Oscars - Season 49 / Year 2001

Season 49 / Year 2001
73rd Academy Awards

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The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Steve Martin. Gladiator won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Traffic with four awards and Almost Famous, Big Mama, Erin Brockovich, Father and Daughter, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Pollock, Quiero Ser, U-571, and Wonder Boys with one. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States.
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