5th Empire Awards

5th Empire Awards
5th Empire Awards
	The logo for the 5th Empire Awards
Date	17 February 2000
Site	Park Lane Hotel, London, England
Empire issue	#130 (April 2000)
Highlights
Best Film	The Matrix
Best British Film	Notting Hill
Most awards	Notting Hill (3)
Most nominations	The Sixth Sense (6)
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The 5th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1999 and took place on 17 February 2000 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England.^[1] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as five honorary awards. The honorary Contribution to Cinema award was introduced and presented for the only time this year. The honorary Movie Masterpiece Award was presented for the last time, having been presented for the first and only other time at the 4th Empire Awards in 1999. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the third consecutive year.^[2]

Notting Hill won the most awards with three including Best British Film and Best British Director for Roger Michell. Other winners included The Matrix with two awards including Best Film and East Is East, Fight Club, Shakespeare in Love, The Sixth Sense and The World Is Not Enough with one. Kenneth Branagh received the Empire Inspiration Award, Michael Caine received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Industrial Light & Magic received the Contribution to Cinema award and Oliver Stone received the Movie Masterpiece Award for JFK.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]^[4]

Best Film The Matrix Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Fight Club Notting Hill The Sixth Sense	Best British Film Notting Hill East Is East Human Traffic Little Voice Shakespeare in Love
Best Director M. Night Shyamalan — The Sixth Sense Ang Lee — Ride with the Devil Andy and Lana Wachowski — The Matrix David Fincher — Fight Club George Lucas — Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Best British Director Roger Michell — Notting Hill Damien O'Donnell — East Is East John Madden — Shakespeare in Love Justin Kerrigan — Human Traffic Mark Herman — Little Voice
Best Actor Pierce Brosnan — The World Is Not Enough Brad Pitt — Fight Club Bruce Willis — The Sixth Sense Keanu Reeves — The Matrix Tom Cruise — Eyes Wide Shut	Best British Actor Hugh Grant — Notting Hill Ewan McGregor — Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters Joseph Fiennes — Shakespeare in Love Rhys Ifans — Notting Hill
Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love Nicole Kidman — Eyes Wide Shut Rene Russo — The Thomas Crown Affair Sophie Marceau — The World Is Not Enough Toni Collette — The Sixth Sense	Best British Actress Helena Bonham Carter — Fight Club Brenda Blethyn — Little Voice Kate Winslet — Hideous Kinky Minnie Driver — An Ideal Husband Olivia Williams — Rushmore and The Sixth Sense
Best Debut Carrie-Anne Moss — The Matrix (tied with the crew of East Is East) The crew of East Is East (tied with Carrie-Anne Moss)^[a] Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick — The Blair Witch Project Haley Joel Osment — The Sixth Sense Jewel — Ride with the Devil Tim Roth — The War Zone	Honorary Awards Empire Inspiration Award: Kenneth Branagh Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Caine Movie Masterpiece Award: Oliver Stone — JFK Contribution to Cinema: Industrial Light & Magic

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Notting Hill
2	The Matrix

Multiple nominations

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
6	The Sixth Sense
5	Notting Hill
4	Fight Club
	Shakespeare in Love
	The Matrix
3	East Is East
3	Little Voice
2	Eyes Wide Shut
	Human Traffic
	Ride with the Devil
	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
	The World Is Not Enough

Notes

^ East Is East is not listed on the official nomination post on Empire's website,^[4] however it is listed as a winner in several other references.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Empire Awards Announced. Stars out in force for the Empire Awards today". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 17 February 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
^ "Genie succeeds Stella as Empire film awards sponsor". Marketingweek.co.uk. Centaur Communications Ltd. 18 January 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Past Winners - 2000". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Empire 2000 Awards: Nominations Announced. Sixth Sense is an early leader". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2 February 2000. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

"The 5th Empire Awards official website". Archived from the original on 19 July 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5th Empire Awards at IMDb

[EastIsEast-5] East Is East is not listed on the official nomination post on Empire's website,^[4] however it is listed as a winner in several other references.^[1]^[3]

[news-1] "Empire Awards Announced. Stars out in force for the Empire Awards today". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 17 February 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

[2] "Genie succeeds Stella as Empire film awards sponsor". Marketingweek.co.uk. Centaur Communications Ltd. 18 January 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[pastwinners-3] "Past Winners - 2000". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[nominees-4] "Empire 2000 Awards: Nominations Announced. Sixth Sense is an early leader". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2 February 2000. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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