Oscar Night Winners...

[sistergoldenhair]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn
MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tim Robbins
MYSTIC RIVER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron
MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renée Zellweger
COLD MOUNTAIN

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO
Andrew Stanton

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
Russell Boyd

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Ngila he thingyson and Richard Taylor

DIRECTING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Peter Jackson

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR
Errol Morris and Michael Williams

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART
Maryann DeLeo

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Jamie Selkirk

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
Canada
Directed by Denys Arcand

HONORARY AWARD
HONORARY AWARD
Blake Edwards

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Richard Taylor
Peter King

MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Howard Shore

MUSIC (SONG)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"Into the West"
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
HARVIE KRUMPET
Adam Elliot

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
TWO SOLDIERS
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
Richard King

SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Written by Sofia Coppola




(http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/index.html)

my two cents - i don't understand why they favor violent in your face type movies over quieter understated ones with just as powerful a message. i'm not saying that lotr:rotk didn't deserve some of the awards that it won - but lotr didn't get nominated in any of the actor/actresses categories - it seems rather unfair in my opinion. because great acting is kind of important when you wanna make a great movie.

of course this is the organization that gave "unforgiven" the award for best picture............


sorry all.
didn't mean to blabble all over the place.

bb,
sgh

[jadedsage]

Academy qualifying process is why LOTR did not get nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress (singular if you notice) as their was no clear cut single "LEAD" actor or actress involved in the movie. It was an ensemble cast, and thus did not qualify to be nomitated in either category.

[sistergoldenhair]

Rule Six

Special Rules for the Acting Awards

Part 3:

"A performance by an actor or actress in any role shall be eligible for nomination either for the Best Performance in a Leading Role or for the Best Performance in a Supporting Role."

(http://www.oscars.org/75academyawards/rules/index_text.html)

in fact from the way it's worded i think it's possible to nominate the same performance in the lead and/or supporting categories...

[sistergoldenhair]

lotr:rotk was the first fantasy film to win a best picture oscar.

[jadedsage]

perhaps it is. I still feel that it was too difficult to differentiate from the cast as a whole to nominate any one actor over the others.

I also don't see where not getting nominated infers that the acting isn't just as high in calibur as those who are. Remember, the academy has literally hundreds to choose from each year, and it wouldn't be a fair assumption at all to say that if you aren't nomitated it means the acting in the movie wasn't good or even great.