| The 76th Academy Awards | 2004 |
| Best Picture |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers |
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Lost in Translation
Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers |
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Mystic River
Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers |
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Seabiscuit
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers |
| Directing |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson |
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City of God
Fernando Meirelles |
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Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Peter Weir |
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Mystic River
Clint Eastwood |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
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Sean Penn
Mystic River |
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Johnny Depp
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
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Ben Kingsley
House of Sand and Fog |
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Jude Law
Cold Mountain |
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Bill Murray
Lost in Translation |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
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Charlize Theron
Monster |
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Keisha Castle-Hughes
Whale Rider |
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Diane Keaton
Something's Gotta Give |
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Samantha Morton
In America |
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Naomi Watts
21 Grams |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
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Tim Robbins
Mystic River |
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Alec Baldwin
The Cooler |
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Benicio Del Toro
21 Grams |
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Djimon Hounsou
In America |
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Ken Watanabe
The Last Samurai |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
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Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain |
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Shohreh Aghdashloo
House of Sand and Fog |
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Patricia Clarkson
Pieces of April |
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Marcia Gay Harden
Mystic River |
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Holly Hunter
Thirteen |
| Writing (Adapted Screenplay) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, & Peter Jackson |
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American Splendor
Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman |
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City of God
Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani |
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Mystic River
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland |
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Seabiscuit
Written for the Screen by Gary Ross |
| Writing (Original Screenplay) |
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Lost in Translation
Written by Sofia Coppola |
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The Barbarian Invasions
Written by Denys Arcand |
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Dirty Pretty Things
Written by Steven Knight |
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Finding Nemo
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton |
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In America
Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, & Kirsten Sheridan |
| Film Editing |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jamie Selkirk |
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City of God
Daniel Rezende |
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Cold Mountain
Walter Murch |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lee Smith |
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Seabiscuit
William Goldenberg |
| Cinematography |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Russell Boyd |
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City of God
Cesar Charlone |
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Cold Mountain
John Seale |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Eduardo Serra |
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Seabiscuit
John Schwartzman |
| Art Direction |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman |
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The Last Samurai
Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould |
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Seabiscuit
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope |
| Costume Design |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Dien van Straalen |
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The Last Samurai
Ngila Dickson |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Wendy Stites |
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Seabiscuit
Judianna Makovsky |
| Makeup |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Richard Taylor and Peter King |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel |
| Visual Effects |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee |
| Music (Original Score) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Howard Shore |
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Big Fish
Danny Elfman |
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Cold Mountain
Gabriel Yared |
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Finding Nemo
Thomas Newman |
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House of Sand and Fog
James Horner |
| Music (Original Song) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Into The West in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox |
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The Triplets of Belleville
Belleville Rendez-vous in "The Triplets of Belleville" |
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A Mighty Wind
A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow in "A Mighty Wind" Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole |
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Cold Mountain
Scarlet Tide in "Cold Mountain" Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello |
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Cold Mountain
You Will Be My Ain True Love in "Cold Mountain" Music and Lyric by Sting |
| Sound Editing |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Richard King |
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Finding Nemo
Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II |
| Sound Mixing |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek |
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The Last Samurai
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler |
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff |
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Seabiscuit
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland |
| Foreign Language Film |
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The Barbarian Invasions
Canada |
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Evil
Sweden |
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The Twilight Samurai
Japan |
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Twin Sisters
The Netherlands |
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Zelary
Czech Republic |
| Documentary (Feature) |
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The Fog of War
Errol Morris and Michael Williams |
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Balseros
Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech |
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Capturing the Friedmans
Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling |
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My Architect
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr |
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The Weather Underground
Sam Green and Bill Siegel |
| Animated Feature Film |
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Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton |
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Brother Bear
Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker |
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The Triplets of Belleville
Sylvain Chomet |
| Short Film (Live Action) |
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Two Soldiers
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks |
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Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Florian Baxmeyer |
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Most (The Bridge)
Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka |
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Squash
Lionel Bailliu |
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(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]
Stefan Arsenijevic |
| Short Film (Animated) |
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Harvie Krumpet
Adam Elliot |
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Boundin'
Bud Luckey |
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Destino
Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney |
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Gone Nutty
Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin |
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Nibbles
Chris Hinton |
| Documentary (Short Subject) |
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Chernobyl Heart
Maryann DeLeo |
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Asylum
Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker |
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Ferry Tales
Katja Esson |