8th Critics' Choice Awards

8th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 17, 2003
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Chicago
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The 8th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2003, honoring the finest achievements of 2002 filmmaking. ^[1]

This ceremony is particularly notable for the moment when Best Actor nominee Robin Williams came up on stage after being called upon by Best Actor co-winner Jack Nicholson, who claimed to be "baked", to assist him with his acceptance speech, culminating in what is considered to be the funniest moment in the awards' history. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The moment was uploaded on YouTube in July 2009; it currently has over 4 million views. ^[6]

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

• About Schmidt
• Adaptation .
• Catch Me If You Can
• Chicago
• Far from Heaven
• Gangs of New York
• The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Pianist
• Road to Perdition

Winners and nominees

Steven Spielberg, Best Director winner

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor co-winner

Jack Nicholson, Best Actor co-winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner

Chris Cooper, Best Supporting Actor winner

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Young Actor/Actress winner

Charlie Kaufman, Best Writer winner

Best Picture Chicago About Schmidt Adaptation . Catch Me If You Can Far from Heaven Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist Road to Perdition	Best Director Steven Spielberg – Catch Me If You Can / Minority Report Roman Polanski – The Pianist Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (TIE) Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt (TIE) Robin Williams – One Hour Photo as Seymour "Sy" Parrish	Best Actress Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathleen "Cathy" Whitaker Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Constance "Connie" Sumner
Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper – Adaptation . as John Laroche Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney	Best Supporting Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly Kathy Bates – About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel Meryl Streep – Adaptation . as Susan Orlean
Best Young Actor/Actress Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. Tyler Hoechlin – Road to Perdition as Michael Sullivan Jr. Nicholas Hoult – About a Boy as Marcus Brewer	Best Digital Acting Performance Gollum – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Dobby – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Yoda – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Best Acting Ensemble Chicago The Hours My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Best Writer Adaptation . / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind – Charlie Kaufman About Schmidt – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos
Best Animated Feature Spirited Away Ice Age Lilo & Stitch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Best Documentary Feature Bowling for Columbine The Kid Stays in the Picture Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Best Family Film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Rookie Tuck Everlasting	Best Foreign Language Film Y tu mamá también • Mexico Monsoon Wedding • India Talk to Her • Spain
Best Composer Catch Me If You Can / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Minority Report – John Williams The Hours – Philip Glass The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore	Best Song "Lose Yourself" – 8 Mile "Father and Daughter" – The Wild Thornberrys Movie "Hero" – Spider-Man

Freedom Award

Denzel Washington – Antwone Fisher

Best Picture Made for Television

Door to Door

• Live from Baghdad
• Martin and Lewis

Statistics

Nominations	Film
4	About Schmidt
	Adaptation .
	The Hours
3	Catch Me If You Can
	Chicago
	Gangs of New York
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
	Road to Perdition
2	Far from Heaven
	Frida
	Minority Report
	My Big Fat Greek Wedding
	The Pianist

Wins	Film
3	Chicago
2	Adaptation .
	Catch Me If You Can
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	Minority Report

References

1. "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2002". Broadcast Film Critics Association. January 17, 2003. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
2. "Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson & Robin Williams: 'It's pretty much been a Buddhist evening for me', Critics' Choice – 2003". Speakola. January 17, 2003. Retrieved January 17, 2003.
3. Simon, Jeff (March 11, 2003). "Nicholson Has Seen Better Award Seasons". The Buffalo News . Retrieved March 11, 2003.(subscription required)
4. "Jack Nicholson Once Appeared Baked on Stage Asking Robin Williams to Give Award Acceptance Speech on His Behalf & What Happened Next is Hysterical!". Koimoi. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
5. Lu, Garry (January 28, 2023). "WATCH: Jack Nicholson Gets Too High & Needs Robin Williams to Save His Award Speech". Boss Hunting. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
6. "Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson (Robin Williams) Accepting Critics' Choice" (video). YouTube. July 20, 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2009.