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OSCAR NOMINEES FOR THE YEAR 2003


76th ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR 2003

On January 27, 2004, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 76th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are...

Best Picture
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Directing
Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Walt Disney Pictures)
Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER (Lions Gate Films)
Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)
Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA (Fox Searchlight)
Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Ken Watanabe in THE LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER (Newmarket Films )
Diane Keaton in SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Columbia Pictures )
Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA (Fox Searchlight)
Charlize Theron in MONSTER (Newmarket Films )
Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL (United Arists)
Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Renee Zellweger in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)

Best Original Screenplay
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Miramax) by Denys Arcand
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (Miramax) by Steven Knight
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar) by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
IN AMERICA (Fox Searchlight) Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features) by Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay
AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
CITY OF GOD by Braulio Mantovani
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
MYSTIC RIVER by Brian Helgeland
SEABISCUIT by Gary Ross

Best Foreign-Language Film
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
EVIL - Sweden
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI - Japan
TWIN SISTERS - The Netherlands
ZELARY - The Czech Republic

Best Animated Feature Film
BROTHER BEAR - Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
FINDING NEMO - Andrew Stanton
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE - Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in Art Direction
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
THE LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Cinematography
CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Costume Design
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
THE LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Best Documentary Feature
BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Best Film Editing
CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Makeup
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Original Score
BIG FISH (Columbia Pictures)
COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar)
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)

Original 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
"Belleville Rendezvous"- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

Achievement in Sound
THE LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Walt Disney Pictures)
SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Sound Editing
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Visual Effects
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Documentary Short
ASYLUM
CHERNOBYL HEART
FERRY TALES

Best Animated Short Film
BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

Best Live-Action Short Film
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO SOLDIERS