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| number           = 74
| award            = Academy Awards
| image            = 74 academy awards poster.jpg
| caption          = Official poster by [[Alex Ross]]
| date             = March 24, 2002
| site             = [[Kodak Theatre]]<br />[[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| host             = [[Whoopi Goldberg]]
| preshow          = [[Chris Connelly (reporter)|Chris Connelly]]<br />[[Leeza Gibbons]]<br />[[Ananda Lewis]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilkes |first=Neil |title=Arrival hosts announced |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/arrival-hosts-announced-1117861892/ |access-date=October 9, 2013 |work=Variety  |date=March 5, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222031407/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/arrival-hosts-announced-1117861892/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>
| producer         = [[Laura Ziskin]]
| director         = [[Louis J. Horvitz]]
| best_picture     = ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
| most_wins        = ''A Beautiful Mind'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (4)
| most_nominations = ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (13)
| network          = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| duration         = 4 hours, 23 minutes<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/halle-berry-denzel-washington-win-big |title=Halle Berry, Denzel Washington Win Big |work=[[Fox News]] |publisher=[[21st Century Fox]] |date=March 25, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514053517/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C48650%2C00.html |archive-date=May 14, 2012  }}</ref>
| ratings          = 41.82 million<br />25.54% ([[Nielsen ratings]])
| last             = 73rd
| next             = 75th
}}

The '''74th Academy Awards''' ceremony, presented by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented [[Academy Awards]] (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring [[2001 in film|films released in 2001]]. The ceremony, televised in the United States by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], was produced by [[Laura Ziskin]] and directed by Louis J. Horvitz.<ref name="Producer">{{cite news|last=Archerd |first=Army |title=Oscar's new producer is first femme to solo |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/oscar-s-new-producer-is-first-femme-to-solo-1117852335/ |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=September 5, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220225556/http://variety.com/2001/tv/news/oscar-s-new-producer-is-first-femme-to-solo-1117852335/ |archive-date=February 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar Watch: Horvitz to direct 74th Awards |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-horvitz-to-direct-74th-awards-1117858597/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=January 15, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151306/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-horvitz-to-direct-74th-awards-1117858597/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> Actress [[Whoopi Goldberg]] hosted the show for the fourth time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/goldberg-returns-to-host-oscars-1117858062/ |title=Whoopi Goldberg Will Host Oscar Ceremony |last=Archerd |first=Army |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]  |date=January 10, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174739/http://variety.com/2002/film/awards/goldberg-returns-to-host-oscars-1117858062/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref> She first hosted the [[66th Academy Awards|66th ceremony]] held in 1994 and had last hosted the [[71st Academy Awards|71st ceremony]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Susman |first=Gary |title=Big Whoopi |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/01/10/whoopi-goldberg-will-return-oscars-host/ |access-date=January 14, 2014 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |date=January 10, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115185103/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C191444%2C00.html |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}</ref> Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the [[Beverly Wilshire Hotel|Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], on March 2, the [[Academy Award for Technical Achievement|Academy Awards for Technical Achievement]] were presented by host [[Charlize Theron]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Horwitch |first=Laura |title=Oscar Watch: Charlize Theron |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-charlize-theron-1117861158/ |access-date=January 11, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=February 21, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112072711/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-charlize-theron-1117861158/ |archive-date=January 12, 2014 }}</ref>

''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' won four awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref name="LA Times Oscar">{{cite news|last1=Welkos |first1=Robert |last2=King |first2=Susan |title='Beautiful' Historic Night |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-25-et-oscars25-story.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]  |date=March 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116143618/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/25/entertainment/et-oscars25 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lyman |first=Rick |title='Beautiful Mind' Wins; Best Actress Goes to Halle Berry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/movies/beautiful-mind-wins-best-actress-goes-to-halle-berry.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128224705/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/movies/beautiful-mind-wins-best-actress-goes-to-halle-berry.html |archive-date=January 28, 2014 }}</ref> Other winners included ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' with four awards, ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' and ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' with two, and ''[[The Accountant (2001 film)|The Accountant]]'', ''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]'', ''[[Gosford Park]]'', ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'', ''[[Monster's Ball]]'', ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', ''[[Murder on a Sunday Morning]]'', ''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Thoth (film)|Thoth]]'', and ''[[Training Day]]'' with one. Despite a record length of four hours and twenty-three minutes, the telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |first=Bill |last=Gorman |title=Academy Awards Averages 41.3 Million Viewers; Most Since 2005 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/08/academy-awards-averages-41-3-million-viewers-most-since-2005/44217 |work=[[TV by the Numbers]] |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310080531/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/08/academy-awards-averages-41-3-million-viewers-most-since-2005/44217 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
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The nominees for the 74th Academy Awards were announced on February 12, 2002, at the [[Samuel Goldwyn Theater]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], by [[Frank Pierson]], president of the academy, and the actress [[Marcia Gay Harden]].<ref name=BBCOscar>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1814014.stm |title=Film World Awaits Oscar nominations |date=February 12, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |work=[[BBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1814014.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' earned the most nominations with thirteen. It was the seventh film to earn that many nominations. ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' and ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' tied for second place with eight apiece.<ref name="ANA">{{harvnb|Osborne|2013|p=423}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Means|first=Sean|title='Lord of the Rings' in Hobbit Heaven With 13 Oscar Nominations|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=February 13, 2002|page=A1}}</ref>

