Oscar-Winning  Films  2003
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2003 Oscar Awards
Nominations were announced 27 January 2004; polls closed 24 February;
the 76th Academy Awards show was televised 29 February 2004
complete listings of 2004 Academy Awards for films of 2003
A.M.P.A.S. site  • 
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And the winner is...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lord of The Rings III: "Return of The King"
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2003]
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Co-written & directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett; won eleven Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Adaptation), Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Visual Effects; also won ACE Best Film, DGA, PGA, SAG (ensemble), 4 VES & 5 BAFTA awards; nominated for DGGB, WGA & USC Scripter awards
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"Cold Mountain"
[Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002]
full credits from IMDb
"Destino" [Disney/Buena Vista Dec 2003]
A collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali; begun but abandoned in 1946; completion executive produced
by Roy E. Disney; directed by Dominique Monfery; Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short •
full credits from IMDb
"Lost In Translation"
[Zoetrope/Focus Features Sept 2003]
  | Exec produced by Francis Ford Coppola; written & directed by Sofia Coppola; starring Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray & Giovanni Ribisi
Universal widescreen DVD [2/2004] for $18.89 Universal color DVD [2/2004] for $18.89 Universal color VHS [2/2004] for $49.99 Emperor Norton soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49 full credits from IMDb • official website |
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World"
[Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002]
Blu-ray = /B000VDDWDS/ • full credits from IMDb
"Mystic River"
[Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002]
full credits from IMDb
official movie site
"Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl"
[Touchstone/Disney July 2003]
Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport & Jonathan Pryce; Best Actor noms for Depp for Oscar & BAFTA & Golden Globe & SAG awards |
more info (synopses, sequels, DVDs & videos, posters, books and more) on
Magic Lantern's 'Pirates of The Caribbean' Page
"Twilight Samurai" {aka 'Tasogare Seibei'}
[Japan 2002, USA April 2004]
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A quiet, slightly sentimental masterpiece, about a feudal village of 19th century Japan phasing into the new ethos & economics of the Meiji Restoration Co-Written & directed by Yoji Yamada; based on sections of 3 Shuhei Fujisawa novels; starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Min Tanaka, Nenji Kobayashi & Keiko Kishi; Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film; won 12 Japan Film Academy Awards, won 7 Kinema Junpo Awards
Empire Pictures color DVD [12/2004] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website |
"Winged Migration"
[Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002]
Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Feature • full credits from IMDb
  | "Screen World Volume 54: The Films of 2003" [2004] Edited by Barry Monush & John Willis Applause Books 9x7½ pb [2/2004] out of print/used Applause Books 9x7½ hardcover [2/2004] out of print/used |