Nessa writes: On the Aussie ABC TV programme “7.30 Report” tonight (Tuesday 6th Jan), one of the interviewees was Sir Ian McKellen. [More]
Day: January 6, 2004
Kailin writes: I get Academy press releases sent to me regularly, and this one regarding the Sound Editing possible nominations popped into my inbox today.
Seven Films in Competition for Sound Editing Oscar(R)
Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Sound Editing for the 76th Academy Awards(R). [More]
“Finding Nemo”
“Kill Bill: Vol. 1”
“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”
Kailin writes: I get Academy press releases sent to me regularly, and this one regarding the Sound Editing possible nominations popped into my inbox today.
Seven Films in Competition for Sound Editing Oscar(R)
Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Sound Editing for the 76th Academy Awards(R).
The films in consideration are listed below in alphabetical order:
“Finding Nemo”
“Kill Bill: Vol. 1”
“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”
Ten-minute clip reels from each of the seven films will be screened for the Sound Editing Award Committee on January 20. The members will then vote on these films for Oscar consideration. The outcome of this vote will result in the following options: 1) if two or three productions receive the required votes they will become the nominated films in the Sound Editing category;
2) if only one film receives the required votes it will be recommended to the Academy Board of Governors for a Special Achievement Award; or 3) if no film achieves the required votes, no award for 2003 will be given in the category.
If nominees are selected they will be announced along with nominations in 23 other categories on Tuesday, January 27, at 5:30 a.m. PST. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2003 will be presented on Sunday, February 29, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment.
NEW YORK — Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” scored a triple crown Monday, taking picture and director awards in each of three annual film honors lists from the Online Film Critics Society, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. [More]
NEW YORK — Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” scored a triple crown Monday, taking picture and director awards in each of three annual film honors lists from the Online Film Critics Society, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society.
The concluding chapter in New Line’s phenomenally successful Tolkien trilogy in December was named best picture of 2003 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
In addition to those laurels, Jackson’s battle epic earned the Las Vegas critics’ supporting actor nod for Sean Astin. Both the Vegas and online groups also lauded the “LOTR” finale for cinematography (Andrew Lesnie), original score (Howard Shore), costume design (Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor), art direction and visual effects.
The online critics also honored the pic for adapted screenplay (Philippa Boyens, Jackson and Fran Walsh) and sound.
Best actor honors went to Sean Penn from the Kansas pundits for “Mystic River” and from their Vegas counterparts for both the Clint Eastwood drama and “21 Grams,” while the online crix chose Bill Murray in “Lost in Translation,” awarding Sofia Coppola original screenplay kudos for the same film.
Actress honorees were Naomi Watts in “21 Grams” (online), Jennifer Connelly in “House of Sand and Fog” (Kansas City) and Charlize Theron in “Monster” (Las Vegas).
Both the Onliners and Kansas City critics named Peter Sarsgaard best supporting actor for “Shattered Glass,” while all three groups went different directions in the supporting actress slot, with OFCS tapping Shohreh Aghdashloo in “House of Sand and Fog,” the K.C. critics opting for Patricia Clarkson in “The Station Agent” and the Vegas org selecting Holly Hunter in “Thirteen.”
Latter pic also won the Vegas group’s Youth in Film award for Evan Rachel Wood, while the same org honored Tom McCarthy’s “The Station Agent” for screenplay.
As with the National Society of Film Critics awards, announced over the weekend, major studio productions took a backseat to specialty division releases with the exception of Warner’s “Mystic River,” DreamWorks’ “House of Sand and Fog” and Disney’s “Finding Nemo,” which garnered all three orgs’ awards for animated feature.
Viggo Mortensen walks into the Grove movie theatres at Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles, approaches the concession stand, and orders a Coke. He’s about to speak to a packed house of fans, many of them actors, who are being treated to an advance screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final installment in Peter Jackson’s wildly successful gamble at adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved novels to the big screen. [More]