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 24, 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last=Means|first=Sean|title=Hollywood Makes History|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=March 25, 2002|page=A1}}</ref> By virtue of its latest Best Picture victory for ''A Beautiful Mind'', [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] became the second film studio to release three consecutive Best Picture winners; the studio had previously released ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'' and ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins |first=Keith |title=Pix precedents |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/pix-precedents-1117878915/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=January 16, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151253/http://variety.com/2003/film/awards/pix-precedents-1117878915/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> [[Denzel Washington]] was the second African-American to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], following [[Sidney Poitier]] for 1963's ''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]''.<ref name="LA Times Oscar" /> [[Halle Berry]] became the first, and {{as of|2025|lc=yes}}, only, African-American to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="LA Times Oscar" /> Nominated for their performances as the [[Iris Murdoch|title character]] in ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'', Best Actress nominee [[Judi Dench]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] nominee [[Kate Winslet]] became the second pair of actresses nominated for portraying the same character in the same film, following Best Actress nominee Winslet and Best Supporting Actress nominee [[Gloria Stuart]] as Rose in 1997's ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''.<ref name="ANA"/>

===Awards===

[[File:Ron Howard Cannes 2018.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Ron Howard]], Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner|alt=Photo of Ron Howard in 2011.]]
[[File:Denzel Washington 2018.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Denzel Washington]], Best Actor winner|alt=Photo of Denzel Washington.]]
[[File:Halle Berry 2004.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Halle Berry]], Best Actress winner|alt=Photo of Halle Berry.]]
[[File:Jim Broadbent 2012.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jim Broadbent]], Best Supporting Actor winner|alt=Photo of Jim Broadbent.]]
[[File:Jennifer Connelly 2012.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jennifer Connelly]], Best Supporting Actress winner|alt=Connelly at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.]]
[[File:Official portrait of Lord Fellowes of West Stafford crop 2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Julian Fellowes]], Best Original Screenplay winner|alt=Photo of Julian Fellowes in 2014.]]
[[File:Sidney Poitier-NPS (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Sidney Poitier]] received the Honorary Oscar]]
[[File:Robert Redford (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Robert Redford]] received the Honorary Oscar]]
Winners are listed first, highlighted in '''boldface''', and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).<ref name="Oscars2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213431/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]}}
* '''''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''&nbsp;– [[Brian Grazer]] and [[Ron Howard]], producers'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Gosford Park]]''&nbsp;– [[Robert Altman]], [[Bob Balaban]] and David Levy, producers
** ''[[In the Bedroom]]''&nbsp;– Graham Leader, [[Ross Katz]] and [[Todd Field]], producers
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Peter Jackson]], [[Fran Walsh]] and [[Barrie M. Osborne]], producers
** ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– Martin Brown, [[Baz Luhrmann]] and [[Fred Baron (producer)|Fred Baron]], producers
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Directing]]}}
*'''[[Ron Howard]]&nbsp;– ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'''''{{double-dagger}}
** [[Ridley Scott]]&nbsp;– ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''
** [[Robert Altman]]&nbsp;– ''[[Gosford Park]]''
** [[Peter Jackson]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
** [[David Lynch]]&nbsp;– ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]''
|-
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]}}
*'''[[Denzel Washington]]&nbsp;– ''[[Training Day]]'' as [[Detective Alonzo Harris|Alonzo Harris]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** [[Russell Crowe]]&nbsp;– ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' as [[John Forbes Nash Jr.]]
** [[Sean Penn]]&nbsp;– ''[[I Am Sam]]'' as Sam Dawson
** [[Will Smith]]&nbsp;– ''[[Ali (2001 film)|Ali]]'' as [[Muhammad Ali]]
** [[Tom Wilkinson]]&nbsp;– ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' as Dr. Matthew Fowler
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]}}
*'''[[Halle Berry]]&nbsp;– ''[[Monster's Ball]]'' as Leticia Musgrove'''{{double-dagger}}
** [[Judi Dench]]&nbsp;– ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' as [[Iris Murdoch]]
** [[Nicole Kidman]]&nbsp;– ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' as Satine
** [[Sissy Spacek]]&nbsp;– ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' as Ruth Fowler
** [[Renée Zellweger]]&nbsp;– ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' as [[Bridget Jones]]
|-
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]}}
*'''[[Jim Broadbent]]&nbsp;– ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' as [[John Bayley (writer)|John Bayley]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** [[Ethan Hawke]]&nbsp;– ''[[Training Day]]'' as Officer Jake Hoyt
** [[Ben Kingsley]]&nbsp;– ''[[Sexy Beast]]'' as Don Logan
** [[Ian McKellen]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' as [[Gandalf]]
** [[Jon Voight]]&nbsp;– ''[[Ali (2001 film)|Ali]]'' as [[Howard Cosell]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]}}
*'''[[Jennifer Connelly]]&nbsp;– ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' as [[Alicia Nash|Alicia de Lardé-Nash]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** [[Helen Mirren]]&nbsp;– ''[[Gosford Park]]'' as Jane Wilson
** [[Maggie Smith]]&nbsp;– ''Gosford Park'' as Constance Trentham
** [[Marisa Tomei]]&nbsp;– ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' as Natalie Strout
** [[Kate Winslet]]&nbsp;– ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' as [[Iris Murdoch]]
|-
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)]]}}
* '''''[[Gosford Park]]''&nbsp;– [[Julian Fellowes]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Amélie]]''&nbsp;– Guillaume Laurant and [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]]
** ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''&nbsp;– [[Christopher Nolan]] and [[Jonathan Nolan]]
** ''[[Monster's Ball]]''&nbsp;– Milo Addica and Will Rokos
** ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]''&nbsp;– [[Wes Anderson]] and [[Owen Wilson]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)]]}}
* '''''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''&nbsp;– [[Akiva Goldsman]] based on [[A Beautiful Mind (book)|the book]] by [[Sylvia Nasar]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]''&nbsp;– [[Daniel Clowes]] and [[Terry Zwigoff]] based on [[Ghost World (comics)|the comic book]] by [[Daniel Clowes]]
** ''[[In the Bedroom]]''&nbsp;– Rob Festinger and [[Todd Field]] based on the story "[[Killings (short story)|Killings]]" by [[Andre Dubus]]
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Fran Walsh]], [[Philippa Boyens]], and [[Peter Jackson]] based on [[The Fellowship of the Ring|the book]] by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
** ''[[Shrek]]''&nbsp;– [[Ted Elliott (screenwriter)|Ted Elliott]], [[Terry Rossio]], [[Joe Stillman]], and [[Roger S. H. Schulman]] based on [[Shrek!|the book]] by [[William Steig]]
|-
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature Film]]}}
* '''''[[Shrek]]''&nbsp;– [[Aron Warner]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]''&nbsp;– [[Steve Oedekerk]] and [[John A. Davis]]
** ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''&nbsp;– [[Pete Docter]] and [[John Lasseter]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]}}
* '''''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]'' ([[List of Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]) in [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]]&nbsp;– [[Danis Tanović]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Amélie]]'' ([[List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|France]]) in French&nbsp;– [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]]
** ''[[Elling]]'' ([[List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Norway]]) in Norwegian&nbsp;– [[Petter Næss]]
** ''[[Lagaan]]'' ([[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India]]) in [[Hindi]]&nbsp;– [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]
** ''[[Son of the Bride]]'' ([[List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Argentina]]) in Spanish&nbsp;– [[Juan José Campanella]]
|-
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary (Feature)]]}}
* '''''[[Murder on a Sunday Morning]]''&nbsp;– [[Jean-Xavier de Lestrade]] and Denis Poncet'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Children Underground]]''&nbsp;– [[Edet Belzberg]]
** ''[[LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton]]''&nbsp;– [[Susan Froemke]] and Deborah Dickson
** ''[[Promises (2001 film)|Promises]]''&nbsp;– [[Justine Shapiro]] and B.Z. Goldberg
** ''[[War Photographer]]''&nbsp;– [[Christian Frei]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Best Documentary (Short Subject)]]}}
* '''''[[Thoth (film)|Thoth]]''&nbsp;– [[Sarah Kernochan]] and Lynn Appelle'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Artists and Orphans: A True Drama]]''&nbsp;– Lianne Klapper McNally
** ''[[Sing! (2001 film)|Sing!]]''&nbsp;– [[Freida Lee Mock]] and Jessica Sanders
|-
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Film (Live Action)]]}}
* '''''[[The Accountant (2001 film)|The Accountant]]''&nbsp;– [[Ray McKinnon (actor)|Ray McKinnon]] and [[Lisa Blount]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''Copy Shop''&nbsp;– [[Virgil Widrich]]
** ''Gregor's Greatest Invention''&nbsp;– Johannes Kiefer
** ''A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)''&nbsp;– [[Sławomir Fabicki]] and Bogumil Godfrejow
** ''Speed for Thespians''&nbsp;– Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Short Film (Animated)]]}}
* '''''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]''&nbsp;– [[Ralph Eggleston]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''Fifty Percent Grey''&nbsp;– [[Ruairí Robinson]] and Seamus Byrne
** ''Give Up Yer Aul Sins''&nbsp;– Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell
** ''[[Strange Invaders (2002 film)|Strange Invaders]]''&nbsp;– [[Cordell Barker]]
** ''[[Stubble Trouble]]''&nbsp;– Joseph E. Merideth
|-
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music (Original Score)]]}}
* '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;— [[Howard Shore]]'''{{double-dagger}}
**''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''&nbsp;— [[John Williams]]
**''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''&nbsp;— [[James Horner]]
**''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''&nbsp;— [[John Williams]]
**''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''&nbsp;— [[Randy Newman]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Music (Original Song)]]}}
* '''"[[If I Didn't Have You (Disney song)|If I Didn't Have You]]" from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''&nbsp;– Music and Lyrics by [[Randy Newman]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** "[[May It Be]]" from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– Music and Lyrics by [[Enya]], [[Nicky Ryan]], and [[Roma Ryan]]
** "[[There You'll Be]]" from ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''&nbsp;– Music and Lyrics by [[Diane Warren]]
** "[[Until...]]" from ''[[Kate & Leopold]]''&nbsp;– Music and Lyrics by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
** "[[Vanilla Sky (Paul McCartney song)|Vanilla Sky]]" from ''[[Vanilla Sky]]''&nbsp;– Music and Lyrics by [[Paul McCartney]]
|-
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]}}
* '''''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''&nbsp;– [[George Watters II]] and [[Christopher Boyes]]'''{{double-dagger}}
**''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''&nbsp;– [[Gary Rydstrom]] and [[Michael Silvers]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]]}}
* '''''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''&nbsp;– [[Michael Minkler]], [[Myron Nettinga]] and [[Chris Munro]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Amélie]]''&nbsp;– [[Vincent Arnardi]], [[Guillaume Leriche]] and [[Jean Umansky]]
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Christopher Boyes]], [[Michael Semanick]], [[Gethin Creagh]] and [[Hammond Peek]]
** ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Andy Nelson (sound engineer)|Andy Nelson]], [[Anna Behlmer]], [[Roger Savage]] and [[Guntis Sics]]
** ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''&nbsp;– [[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]], and [[Peter J. Devlin]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]}}
* '''''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Art Direction]]: [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]]; [[Set Decoration]]: [[Brigitte Broch]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Amélie]]''&nbsp;– Art Direction: [[Aline Bonetto]]; Set Decoration: [[Marie-Laure Valla]]
** ''[[Gosford Park]]''&nbsp;– Art Direction: [[Stephen Altman]]; Set Decoration: [[Anna Pinnock]]
** ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''&nbsp;– Art Direction: [[Stuart Craig]]; Set Decoration: [[Stephenie McMillan]]
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– Art Direction: [[Grant Major]]; Set Decoration: [[Dan Hennah]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]}}
* '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Andrew Lesnie]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[Amélie]]''&nbsp;– [[Bruno Delbonnel]]
** ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''&nbsp;– [[Sławomir Idziak]]
** ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''&nbsp;– [[Roger Deakins]]
** ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Donald McAlpine|Donald M. McAlpine]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]}}
* '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Peter Owen (make-up artist)|Peter Owen]] and [[Richard Taylor (filmmaker)|Richard Taylor]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''&nbsp;– [[Greg Cannom]] and [[Colleen Callaghan]]
** ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Maurizio Silvi]] and [[Aldo Signoretti]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]}}
* '''''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]] and [[Angus Strathie]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[The Affair of the Necklace]]''&nbsp;– [[Milena Canonero]]
** ''[[Gosford Park]]''&nbsp;– [[Jenny Beavan]]
** ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''&nbsp;– [[Judianna Makovsky]]
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Ngila Dickson]] and [[Richard Taylor (filmmaker)|Richard Taylor]]
|-
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]}}
* '''''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''&nbsp;– [[Pietro Scalia]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''&nbsp;– [[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] and [[Daniel P. Hanley|Dan Hanley]]
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[John Gilbert (film editor)|John Gilbert]]
** ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''&nbsp;– [[Dody Dorn]]
** ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''&nbsp;– [[Jill Bilcock]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]}}
* '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''&nbsp;– [[Jim Rygiel]], [[Randall William Cook]], [[Richard Taylor (filmmaker)|Richard Taylor]] and [[Mark Stetson]]'''{{double-dagger}}
** ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''&nbsp;– [[Dennis Muren]], [[Scott Farrar]], [[Stan Winston]] and [[Michael Lantieri]]
** ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''&nbsp;– [[Eric Brevig]], [[John Frazier]], [[Ed Hirsh]] and [[Ben Snow]]
|}

