It's official. Return of the King took all eleven awards it was nominated for!
It's about damn time, considering how they snubbed Jackson, and his crew the previous two years.
I can hardly wait to see what they do to The Passion a year from now. :)
If you haven't been following this, Return of the King won:
-Best Picture
-Best Director (Peter Jackson, if you've been living in a cave for three years)
-Best adapted screenplay (Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens)
-Best song (Into the West)
-Best score (Howard Shore)
-Best visual effects
-Best art direction
-Best costume design
-Best makeup
-Best sound mixing
-Best film editing
Return of the King beat the old record holder for taking all awards nominated for (Gigi, nine), and tied two other movies for most awards granted: Titanic and Ben Hur.
UPDATE: I cringed when I heard Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor, expecting a re-enactment of Moore's spew last year. But I have to hand it to the man, he resisted temptation and took the opportunity to talk about child abuse instead. I think that shows a lot of class. Two thumbs up for Tim!
Comments (2)
Well, I must confess, even though I'm a longtime Tolkien fan, I've never seen any of the LOTR movies. It's like, I was sort of meaning to, but...
Oh, well. When does Return of the King come out on DVD? Think then I'll pick all three of them up, and fire up MPlayer...
Posted by Paul Burgess | March 1, 2004 12:52 PM
Posted on March 1, 2004 12:52
Can't say; apparently it's still in theatres! (just checked http://movies.yahoo.com)
Speaking of which: ROTK is in its 11th week (it seems longer! {g}) and has grossed $364,115,612 to date.
By comparison, The Passion is in its 2nd week, and has grossed $125,185,971 to date.
Food for thought. :)
Posted by Casey Tompkins | March 2, 2004 9:24 AM
Posted on March 2, 2004 09:24