| 74th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
 Official poster by Alex Ross | |
| Date | March 24, 2002 |
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Preshow hosts | Chris Connelly Leeza Gibbons Ananda Lewis[1] |
| Produced by | Laura Ziskin |
| Directed by | Louis J. Horvitz |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | A Beautiful Mind |
| Most awards | 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) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 4 hours, 23 minutes[2] |
| Ratings | 41.82 million 25.54% (Nielsen ratings) |
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. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2001. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz.[3][4] Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the fourth time.[5] She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 71st ceremony in 1999.[6] Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Charlize Theron.[7]
A Beautiful Mind won four awards, including Best Picture.[8][9] Other winners included The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with four awards, Black Hawk Down and Moulin Rouge! with two, and The Accountant, For the Birds, Gosford Park, Iris, Monster's Ball, Monsters, Inc., Murder on a Sunday Morning, No Man's Land, Pearl Harbor, Shrek, 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.[10]
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- ^ Archerd, Army (January 10, 2002). "Whoopi Goldberg Will Host Oscar Ceremony". Variety. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
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- ^ Horwitch, Laura (February 21, 2002). "Oscar Watch: Charlize Theron". Variety. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- ^ Welkos, Robert; King, Susan (March 25, 2002). "'Beautiful' Historic Night". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ Lyman, Rick (March 25, 2002). "'Beautiful Mind' Wins; Best Actress Goes to Halle Berry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (March 8, 2010). "Academy Awards Averages 41.3 Million Viewers; Most Since 2005". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2010.