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Academy Awards

76th edition

  • February 29, 2004
  • United States

The 76th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Joe Roth and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the eighth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh - as producer(s) Winner
Lost in Translation Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola - as producer(s) —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson - as producer(s) —
Mystic River obert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood - as producer(s) —
Seabiscuit Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross - as producer(s) —
Best Directing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson Winner
City of God Fernando Meirelles —
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir —
Mystic River Clint Eastwood —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Mystic River Sean Penn Winner
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Johnny Depp —
House of Sand and Fog Ben Kingsley —
Cold Mountain Jude Law —
Lost in Translation Bill Murray —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Monster Charlize Theron Winner
Whale Rider Keisha Castle-Hughes —
Something's Gotta Give Diane Keaton —
In America Samantha Morton —
21 Grams Naomi Watts —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mystic River Tim Robbins Winner
The Cooler Alec Baldwin —
21 Grams Benicio del Toro —
In America Djimon Hounsou —
The Last Samurai Ken Watanabe —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cold Mountain Renée Zellweger Winner
House of Sand and Fog Shohreh Aghdashloo —
Pieces of April Patricia Clarkson —
Mystic River Marcia Gay Harden —
Thirteen Holly Hunter —
Best Original Screenplay
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola Winner
The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand —
Dirty Pretty Things Steven Knight —
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds —
In America Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan —
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson Winner
American Splendor Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini —
City of God Bráulio Mantovani —
Mystic River Brian Helgeland —
Seabiscuit Gary Ross —
Best Animated Film
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton Winner
Brother Bear Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker —
The Triplets of Belleville Sylvain Chomet —
Best International Feature Film
The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand Winner
Evil Mikael Håfström —
The Twilight Samurai Yoji Yamada —
Twin Sisters Ben Sombogaart —
Zelary Ondřej Trojan —
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Fog of War Errol Morris, Michael Williams Winner
Cuban Rafters Carlos Bosch, Josep Maria Domenech —
Capturing the Friedmans Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling —
My Architect: A Son's Journey Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr —
The Weather Underground Sam Green, Bill Siegel —
Best Original Score
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore Winner
Big Fish Danny Elfman —
Cold Mountain Gabriel Yared —
Finding Nemo Thomas Newman —
House of Sand and Fog James Horner —
Best Cinematography
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Boyd Winner
City of God Cesar Charlone —
Cold Mountain John Seale —
Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra —
Seabiscuit John Schwartzman —
Best Original Song
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox - "Into the West" Winner
The Triplets of Belleville Benoît Charest, Sylvain Chomet - "Belleville Rendez-vous" —
A Mighty Wind Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole - "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" —
Cold Mountain T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello - "Scarlet Tide" —
Cold Mountain Sting - "You Will Be My Ain True Love" —
Best Sound Mixing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek Winner
The Last Samurai Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Jeff Wexler —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Art Rochester —
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell, Lee Orloff —
Seabiscuit Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland —
Best Production Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee Winner
Girl with a Pearl Earring Ben Van Os, Cecile Heideman —
The Last Samurai Lilly Kilvert, Gretchen Rau —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World William Sandell, Robert Gould —
Seabiscuit Jeannine Oppewall, Leslie Pope —
Best Film Editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Richard King Winner
Finding Nemo Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers —
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Christopher Boyes, George Watters II —
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Jamie Selkirk Winner
City of God Daniel Rezende —
Cold Mountain Walter Murch —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Lee Smith —
Seabiscuit William Goldenberg —
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Richard Taylor, Peter King Winner
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Edouard Henriques III, Yolanda Toussieng —
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Ve Neill, Martin Samuel —
Best Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor Winner
Girl with a Pearl Earring Dien van Straalen —
The Last Samurai Ngila Dickson —
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Wendy Stites —
Seabiscuit Judianna Makovsky —
Best Special Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke Winner
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg —
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry Frazee —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Two Soldiers Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks Winner
The Red Jacket Florian Baxmeyer —
Most Bobby Garabedian, William Zabka —
Squash Lionel Bailliu —
(A)Torsion Stefan Arsenijević —
Best Documentary Short Film
Chernobyl Heart Maryann DeLeo Winner
Asylum Sandy McLeod, Gini Reticker —
Ferry Tales Katja Esson —
Best Animated Short Film
Harvie Krumpet Adam Elliot Winner
Boundin' Bud Luckey —
Destino Dominique Monfery, Roy Edward Disney —
Gone Nutty Carlos Saldanha, John C. Donkin —
Nibbles Christopher Hinton —
Honorary Award
— Blake Edwards - in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. Winner

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2
  • Mystic River 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 10
  • Cold Mountain 7
  • Seabiscuit 7
  • Mystic River 6
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5
  • City of God 4
  • Finding Nemo 4
  • The Last Samurai 4
  • Lost in Translation 4
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring 3
  • House of Sand and Fog 3
  • In America 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2 / 10
  • Seabiscuit 0 / 7
  • Cold Mountain 1 / 7
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 0 / 5
  • Mystic River 2 / 6
  • City of God 0 / 4
  • The Last Samurai 0 / 4
  • Finding Nemo 1 / 4
  • Lost in Translation 1 / 4
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring 0 / 3
  • House of Sand and Fog 0 / 3
  • In America 0 / 3

Only one nomination

33 movies:
  • American Splendor
  • Asylum
  • Big Fish
  • Boundin'
  • Brother Bear
  • Capturing the Friedmans
  • Chernobyl Heart
  • The Cooler
  • Cuban Rafters
  • Destino
  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • Evil
  • Ferry Tales
  • The Fog of War
  • Gone Nutty
  • Harvie Krumpet
  • A Mighty Wind
  • Monster
  • Most
  • My Architect: A Son's Journey
  • Nibbles
  • Pieces of April
  • The Red Jacket
  • Something's Gotta Give
  • Squash
  • Thirteen
  • (A)Torsion
  • The Twilight Samurai
  • Twin Sisters
  • Two Soldiers
  • The Weather Underground
  • Whale Rider
  • Zelary

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