Category: Awards

CNN is running a poll for the best movie of 2002 along with an article about disturbing trends in campaigning for Oscars. Vote now.

IGN.com and CHUDD.com have anounced the nominees for their third annual Anti Awards. The Two Towers has been nominated in several categories, so click here and vote.

What would Oscar night look like if AMC MovieWatcher members who responded to a recent survey were responsible for handing out this year’s awards? According to Internet Wire, The Two Towers would edge out Chicago, for best picture.

TTT lost out to Chicago for Outstnding Performance by the Cast at the SAG Awards.

Excellent story at the New York Times–log in (just a name and a password, it’s free) and read how TTT is helping to change film making forever, and what the Academy thinks of those changes.

Cinescape and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films have announced their nominees for the annual Saturn awards. TTT was honoured with 10 nominations.

The Internet Movie Awards have announced their winners and TTT has run away with 8 categories, including Favourite Movie, Director, Visual Effects and Supporting Actor for Andy Serkis.

The Visual Effects Society held its first awards, and The Two Towers Stole the show, beating out movies such as MIB II and Star Wars AotC. (Note: TTT details begin about halfway down the page)

The Toronto-based computer software company Alias/Wavefront is at a mini-Oscar ceremony in Beverly Hills this weekend, and have received the Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement, primarily for development of a software program called Maya–both Orthanc and Barad-Dur were generated using Maya. The lengthy but informative article is at The Toronto Star.

Here is an interview of Ken Annakin, who is a voting member of the Motion Picture Academy, at Pittsburgh Live. About half-way down are his comments on The Two Towers…