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Will the BAFTA awards have an impact on the Oscars?
An article at BBCi assesses the potential impact that this Sunday’s BAFTA awards will have on how members of the Academy place their Oscar votes. If RotK fails to win at the BAFTAs then, according to the article, “Oscar voters could be swayed away from Middle-earth towards something more cinematically realistic, say film experts”.
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Orange British Academy Film Awards
Ananova report that Peter Jackson and Sir Ian McKellen will be attending the BAFTA ceremony this Sunday. The ceremony will air in the UK at 9pm on BBC1 and will be hosted by Stephen Fry. RotK has been nominated for a total of 12 awards. You can see details of all the nominees at the…
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Nebula Award nominees
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the Nebula Awards. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson have been nominated for their script for The Two Towers. You can see all the nominees at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website here. The awards will…
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‘Master and Commander’ beats RotK to Best Film award
‘Master and Commander’ has beaten Return of the King to win the best film award at the 24th London Film Critics Circle Awards yesterday. Read more at Zap2it.
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RotK and the Oscars
An article at USA Today discusses some of the visual special effects used in Return of the King and states that the film, “won’t need special effects to pull off major Oscar wins”. On Saturday, Stephen Regelous from Weta Digital will receive a Science and Engineering Award from the motion picture academy for devising the…
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No Oscar nomination for Sean Astin
Peter Jackson is delighted that Return of the King is up for so many Oscars, saying that winning one would be “an incredible honour that you will never have again”. However he is, like many fans, a little disappointed that Sean Astin didn’t receive a nomination for his acting in the film. Read more at…
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BAFTA Awards
Remember that the BAFTA awards ceremony takes place this Sunday. You can see the ceremony live on BBC1 in the UK, and on BBC America in the USA. RotK is nominated for 12 awards.
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‘Seabiscuit’ beats RotK to cinematography award
‘Seabiscuit’ has beaten RotK to get the top award from the American Society of Cinematographers. Although many believe RotK will sweep through the awards season this year, they have been proved wrong in this case. Read more at Reuters. RotK wasn’t nominated for the Best Cinematography award at this year’s Oscars.
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56th Annual Writers Guild awards
Yahoo report that the 56th Annual Writers Guild Awards are going to be shown on television for the first time. The awards will be presented on 21st February and on Friday 27th February there will be a programme of highlights on Encore at 7:00 p.m. (EST/PST). Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have been…
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Mithril Awards 2004
Nominations will open in April for the second year of the Mithril Awards for Tolkien Fanfiction, and keen, critical, enthusiastic lovers of Tolkien fanfiction are wanted to act as judges. All of the necessary details about nominations, judging and the awards themselves can be found at the Mithril Awards’ Live Journal and Website.
