THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING wins BEST FILM in the 4th ANNUAL CINEMARATI AWARDS along with 5 other awards
Two awards each to Kill Bill, Lost in Translation, and Raising Victor Vargas
CINEMARATI, the renowned organization of professional online film critics from across the globe, today named THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING as
the Best Film of 2003 in the fourth annual Cinemarati Awards. Winners in 23 additional categories, recognizing the best cinematic efforts of last year, were also named.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING garnered six awards: Best Film; Best Ensemble; Best Director for PETER JACKSON; Best Adapted Screenplay for FRAN WALSH, PHILIPPA BOYENS, and JACKSON; Outstanding Design; and Roundtable Film of the Year (chosen by members of the Cinemarati Roundtable
discussion forum).
Full awards listing:
BEST FILM
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
City of God
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Triplettes of Belleville
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
BUS 174
BEST DVD AWARD
By Brakhage (Criterion Collection)
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume One
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Lohman, Matchstick Men
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE AWARD
Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas
BEST DIRECTOR
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
THE ORSON WELLES AWARD for the Year's Best Directorial Debut Peter Sollett, Raising Victor Vargas
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Arnie Marx and Terry Zwigoff, Bad
Santa
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, The Lord of
the Rings: The Return of the King
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Thomas McCarthy, The Station Agent
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tim Orr, All the Real Girls
BEST FILM EDITING
Sally Menke, Kill Bill: Volume One
OUTSTANDING DESIGN
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BEST SONG (Original or Adapted)
"More Than This," Lost in Translation
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Philip Glass, The Fog of War
BEST FILM-RELATED WEB SITE
GreenCine Daily http://daily.greencine.com/
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CRITICISM
"Liner Notes: By Brakhage," Fred Camper,
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/in_focus_essay.asp?id=13&eid=298
ROUNDTABLE FILM OF THE YEAR chosen by visitors to
http://www.cinemarati.org/roundtable/
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
20.01.2004 | Editor's blog
Cat. : Arnie Marx Cinema of New Zealand Entertainment Entertainment Film Fran Walsh Fran Walsh Fred Camper Glenn Ficarra Liner Notes: By Brakhage More Than This Online Film Critics Society Awards Orson Welles Peter Jackson Peter Jackson Philippa Boyens Philippa Boyens Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Technology Technology Terry Zwigoff the 4th ANNUAL CINEMARATI AWARDS The Lord of the Rings Victor VargasBEST Victor VargasCINEMARATI Year of birth missing