Category: Awards

PJ has been nominated, for the third year in a row, for a Directors Guild Award!

Oscar Watch has an article that says Howard Shore’s score of ROTK is indeed eligible for the Oscar race.

The Online Film Critics Awards have been announced and Return of the King won 9 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. To see the full list of winners go to O.F.C.S.

The Two Towers has been voted the Film of the Year in a BBC poll. Fellowship of the Ring won the title last year. The Two Towers beat other block buster films like Kill Bill, Pirates of the Carribean, and Finding Nemo to take the top spot! You can read the full story at BBCi.

Andy Serkis has also been nominated in the best supporting actor category (along with Sean Astin). For a full list of all the nominees in all categories go to o.f.c.s.. If you click on any of the Lord of the Rings Return of the King links on this page this will bring up summaries and…

RotK has been nominated in 10 categories in the Online Film Critics Society Awards. The categories include; best picture, costume design and supporting actor (Sean Astin). There are more details at BBC News. The winners are to be announced on Monday 5th January.

The 19th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival will be presenting Peter Jackson with their Modern Masters Award. For more info see here.

Return of the King took home honors after being named one of best films of 2003 in the American Film Institute awards.

The Two Towers and Extended Edition Fellowship of the Ring DVDs hold four nominations each in the 1st annual Canadian Entertainment Network Awards which will take place on February 6th. For more information go to canada.com.

The Lord of the Rings has won the BBC Big Read with 174,000 votes (23%) beating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with 135,000 votes. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman came 3rd with 65,000 votes. The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy narrowly beat Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with 57,000 and 55,000 votes…