Category: Awards

Jamie Selkirk, RotK film editor, talks about his recent nomination for the Oscar for Best Editing in an article at Stuff.

The Canadian newspaper, The Province ponders on why the hobbits were overlooked in the recent Oscar nominations.

The nominations for the 2004 Sony Ericsson Empire Awards have now been announced and RotK leads the way with nominations in 8 categories! Sean Astin and Viggo Mortensen are both up for Best Actor and Sir Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Orlando Bloom are all up for Best British Actor. You can read the full…

The major Oscar Nominations have just been announced, and can be seen at Oscar.com. Return of the King is up for eleven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Over at Stuff they have some excerpts from Peter Jackson’s acceptance speeches at the Golden Globe Awards. He said that it was a “huge thrill” to win the awards but was reluctant to speculate about the Oscars.

Return of the King has won all four Golden Globes that it was nominated for. Congratulations to the cast and crew for their great achievement! Best Motion Picture, Drama: Return of the King Best Director: Peter Jackson Best Original Score: Howard Shore Best Original Song: “Into The West,” by Annie Lennox

Will the Hot Mountain win over Cold Mountain? Lou Lumenick seems to think so. Cold Mountain has eight nominations, where RotK has four. It will be interesting to see who takes top spot. New York Post has more.

You’ve already nominated Return of the King, but now it’s time to cast your final votes for the winners at the AOL Moviegoer Awards. RotK is nominated in six categories, including best picture and best actor (Viggo and Elijah). You can place your votes here.

ROTK won three awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score) at the 16th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards.

Sean Astin – Sam to the millions of LOTR-o-philes – could be eyeing a much-coveted precious: an Academy Award nomination and possible Oscar win, according to CNN!