===Honorary Awards===
*To [[Sidney Poitier]] in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being.<ref>{{cite news|last=Feiwell |first=Jill |title=Honorary Oscar to Poitier |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/honorary-oscar-to-poitier-1117859041/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=January 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151303/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/honorary-oscar-to-poitier-1117859041/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>
*To [[Robert Redford]]: actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.<ref>{{cite news|last=Feiwell |first=Jill |title=Acad to honor Redford |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/acad-to-honor-redford-1117859141/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=January 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151259/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/acad-to-honor-redford-1117859141/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

===Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award===
*[[Arthur Hiller]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Feiwell |first=Jill |title=Hersholt award to Hiller |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/hersholt-award-to-hiller-1117859100/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=January 24, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151256/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/hersholt-award-to-hiller-1117859100/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

===Films with multiple nominations and awards===
{{See also| List of films with the most Academy Awards per ceremony#List of films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony|l1= Films with the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony}}

{{See also| List of films with the most Academy Awards per ceremony#List of films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony|l1= Films with the most Academy Awards per ceremony}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Films with multiple nominations
|-
! style="background-color:#F9EFAA; | Nominations
! style="background-color:#F9EFAA; | Film
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 13
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 8
| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
|-
| ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
| ''[[Gosford Park]]''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 5
| ''[[Amélie]]''
|-
| ''[[In the Bedroom]]''
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 4
| ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''
|-
| ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
|-
| ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 3
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''
|-
| ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]''
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2
| ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''
|-
| ''[[Ali (2001 film)|Ali]]''
|-
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
|-
| ''[[Monster's Ball]]''
|-
| ''[[Shrek]]''
|-
|''[[Training Day]]''
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Films with multiple awards
|-
! style="background-color:#F9EFAA; | Awards
! style="background-color:#F9EFAA; | Film
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4
| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2
| ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''
|-
| ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
|-
|}

==Presenters and performers ==

The following individuals (in order of appearance) presented awards or performed musical numbers.<ref>{{cite news |title=74th Academy Awards – Presenters and Performers |url=http://202.194.48.102/englishonline/culture/oscar/oscar74/presenters.html |access-date=July 2, 2013 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |date=March 24, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116121741/http://202.194.48.102/englishonline/culture/oscar/oscar74/presenters.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Variety Oscars">{{cite news|last=Gallo |first=Phil |title=Review: 'The 74th Annual Academy Awards' |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-74th-annual-academy-awards-1200550632/ |access-date=October 29, 2013 |work=Variety  |date=March 24, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151308/http://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-74th-annual-academy-awards-1200550632/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

