76th Academy Awards (2003)
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- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Winner - Best Picture
Winner - Best Director for Peter Jackson
Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
Winner - Best Original Score for Howard Shore
Winner - Best Original Song "Into the West"
Winner - Best Sound Mixing
Winner - Best Art Direction
Winner - Best Makeup
Winner - Best Costume Design for Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Winner - Best Film Editing for Jamie Selkirk
Winner - Best Visual Effects - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni RibisiA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Sofia Coppola
Nominated - Best Actor for Bill Murray
Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Sofia Coppola - DirectorPeter WeirStarsRussell CrowePaul BettanyBilly BoydDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Peter Weir
Winner - Best Sound Editing
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
Nominated - Best Art Direction
Winner - Best Cinematography for Russell Boyd
Nominated - Best Makeup
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Wendy Stites
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Lee Smith
Nominated - Best Visual Effects - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsSean PennTim RobbinsKevin BaconThe tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Clint Eastwood
Winner - Best Actor for Sean Penn
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Tim Robbins
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Marcia Gay Harden
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Brian Helgeland - DirectorGary RossStarsTobey MaguireJeff BridgesElizabeth BanksTrue story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Gary Ross
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
Nominated - Best Art Direction
Nominated - Best Cinematography for John Schwartzman
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Judianna Makovsky
Nominated - Best Film Editing for William Goldenberg - DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.Nominated - Best Director for Fernando Meirelles
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Bráulio Mantovani
Nominated - Best Cinematography for Cesar Charlone
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Daniel Rezende - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.Nominated - Best Actor for Johnny Depp
Nominated - Best Sound Editing
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
Nominated - Best Makeup
Nominated - Best Visual Effects - DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsJennifer ConnellyBen KingsleyRon EldardAn abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.Nominated - Best Actor for Ben Kingsley
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Shohreh Aghdashloo
Nominated - Best Original Score for James Horner - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJude LawNicole KidmanRenée ZellwegerIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.Nominated - Best Actor for Jude Law
Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Renée Zellweger
Nominated - Best Original Score for Gabriel Yared
Nominated - Best Original Song for "You Will Be My Ain True Love"
Nominated - Best Original Song for "Scarlet Tide"
Nominated - Best Cinematography for John Seale
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Walter Murch - DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.Winner - Best Actress for Charlize Theron
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsKeisha Castle-HughesRawiri ParateneVicky HaughtonA contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.Nominated - Best Actress for Keisha Castle-Hughes
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsJack NicholsonDiane KeatonKeanu ReevesA swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.Nominated - Best Actress for Diane Keaton
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsPaddy ConsidineSamantha MortonDjimon HounsouA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.Nominated - Best Actress for Samantha Morton
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsSean PennBenicio Del ToroNaomi WattsA freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.Nominated - Best Actress for Naomi Watts
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro - DirectorWayne KramerStarsWilliam H. MacyMaria BelloAlec BaldwinIn an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Alec Baldwin
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyNathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Ken Watanabe
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
Nominated - Best Art Direction
Nominated - Best Ngila Dickson - DirectorPeter HedgesStarsKatie HolmesOliver PlattPatricia ClarksonA wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Clarkson
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsEvan Rachel WoodHolly HunterNikki ReedA thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsChiwetel EjioforAudrey TautouSophie OkonedoIrregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Steven Knight
- DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
Winner - Best Animated Feature
Nominated - Best Original Score for Thomas Newman
Nominated - Best Sound Editing - DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardDorothée BerrymanStéphane RousseauDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Denys Arcand
Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (Canada) - DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsPaul GiamattiShari Springer BermanHarvey PekarAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
- DirectorAaron BlaiseRobert WalkerStarsJoaquin PhoenixJeremy SuarezRick MoranisWhen a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.Nominated - Best Animated Feature
