Ang Lee's tale of an unlikely love affair between two cowboys, set in the desolate scenery of Wyoming, had been tipped for best film. |
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This biopic focuses on the time author Truman Capote spent researching his book In Cold Blood, about the murders of a farming family. |
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The surprise winner of best film was Paul Haggis's tale of people of different racial backgrounds involved in a traffic accident. |
David Strathairn plays reporter Edward R Murrow, who challenged Senator Joe McCarthy over his 1950s anti-Communist witch-hunts. |
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A Steven Spielberg dramatisation which depicts how the Israeli Secret Service retaliated for the 1972 Olympics massacre. |
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