===Presenters===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name(s) !! Role
|-
| {{sortname|Donald|Sutherland}}<br />[[Glenn Close]] || Announcers for the 74th annual Academy Awards
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Cruise}} || Presenter of the [[Errol Morris]] montage on movie memories
|-
| {{sortname|Benicio|del Toro}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Pierson}} (AMPAS President) || Giver of remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
|-
| {{sortname|Will|Smith}} || Presenter the award for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
|-
| {{sortname|Ryan|Phillippe}}<br />[[Reese Witherspoon]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
|-
| {{sortname|Whoopi|Goldberg}} || Presenter of the film ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' on the Best Picture segment
|-
| {{sortname|Ben|Stiller}}<br />[[Owen Wilson]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|-
| {{sortname|Woody|Allen}} || Presenter of the New York City films tribute montage directed by [[Nora Ephron]]
|-
| {{sortname|Jodie|Foster}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|-
| {{sortname|Whoopi|Goldberg|nolink=1}} || Presenter of the film ''[[Gosford Park]]'' on the Best Picture segment
|-
| {{sortname|Helen|Hunt}} || Presenter of the Documentary films tribute montage directed by [[Penelope Spheeris]]
|-
| {{sortname|Samuel L.|Jackson}} || Presenter of the awards for [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]] and [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Best Documentary Short Subject]]
|-
| {{sortname|Cameron|Diaz}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
|-
| {{sortname|Charlize|Theron}} (pre-recorded footage) || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Scientific and Technical Award]] and the [[Gordon E. Sawyer Award]]
|-
| {{sortname|Nathan|Lane}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature Film]]
|-
| {{sortname|Halle|Berry}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]] and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]
|-
| {{sortname|Marcia Gay|Harden}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| {{sortname|Whoopi|Goldberg|nolink=1}} || Presenter of the film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' on the Best Picture segment
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|McKellen}}<br />[[Maggie Smith]] || Introducers of the performance by [[Cirque du Soleil]]
|-
| {{sortname|Kirsten|Dunst}}<br />[[Tobey Maguire]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
|-
| {{sortname|Ali|MacGraw}}<br />[[Ryan O'Neal]] || Presenters of the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] to [[Arthur Hiller]]
|-
| {{sortname|Ben|Kingsley}} || Presenter of the tribute to musical scores in films conducted by [[John Williams]]
|-
| {{sortname|Sandra|Bullock}}<br />[[Hugh Grant]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
|-
| {{sortname|Walter|Mirisch}}<br />[[Denzel Washington]] || Presenters of the [[Academy Honorary Award]] to [[Sidney Poitier]]
|-
| {{sortname|Hugh|Jackman}}<br />[[Naomi Watts]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Live Action Short Film]] and [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]]
|-
| {{sortname|Josh|Hartnett}} || Introducer of the performances of the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] nominees
|-
| {{sortname|Jennifer|Lopez}} || Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
|-
| {{sortname|Ethan|Hawke}}<br />[[Gwyneth Paltrow]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published/Adapted Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen/Original Screenplay]]
|-
| {{sortname|Sharon|Stone}}<br />[[John Travolta]] || Presenters of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|-
| {{sortname|Kevin|Spacey}} || Presenter of the ''[[wikt:in memoriam|In Memoriam]]'' Tribute
|-
| {{sortname|Whoopi|Goldberg|nolink=1}} || Presenter of the film ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' on the Best Picture segment
|-
| {{sortname|Barbra|Streisand}} || Presenter of the [[Academy Honorary Award]] to [[Robert Redford]]
|-
| {{sortname|Russell|Crowe}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|-
| {{sortname|Whoopi|Goldberg|nolink=1}} || Presenter of the film ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' on the Best Picture segment
|-
| {{sortname|Julia|Roberts}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|-
| {{sortname|Mel|Gibson}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Hanks}} || Presenter of the award for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
|}

===Performers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name(s) !! Role !! Performed
|-
| {{sortname|John|Williams}} || Musical arranger and conductor || Orchestral medley of themes from various film scores.
|-
| {{sortname||Cirque du Soleil}} || Performers || Special performance in a tribute to movie visual effects
|-
| {{sortname||Sting|Sting (musician)|Sting}} || Performer || "[[Until (song)|Until]]" from ''[[Kate & Leopold]]''
|-
| {{sortname||Enya}} || Performer || "[[May it Be]]" from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|-
| {{sortname|John|Goodman}}<br />[[Randy Newman]] || Performers || "[[If I Didn't Have You (Disney song)|If I Didn't Have You]]" from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
|-
| {{sortname|Faith|Hill}} || Performer || "[[There You'll Be]]" from ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''
|-
| {{sortname|Paul|McCartney}} || Performer || "[[Vanilla Sky (Paul McCartney song)|Vanilla Sky]]" from ''[[Vanilla Sky]]''
|}

==Ceremony information==
[[File:Whoopi Goldberg at a NYC No on Proposition 8 Rally.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|[[Whoopi Goldberg]] hosted the 74th Academy Awards.|alt=Photo of Whoopi Goldberg.]]