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel RobinWhen her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.Nominated - Best Animated Feature
Nominated - Best Original Song for "Belleville Rendez-vous" - DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsHiroyuki SanadaRie MiyazawaNenji KobayashiAs the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Japan)
- DirectorBen SombogaartStarsEllen VogelGudrun OkrasThekla ReutenTwin sisters Lotte and Anne grow up very differently after their parents death. Now adults, they want to reunite but World War II and their growing socioeconomic differences complicate things.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Netherlands)
- DirectorOndrej TrojanStarsAnna GeislerováGyörgy CserhalmiIvan TrojanA nurse is part of the resistance in 1940s Czech Republic. She is discovered and must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Czech Republic)
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsRobert McNamaraJohn F. KennedyFidel CastroThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.Winner - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorCarles BoschJosep Maria DomènechStarsGuillermo ArmasMaria Celeste ArrarasRafael CanoThe story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the United States, and what life is like for those who succeed.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid FriedmanDocumentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorNathaniel KahnStarsEdmund BaconEdwina Pattison DanielsBalkrishna DoshiDirector Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorSam GreenBill SiegelStarsLili TaylorPamela ZJim LangeThe remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorMaryann DeLeoStarsWilliam NovickAdi RocheThis Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.Winner - Best Documentary Short Subject
- DirectorSandy McLeodBaba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a different man, and that she undergo female genital mutilation as is the custom in his tribe. She is forced to flee her father's village, seeking refugee status in the U.S. Instead she becomes enmeshed in the U.S. immigration system.Nominated - Best Documentary Short Subject
- DirectorKatja EssonA documentary that focuses on the daily meetings between a group of commuters in the women's room of the Staten Island Ferry.Nominated - Best Documentary Short Subject
- DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsJonathan FurrBen AllisonRon PerlmanMississippi, just before Pearl Harbor. Two brothers, Pete, about 19 and Willie, about 10 years younger. They are clearly close friends. The news arrives, and Pete goes to enlist. Willie wants to come along, but is told he cannot. After his brother leaves, the boy walks 30 miles to the nearest town, where the sheriff eventually puts him on a bus to Memphis where his brother is. At the recruiting office, Willie proves even more determined to see his brother; eventually, sympathetic Col. McKellogg takes care of him.Winner - Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorFlorian BaxmeyerStarsNikola JankovicUlrich NoethenCatrin StriebeckA German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorBobby GarabedianStarsVladimír JavorskýLadislav OndrejLinda RybováA poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorLionel BailliuStarsMalcolm ConrathEric SavinTwo businessmen, Alexandre and his boss, play a game of squash. The game escalates from "fun" to fairly high stakes, as both players demonstrate that squash is a mental game, not just a physical game.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorStefan ArsenijevicStarsDavor JanjicAdmir GlamocakEmina Minka MufticA singing group, trying to escape war-torn Sarajevo, has to wait for a tunnel to clear. While they wait, a cow has difficulty giving birth because of the "torsion" affecting its calf (i.e., it's in a twisted position inside). Fortunately, one of the choir members has some veterinary training, and with help from the chorus to drown out the sounds of war, the cow gives birth.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn FlausThe odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.Winner - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorBud LuckeyRoger GouldStarsBud LuckeyA sheep dances proudly in his southwestern landscape, until one day his wool is sheared and he is left naked. He's depressed and shy, until a cheerful jackalope comes along and shows him how to leap proudly and not to be ashamed.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorDominique MonferyStarsDora LuzJennifer EspositoSalvador Dalí and Walt Disney's Destino features the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, and a mortal woman as they seek each other out across surreal landscapes.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorCarlos SaldanhaStarsChris WedgeOnly one sweet, shiny little acorn prevents Scrat, the tireless prehistoric sabre-toothed squirrel, from stashing away the perfect pile of nuts. However, when is enough, enough?Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorChristopher HintonStarsPaul HintonMax HintonChristopher HintonA family goes on a fishing trip, but makes a lot of stops along the way.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly CrudupA frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.Nominated - Best Original Score for Danny Elfman
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsChristopher GuestEugene LevyMichael McKeanMockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.Nominated - Best Original Song for "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsScarlett JohanssonColin FirthTom WilkinsonA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.Nominated - Best Art Direction
Nominated - Best Cinematography for Eduardo Serra
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Dien van Straalen