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Oscar Nominations - ROTK Gets 11, Whale Rider 1
NZ Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes has been nominated for the Oscar Best Actress award for her role in Niki Caro's film version of Witi Ihimaera's Whale Rider. Meanwhile Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings – Return Of The King has received 11 nominations this year including nominations for the prestigious Directing and Best Picture awards.
The full list of Return of the Kings Nominations is…
ART
DIRECTION
COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTING
FILM
EDITING
MAKEUP
MUSIC (SCORE)
MUSIC (SONG)
BEST
PICTURE
SOUND
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY)
The full list of nominees follow…
2004 Oscar Nominations – 76th Academy Awards
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Johnny Depp
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK
PEARL
Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Jude Law -
COLD MOUNTAIN
Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION
Sean
Penn - MYSTIC RIVER
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING
ROLE
Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER
Benicio Del Toro -
21 GRAMS
Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA
Tim Robbins -
MYSTIC RIVER
Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Keisha Castle-Hughes -
WHALE RIDER
Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA
GIVE
Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA
Charlize Theron -
MONSTER
Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS
ACTRESS IN A
SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND
AND FOG
Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL
Marcia Gay
Harden - MYSTIC RIVER
Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN
Renée
Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN
ANIMATED FEATURE
FILM
BROTHER BEAR
FINDING NEMO
THE TRIPLETS OF
BELLEVILLE
ART DIRECTION
GIRL WITH A PEARL
EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE
RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF
THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CITY OF
GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MASTER
AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT
COSTUME DESIGN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST
SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE
KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE
WORLD
SEABISCUIT
DIRECTING
CITY OF
GOD
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
LOST
IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE
WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
THE
FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
ASYLUM
CHERNOBYL
HEART
FERRY TALES
FILM EDITING
CITY OF
GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF
THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE
WORLD
SEABISCUIT
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE
BARBARIAN INVASIONS
EVIL
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI
TWIN
SISTERS
ŽELARY
MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE
OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE
BLACK PEARL
MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH
COLD
MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMO
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MUSIC
(SONG)
"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE
RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A
MIGHTY WIND
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The
Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You
Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN
BEST
PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE
KING
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR
SIDE OF THE WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
SEABISCUIT
SHORT
FILM (ANIMATED)
BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE
NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES
SHORT FILM (LIVE
ACTION)
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The
Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO
SOLDIERS
SOUND
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF
THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE
CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT
SOUND
EDITING
FINDING NEMO
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR
SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF
THE BLACK PEARL
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE
RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE
FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE
OF THE BLACK PEARL
WRITING (ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
CITY OF GOD
THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MYSTIC
RIVER
SEABISCUIT
WRITING (ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY)
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
DIRTY PRETTY
THINGS
FINDING NEMO
IN AMERICA
LOST IN
TRANSLATION
Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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