The Academy wanted to find a new venue for the festivities amid limited seating and rehearsal time concerns with the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]]. In addition, problems arose regarding staging the Oscars at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] because there was difficulty of directing guests from the auditorium where the main event took place to the adjacent Exhibition Hall for the Governor's Ball.<ref>{{harvnb|Pond|2005|p=160}}</ref> In August 1997, AMPAS and Canadian development firm [[The Hahn Company|TrizecHahn]] went into negotiations over the development of an entertainment complex located on the corner of [[Hollywood Boulevard]] and [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] adjacent to the [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Mann's Chinese Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zehrq|first=Leonard|title=TrizecHahn in talks to house the Oscars Wants ceremony in Hollywood project|work=The Globe and Mail|date=August 29, 1997}}</ref> Seven months later, both the Academy and TrizecHahn agreed on a twenty-year lease that allowed for the ceremony to be staged at a new venue, which would later be called the [[Kodak Theatre]], located within the property which was also situated near the [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]], the site of the [[1st Academy Awards|inaugural awards ceremony]] in 1929.<ref name="Hurray">{{cite news|last=Newton |first=Jim |title=Mayor Leads a Hurray for Hollywood |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-03-me-35558-story.html |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=April 3, 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221113716/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/03/local/me-35558 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Feiwell |first=Jill |title=Oscar will have Kodak moment |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/oscar-will-have-kodak-moment-1117801021/ |access-date=January 22, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=June 7, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222164040/http://variety.com/2001/film/news/oscar-will-have-kodak-moment-1117801021/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> This was the first time the ceremony was held in Hollywood since the [[32nd Academy Awards|32nd ceremony]] took place at the [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] in 1960.<ref name="Hurray"/>

In view of the return of the Oscars to Hollywood, the Academy hired film producer and [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] chairman [[Laura Ziskin]] in September 2001 to oversee production of the telecast.<ref name="Producer"/> Pierson explained the decision to hire Ziskin saying, "This show is one of the most difficult—if not the most difficult—producing jobs in show business. Laura Ziskin brings intelligence, experience and wit expressed in everything she has done."<ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar gets new producer, new regulations|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20010910&id=-IkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6481,6673396|access-date=January 21, 2014|work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=September 10, 2001|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512084528/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20010910&id=-IkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6481,6673396|url-status=live}}</ref> This marked the first occurrence that a woman produced the Oscars solo. Four months later, [[Whoopi Goldberg]] was selected as host of the 2002 ceremony. In an article in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Ziskin justified her choice of Goldberg commenting that she has "great warmth, with humor, humanity and social conscience, all qualities that I feel are essential for this year's show. I look forward to collaborating with Whoopi to put on a meaningful and entertaining evening."<ref name="Whoopi">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-08-me-21128-story.html |title=Whoopi Goldberg Will Host Oscar Ceremony |last=Munoz |first=Lorenza |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=January 10, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111131933/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/08/local/me-21128 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 }}</ref>

Furthermore, the [[September 11 attacks]] affected the telecast and its surrounding events. Despite speculation and suggestions that the festivities be postponed or canceled, AMPAS President Pierson wrote in a ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' column refusing to take such action stating that it would send the message that "[[the terrorists have won]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Pierson |first=Frank |title=Terrorists won't be allowed to hijack Oscar |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/awards/terrorists-won-t-be-allowed-to-hijack-oscar-1117854296/ |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=October 15, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221180923/http://variety.com/2001/film/awards/terrorists-won-t-be-allowed-to-hijack-oscar-1117854296/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cieply |first=Michael |title=The Unbearable Triteness of Oscar |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-18-op-5541-story.html |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=November 18, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221130813/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/nov/18/opinion/op-5541 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref> However, due to security concerns, the Academy announced that red carpet bleacher seats would now be limited on a reservation basis based on a random selection and a [[background check]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Munoz |first=Lorena |title=The New Bleacher Features |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-04-et-munoz4-story.html |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=February 4, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221130417/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/04/entertainment/et-munoz4 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>

On Oscar night, [[Tom Cruise]] opened the show and stated that it was the job of filmmakers to make films during troubling times. In addition, later in the evening Goldberg introduced a "New York icon" to the stage and filmmaker and director [[Woody Allen]], who had previously refused to attend a ceremony, made a surprise appearance. He was greeted with a hearty standing ovation from audience members including [[Baz Luhrmann]], [[Ron Howard]], [[Jennifer Connelly]], [[Denzel Washington]], and [[Ethan Hawke]]. He explained after the events that happened that September he was there to represent the city he so loved and to plead filmmakers to continue to film in New York City. Woody then presented a film montage created by fellow New Yorker and screenwriter [[Nora Ephron]] saluting New York City in film.<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref>

Several other people participated in the production of the ceremony. Actors [[Glenn Close]] and [[Donald Sutherland]] served as announcers during the show.<ref>{{harvnb|Pond|2005|p=292}}</ref> The orchestra, led by film composer and telecast musical supervisor [[John Williams]], performed selections of film scores during a montage saluting film composers produced by [[Kyle Cooper]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosen|first=Steven|title=Oscar salutes American film|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=March 25, 2002|page=C1}}</ref> Filmmaker [[Errol Morris]] filmed a vignette featuring several famous people discuss movie memories.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morris |first=Errol |title=Oscar Movie |url=http://www.errolmorris.com/content/shortfilms/oscarmovie.html |publisher=Errol Morris |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207062354/http://www.errolmorris.com/content/shortfilms/oscarmovie.html |archive-date=December 7, 2013 }}</ref> Director [[Penelope Spheeris]] produced a montage saluting 60 years of Oscar-winning documentary feature films.<ref name="OC Register">{{cite news|last=Sheehan|first=Henry|title=Oscar surprises with wit and warmth|work=[[Orange County Register]]|publisher=[[Freedom Communications]]|date=March 25, 2002|page=E6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=74th edition to zero in on old-style glamour |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/74th-edition-to-zero-in-on-old-style-glamour-1117861657/ |access-date=January 22, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=March 4, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200541/http://variety.com/2002/film/awards/74th-edition-to-zero-in-on-old-style-glamour-1117861657/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> [[Cirque du Soleil]] performed a dance number inspired by movies and visual effects.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar Watch: Cirque du Soleil |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-cirque-du-soleil-1117861314/ |access-date=January 22, 2014 |work=Variety  |date=February 24, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200741/http://variety.com/2002/film/news/oscar-watch-cirque-du-soleil-1117861314/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>

