11 Nominations for ROTK, none for X2!

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The nominations for this year's Oscar's are in. Now, I lost all faith in the Oscar's a few years back. I usually stop at the nominations, and even though ROTK has a truckload of nominations, I feel that they got ripped off in the acting department.


1. BEST PICTURE:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

2. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law, Cold Mountain
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Sean Penn, Mystic River

3. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton, In America
Charlize Theron, Monster
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams

4. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou, In America
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai

5. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter, thirteen
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain

6. DIRECTING:
Fernando Meirelles, City of God
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River

7. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Barbarian Invasions, Canada
Zelary, Czech Republic
The Twilight Samurai, Japan
Twin Sisters, The Netherlands
Evil (Ondskan), Sweden

8. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, American Splendor
Braulio Mantovani, City of God
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Brian Helgeland, Mystic River
Gary Ross, Seabiscuit

9. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):
Denys Arcand, The Barbarian Invasions
Steven Knight, Dirty Pretty Things
Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, Finding Nemo
Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan, In America
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

10. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville

11. ART DIRECTION:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

12. CINEMATOGRAPHY:
City of God
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

13. SOUND:
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Seabiscuit

14. SOUND EDITING:
Finding Nemo
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

15. MUSIC (SCORE):
Big Fish, Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain, Gabriel Yared
Finding Nemo, Thomas Newman
House of Sand and Fog, James Horner
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Howard Shore

16. MUSIC (SONG):
Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from A Mighty Wind, Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
Scarlet Tide from Cold Mountain, T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
The Triplets of Belleville from The Triplets of Belleville, Benoit Charest and Sylvain Chomet
You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain, Sting

17. COSTUME DESIGN:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

18. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans
The Fog of War
My Architect
The Weather Underground

19. DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
Asylum
Chernobyl Heart
Ferry Tales

20. FILM EDITING:
City of God
Cold Mountain
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

21. MAKEUP:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

22. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty
Harvie Krumpet
Nibbles

23. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket),
Most (The Bridge),
Squash,
(A) Torzija ([A] Torsion),
Two Soldiers.

24. VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

These awards have been presented earlier this year:
Honorary Academy Award: Blake Edwards.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award (technical achievement): Peter D. Parks.
Academy Award of Merit (technical achievement): Digidesign.
Academy Award of Merit (technical achievement): Bill Tondreau.