Fidelio Film Poll


Come vote for the best, worst, and most overrated of 2001.

The outcome did not affect the Fidelio Film Awards Winners.