21st BSFC Awards December 17, 2000 Best Film: Almost Famous The 21st Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best in film of 2000. Winners Best Picture 1. Almost Famous 2. Yi Yi 3. Erin Brockovich Best Actor 1. Colin Farrell – Tigerland 2. Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls 3. Tom Hanks – Cast Away 3. Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count on Me Best Actress 1. Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream 2. Laura Linney – You Can Count on Me 3. Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich Best Supporting Actor 1. Fred Willard – Best in Show 2. Jack Black – High Fidelity 3. Albert Finney – Erin Brockovich Best Supporting Actress 1. Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys 2. Julie Walters – Billy Elliot 3. Madeline Kahn – Judy Berlin Best Director 1. Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous 2. Edward Yang – Yi Yi 3. Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich and Traffic 3. Michael Winterbottom – The Claim and Wonderland Best Screenplay 1. Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous 1. Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys 3. Mike White – Chuck & Buck Best Cinematography 1. Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) 2. Agnès Godard – Beau Travail 3. Alwin H. Kuchler – The Claim 3. Matthew Libatique – Tigerland and Requiem for a Dream Best Documentary 1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye 2. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg 3. Into the Arms of Strangers Best Foreign-Language Film 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) • China/Taiwan 2. Yi Yi • Taiwan/Japan 3. The Color of Paradise (Rang-e khoda) • Iran Best New Filmmaker 1. Kenneth Lonergan – You Can Count on Me 2. Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot 3. Eric Mendelsohn – Judy Berlin External links Past Winners References Four for ‘Famous’ (Boston Crix Pix) Variety BOSTON CRITICS MAKE IT `FAMOUS' Boston Globe 2000 2000 film awards 2000 awards in the United States 2000 in Boston December 2000 events in the United States