Feb 29, 2004
Billy Crystal was the host for the 76th Academy Awards ceremony held Feb 29, 2004 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
This was the night that the Lord of the Rings finally received its due, taking home several Oscars including Best Picture.
76th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |  
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| Barrie M. Osborne; Peter Jackson; Fran Walsh | |
| Other Nominees: Lost In Translation; Master and Commander; Mystic River; Seabiscuit | |
| Best Actor | |
| Sean Penn (Mystic River) | 
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| Other Nominees: Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean); Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog); Jude Law (Cold Mountain); Bill Murray (Lost In Translation) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Charlize Theron (Monster) | 
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| Other Nominees: Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider); Diane Keaton (Somethings Gotta Give); Samantha Morton (In America); Naomi Watts (21 Grams) | |
| Best Director | |
| Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) |
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| Other Nominees: Fernando Meirelles (City of God); Sofia Coppola (Lost In Translation); Peter Weir (Master and Commander); Clint Eastwood (Mystic River) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Tim Robbins (Mystic River) |
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| Other Nominees: Alec Baldwin (The Cooler); Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams); Djimon Hounsou (In America); Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain) | |
| Other Nominees: Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog); Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April); Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River); Holly Hunter (Thirteen) | |
| Writing | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Fran Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson | |
| Other Nominees: American Splendor; City of God; Mystic River; Seabiscuit | |
| Writing | |
| Lost In Translation | |
| Sophia Coppola | |
| Other Nominees: The Barbarian Invasions; Dirty Pretty Things; Finding Nemo; In America | |
| Cinematography | |
| Master And Commander | 
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| Russell Boyd | |
| Other Nominees: City of God; Cold Mountain; Girl With A Pearl Earring; Seabiscuit | |
| Art Direction | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Grant Major; Alan Lee; Dean Hennah | |
| Other Nominees: Girl With A Pearl Earring; The Last Samurai; Master and Commander; Seabiscuit | |
| Film Editing | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Jamie Selkirk | |
| Other Nominees: City of God; Cold Mountain; Master and Commander; Seabiscuit | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| Finding Nemo | 
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| Andrew Stanton | |
| Other Nominees: Brother Bear; Triplets of Belleville | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| The Fog of War | |
| Errol Morris; Michael Williams | |
| Other Nominees: Balseros; Capturing the Friedmans; My Architect; The Weather Underground | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Chernobyl Heart | |
| Maryann DeLeo | |
| Other Nominees: Asylum; Ferry Tale | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| The Barbarian Invasions | |
| Canada | |
| Other Nominees: Evil; The Twilight Samurai; Twin Sisters; Zelary | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| Harvey Krumpet (Harvie Krumpet) | |
| Adam Elliot | |
| Other Nominees: Boundin'; Destino; Gone Nutty; Nibbles | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Two Soldiers | |
| Aaron Schneider & Andrew J Sacks | |
| Other Nominees: Die Rote Jacke; Most; Squash; (A) Torzija | |
| Costume Design | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Ngila Dickson; Richard Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: Girl With A Pearl Earring; The Last Samurai; Master and Commander; Seabiscuit | |
| Makeup | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Richard Taylor; Peter King | |
| Other Nominees: Master and Commander; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| Sound Editing | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Christopher Boyes; Michael Semanick; Michael Hedges; Hammond Peek | |
| Other Nominees: The Last Samurai; Master and Commander; Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Seabiscuit | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Master And Commander |
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| Richard King | |
| Other Nominees: Finding Nemo; Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| Visual Effects | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
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| Jim Rygiel; Joe Letteri; Randall William Cook; Alex Funke | |
| Other Nominees: Master and Commander; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| Original Score | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | 
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| Howard Shore | |
| Other Nominees: Big Fish; Cold Mountain; Finding Nemo; House of Sand and Fog | |
| Original Song | |
| Into the West (Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) |
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| Fran Walsh; Howard Shore; Annie Lennox | |
| Other Nominees: 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) | |
| Special Award | |
| Blake Edwards (Recognition of writing directing and producing body of work) | |
Movie Trailer for 'Lord of the Rings: Return of the King'
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