<Ul> <Li> ← 72nd </Li> <Li> Academy Awards </Li> <Li> 74th → </Li> </Ul> <P> The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films of 2000 and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5: 30 p.m. PST / 8: 30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories . The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Steve Martin hosted the show for the first time . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 3, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Renée Zellweger . </P> <P> 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 (I want to be ...), U-571 and Wonder Boys with one . The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States . </P> <P> The nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 2001, by Robert Rehme, president of the Academy, and Academy Award - winning actress Kathy Bates . Gladiator received the most nominations with twelve . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came in second with ten . </P>

Won the 73rd academy award for best movie