===Introduction of Best Animated Feature award===
Beginning with this ceremony, AMPAS introduced a new competitive award that would honor [[Animation|animated]] feature films.<ref>{{cite news|last=Solomon |first=Charles |title=New Oscar Category Will Change Animation |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/11/entertainment/ca-34499/2 |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=October 11, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221130315/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/11/entertainment/ca-34499/2 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref> According to Academy communications director John Pavlik, the film must be at least 70 minutes in length, have a significant amount of animated characters, and be at least 75 percent animated in order to be qualified for consideration.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |title=Even 'toons must follow the rules |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/2001-10-31-toon-rules.htm |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=USA Today|date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190437/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/2001-10-31-toon-rules.htm |archive-date=February 2, 2014 }}</ref> A minimum of eight qualifying films must be released within the calendar year to permit a slate of three nominees. If the number of films exceeds twelve, the nominee roster increases to five.<ref>{{cite news|last=Longino|first=Bob|title=New Oscar slot heating up as battle of beasties|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=December 9, 2001}}</ref> Prior to the introduction of this category, three [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films (1937's ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', 1988's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', and 1995's ''[[Toy Story]]'') were all given [[Special Achievement Academy Award]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |title='Toons get their very own Oscar category |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-10-31-animation.htm |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=USA Today|date=October 31, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104184145/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-10-31-animation.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref>

===Box office performance of nominated films===
At the time of the nominations announcement on February 12, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $484 million, with an average of $96.9 million per film. ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $271 million in domestic box office receipts.<ref name=BoxOfficeOscars>{{cite news|title=2001 Academy Award Nominations and Winner for Best Picture |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2001&p=.htm |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122215320/http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2001&p=.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2014 }}</ref> The film was followed by ''A Beautiful Mind'' ($113 million), ''Moulin Rouge!'' ($57.1 million), ''Gosford Park'' ($22.2 million), and finally ''In the Bedroom'' ($19.5 million).<ref name=BoxOfficeOscars/>

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 46 nominations went to 14 films on the list.<ref name="boxofficemojooscars">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2002-02-12&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2001&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |title=2001 Domestic Grosses |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201173256/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2002-02-12&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2001&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref> Only ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2nd), ''Shrek'' (3rd), ''Monsters, Inc.'' (4th), ''A Beautiful Mind'' (15th), ''Black Hawk Down'' (25th), ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (27th), ''Training Day'' (29th), ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' (31st), ''Ali'' (41st), and ''Moulin Rouge!'' (44th) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, or any of the directing, acting, or screenwriting awards.<ref name="boxofficemojooscars"/> The other top-50 box office hits that earned nominations were ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (1st), ''Pearl Harbor'' (7th), ''Vanilla Sky'' (19th), and ''AI: Artificial Intelligence'' (28th).<ref name="boxofficemojooscars"/>

===Critical reviews===
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Television critic Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' complained that the awards ceremony was "intensely narcissistic and characteristically, almost unrelievedly, dull."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bianco |first=Robert |title=Academy Awards 'return to normalcy' |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-25-bianco-review.htm |access-date=January 14, 2014 |work=[[USA Today]]|date=March 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151126/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-25-bianco-review.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> Columnist Matthew Gilbert of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' bemoaned that "TV's most-watched slug crawled back into town last night." He also sniped, "As usual, the technical awards formed a [[Bermuda Triangle]] in the middle of the show, and the film-clip fests and production numbers numbed our brains."<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|title=Despite Touches of Grace, It was an Oscar Crawl|work=[[Boston Globe]]|date=March 25, 2002|page=D11}}</ref> ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''{{'}}s Rick Kishman lamented that "It was the first time both best-acting Oscars went to African Americans...yet viewers had to fight hours and hours of boredom to care." He also quipped that the excessive amount of montage and tributes dragged down the proceedings.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong |first=Mark |title=Longest Oscars, Lowest Ratings |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/43050/longest-oscars-lowest-ratings |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=[[E!]] |date=March 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116143342/http://www.eonline.com/news/43050/longest-oscars-lowest-ratings |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. ''[[Orange County Register]]'' film critic Henry Sheehan praised Goldberg's performance as hosting writing that her "ensuing entrance a la ''Moulin Rouge'' was a comparative triumph and her boom-boom-boom succession of jokes put the show right on track."<ref name="OC Register" /> Television columnist Joanne Ostrow of ''[[The Denver Post]]'' raved, "The nearly five-hour telecast was stunning, historic, slick, efficient, and helped along by some knockout clothes." She also commented that Washington and Berry's acceptance speeches and the Sidney Poitier tribute added to the historic and emotional mood of the festivities.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ostrow|first=Joanne|title=74th telecast first one of real color|work=The Denver Post|date=March 25, 2002|page=D1}}</ref> John Levesque of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' commended producer Ziskin for producing "the best Oscar telecast this TV watcher can remember." In addition, he wrote that "It was clear the 74th Academy Awards ceremony was something special: fresh, crisp, different from its predecessors."<ref>{{cite news|last=Levesque |first=John |title=Movie awards show finally makes good TV |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/Movie-awards-show-finally-makes-good-TV-1083620.php |access-date=January 15, 2014 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=March 24, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116105739/http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/Movie-awards-show-finally-makes-good-TV-1083620.php |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

