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The
Jimmys: Best
Films of 2003
Yes, it's that time of year again: Time to announce the winners of this site's annual movie awards, popularly known as the Jimmys. With 2002 being perhaps the best movie year of all time, this year was bound to be a disappointment, and it was. While there were many fine films released this year, the best film of the year (The Weather Underground) would in all likelihood have ranked only seventh or eighth on the 2002 list. Last year I wrote a little capsule review of each film on the Top 10 list, but looking back at it now, the stuff I wrote was pretty dumb. So this year instead of capsules I've provided a quote from each film in the Top 10. As always, each Jimmy Award winner receives a silver cup just like the one shown at left, engraved with the likeness of our hero. If you're a winner and would like information on collecting your prize, send me an e-mail. And without further ado... |
The Top Ten Films of 2003
1. The Weather Underground [directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel]
"When you feel you have right on your side, you can do some pretty horrific things.''2. Mystic River [directed by Clint Eastwood]
"We bury our sins here. We wash them clean."3. Lost in Translation [directed by Sofia Coppola]
"But the good news is, the whiskey works."4. In America [directed by Jim Sheridan]
"Dad? Can we keep the pigeons?"5. The Dreamers [directed by Bernardo Bertolucci]
"I want you to do it the way you did it when you thought no one was watching."6. Cold Mountain [directed by Anthony Minghella]
"This war is being lost on the battlefield, and it's being lost twice over by those who stay behind."7. Pieces of April [directed by Peter Hedges]
"One must pay close attention to poultry. So much could go wrong!"8. School of Rock [directed by Richard Linklater]
"We're not goofing off. We're creating musical fusion."9. Thirteen [directed by Catherine Hardwicke]
"I didn't have a mother when I was your age, either. I know how hard it is."10. Monster [directed by Patty Jenkins]
"I once heard this saying that's always stuck with me: 'All you need is love, and to believe in yourself.' But it doesn't exactly work out that way."
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Acting Awards
Best Actress Charlize Theron, Monster
Best Actor Sean Penn, Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress Christina Ricci, Monster
Best Supporting Actor Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Best Cameo Appearance Natalie Portman, Cold Mountain
Henry Thomas Award (best performance by a child actor) Evan Rachel Wood, Thirteen
[In a year filled with extraordinary performances by young people, special mention also goes to Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider, Nikki Reed in Thirteen, and Sarah Bolger in In America.]Hepburn-Tracy Citation for best acting in tandem Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Best Ensemble Acting The cast of Mystic River
Alan Rickman Memorial Award for worst acting performance Brendan Gleeson, Dark Blue
Filmmaking Awards
Best Director Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
John Sayles Award (best original screenplay) Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
John Huston Award (best adapted screenplay) Brian Helgeland, Mystic River
Best Cinematography Lance Acord, Lost in Translation
Best Editing Sam Green and Dawn Logsdon, The Weather Underground
Best Original Score Gabriel Yared, Sylvia
Worst Original Score Patrick Doyle, Secondhand Lions
Best Song (original) Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean, “A Mighty Wind” from A Mighty Wind
Best Song (old-school division) Elvis Costello, “Peace, Love, and Understanding” from Lost in Translation
Miscellaneous Awards
Benjamin Braddock Citation (most ingenious use of music in a film) Lost in Translation
Saul Bass Citation (best opening credits sequence) Spun
Fincher Award (most disturbing film) Thirteen
Truman Show Award (best movie poster design) Lost in Translation
Best TV film or miniseries Terror in Moscow (HBO)
Best TV series The Wire (HBO)
Matewan Award (Best film nobody saw) Raising Victor Vargas
Passenger 57 Award (Worst film of the year) Dark Blue
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