===Ratings and reception===
At four hours and 23 minutes, the ceremony was {{as of|2022|lc=y}} the longest in history.<ref name="keegan20190220">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/politics-oscar-inside-academys-long-hard-road-a-hostless-show-1187424 |title=The Politics of Oscar: Inside the Academy's Long, Hard Road to a Hostless Show |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=February 20, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 25, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225041612/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/politics-oscar-inside-academys-long-hard-road-a-hostless-show-1187424 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 41.82 million people over its length, which was a 3% decrease from the [[73rd Academy Awards|previous year's ceremony]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Levin |first=Gary |title=Least-watched Oscars still puts ABC at No. 1 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/2002/2002-03-27-nielsens.htm |access-date=January 14, 2014 |work=[[USA Today]]|date=March 27, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115020028/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/2002/2002-03-27-nielsens.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}</ref> The show also earned lower [[Nielsen ratings]] compared to the previous ceremony with 25.54% of households watching over a 40.34 share.<ref name="TVB Oscars">{{cite news|title=Academy Awards ratings |work=Television Bureau of Advertising |url=http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Academy_Awards.pdf |access-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515152338/http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Academy_Awards.pdf |archive-date=May 15, 2013 }}</ref> In addition, it garnered a lower 18{{ndash}}49 demo rating with a 16.13 rating over a 36.46 share among viewers in that demographic.<ref name="TVB Oscars" />

In July 2002, the ceremony presentation received seven nominations at the [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards|54th Primetime Emmys]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Primetime Emmy Award database |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/74th-annual-academy-awards |access-date=January 14, 2014 |work=[[Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |publisher=ATAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115074639/http://www.emmys.com/shows/74th-annual-academy-awards |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}</ref> Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Debra Brown's choreography during the telecast.<ref>{{cite news|last=Braxton |first=Greg |title=HBO, NBC Are Big Winners in First Wave of Emmys |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-16-braxton16-story.html |access-date=January 14, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times  |date=September 16, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141514/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/16/news/braxton16 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

=="In Memoriam"==
The annual "In Memoriam" tribute, presented by actor [[Kevin Spacey]], honored the following people.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Poniewozik |first=James |title=And the Oscar for Shameless Self-Congratulation Goes to... |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,219960,00.html |access-date=January 14, 2014 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=March 25, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141253/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0%2C8599%2C219960%2C00.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Jack Lemmon]] – Actor
*[[Nigel Hawthorne]] – Actor
*[[Beatrice Straight]] – Actress
*[[Eileen Heckart]] – Actress
*[[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]] – Actor, writer
*[[Ann Sothern]] – Actress
*[[Harold Russell]] – Actor
*[[Kim Stanley]] – Actress
*[[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]] – Director
*[[Ted Demme]] – Director
*[[Budd Boetticher]] – Director
*[[Hiroshi Teshigahara]] – Director
*[[Herbert Ross]] – Director
*[[Julia Phillips]] – Producer
*[[Jay Livingston]] – Composer
*[[William Hanna]] – Producer
*[[Chuck Jones]] – Animator
*[[Samuel Z. Arkoff]] – Producer
*[[Danilo Donati]] – Costume designer
*[[Sacha Vierny]] – Cinematographer
*[[John A. Alonzo]] – Cinematographer
*[[Carroll O'Connor]] – Actor
*[[Aaliyah]] – Actress
*[[George Harrison]] – Producer, composer, actor
*[[Anthony Quinn]] – Actor
{{div col end}}

Before the ''In Memoriam'' montage was shown, Spacey requested a [[moment of silence]] in memory of [[Casualties of the September 11 attacks|the victims of the September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Parker |first=Kahtleen |title=Since Sept. 11, even Oscar has grown up |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/03/27/since-sept-11-even-oscar-has-grown-up/ |access-date=January 21, 2014 |work=Chicago Tribune  |date=March 27, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204320/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-03-27/news/0203270160_1_74th-annual-academy-awards-awards-program-liberal |archive-date=February 2, 2014 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
* [[22nd Golden Raspberry Awards]]
* [[44th Grammy Awards]]
* [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards]]
* [[55th British Academy Film Awards]]
* [[56th Tony Awards]]
* [[59th Golden Globe Awards]]
* [[List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Academy Award records]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

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==External links==
;Official websites
* [http://www.oscar.com/ Academy Awards Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304014303/http://www.oscar.com/ |date=March 4, 2009 }}
* [http://www.oscars.org/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140142/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/ |date=January 22, 2009 }}
* [https://www.youtube.com/oscars Oscar's Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002230230/https://www.youtube.com/oscars |date=October 2, 2018 }} at [[YouTube]] (run by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]])

;News resources
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/default.stm Oscars 2002]  [[BBC News]]
* [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/academy.awards/ Academy Awards coverage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233658/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/academy.awards/ |date=November 5, 2013 }} [[CNN]]

;Analysis
* [http://www.filmsite.org/aa01.html 2001 Academy Awards Winners and History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331221825/http://www.filmsite.org/aa01.html |date=March 31, 2014 }} [[Filmsite]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2002 Academy Awards, USA: 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209081005/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2002 |date=December 9, 2010 }} [[Internet Movie Database]]

;Other resources
* {{IMDb title|0313162|The 74th Annual Academy Awards}}

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