"The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King"
74th National Board of Review Awards (03.12.03):
Win:
- Best Acting by an Ensemble
American Film Institute Top 10 List 2003 (14.12.03):
Win:
In The Top 10 Films Of The Year 2003-List
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING punctuates the greatest trilogy in American film with an exclamation point. Peter Jackson proves himself to be the true magician of this masterpiece, for only a wizard could summon all the forces of American film three times and utilize them to such astounding success. Against all odds, Jackson met the challenge of visualizing J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classics for a demanding, global audience."
24th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (14.12.02):
Win:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson (Runner-Up)
2nd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards (15.12.02):
Win:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
69th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (15.12.02):
Win:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson (Runner-Up)
7th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (17.12.03):
Win:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Special Citation: Peter Jackson for The Lord
of the Rings Trilogy
8th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (18.12.03):
Wins:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Production Design
2nd Seattle Film Critics Awards (19.12.03):
Wins:
- Best Picture (Runner-up 2nd)
- Best Director (Runner-up)
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Runner-up): Fran Walsh,
Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
- Best Cinematography
2nd Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards (19.12.03):
Wins:
- Best Film
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
further Nominations:
- Best Ensemble
- Best Screenplay, Adapted: Peter Jackson, Fran
Walsh and Philippa Boyens
12th Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (21.12.03):
Wins:
- Best Film
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Runner-Up): Fran Walsh,
Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
1st African American Film Critics Association Awards (23.12.03):
Win:
- Best Picture
8th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (03.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Cinematography
38th National Society of Film Critics Awards (03.01.04):
Win:
- Best Director (Runner-Up 2nd): Peter Jackson
38th Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (04.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Film
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
7th Online Film Critics Society Awards (05.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Philippa Boyens, Peter
Jackson and Fran Walsh
- Best Cinematography
- Best Score
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound
further Nominations:
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Supporting Actor: Andy Serkis
10th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (05.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie
7th Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (05.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie
- Best Score: Howard Shore
- Best Costume Design: Ngila Dickson and Richard
Taylor
- Best Art Direction
- Best Visual Effects
further Nominations:
- Best Screenplay
- Best Film Editing
29th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (07.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Production Design: Grant Major
32nd Alexandria Awards 2003 awarded by the "The Lost Mind" (10.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Ensemble Cast
- Best Makeup and Hair Styles
- Best On Screen Pairing:
Bernard Hill & Miranda Otto
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound
- Best Visual Effects
further Nominations:
- Best Supporting Actor:
Sean Astin
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Editing
- Best On Screen Pairing:
Elijah Wood & Sean Astin
- Best Score
- Best Song
- Best Sound Effects
9th Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (10.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Composer: Howard Shore
4th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (12.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Original Score
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Production Design
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Makeup
further Nominations:
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Ensemble Acting
- Best Original Song
- Best Costume Design
1st Iowa Film Critics (13.01.04):
Win:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
15th Annual Producers Guild Of America Award (Golden Laurel Award) awarded by the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) (17.01.04):
Win:
- Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award
5th Annual Makeup and Hair Stylist Guild Awards awarded by the Hollywood Makeup and Hair Stylist Guild (17.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Character Makeup - Feature
- Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature
further Nomination:
- Best Character Hair Styling - Feature
4th Annual Cinemarati Awards awarded by www.cinemarati.org (19.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Film
- Best Ensemble Cast
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Outstanding Design
- Roundtable Film Of The
Year
Nominations:
- Best Supporting Performance
By An Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Song (Original or
Adapted): "The Steward of Gondor"
- Best Musical Score
16th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (21.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Original Score
further Nominations:
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Supporting Actor: Andy Serkis
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
16th USC Scripter Award (22.01.04):
Nomination:
- Best Realization of a Book adapted to Film: The
Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Peter Jackson, screenwriters; J.R.R. Tolkien, author
61th Golden Globe Awards awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) (25.01.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture (Drama)
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Score
- Best Song
2nd Central Ohio Film Critics Awards (01.02.04):
Wins:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Picture (Runner-up 2nd)
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin (Runner-up)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography (Runner-up)
further Nominations:
- Best Score
9th Empire Awards (04.02.04):
Wins:
- Best Film
- Best British Actor: Andy
Serkis
- Scene of the Year: Ride
of the Rohirrim
further Nominations:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen
- Best Actor: Sean Astin
- Best British Actor: Sir
Ian Mckellen
- Best British Actor: Orlando
Bloom
4th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards (04.02.04):
Wins:
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Film (Runner Up 2nd)
56th Annual Directors Guild Awards awarded by the Directors Guild Of America (DGA) (07.02.04):
Win:
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature
Film
18th Annual ASC Award awarded by the American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) (08.02.04):
Nomination:
- Best Cinematography In A Feature Film
25th London Critics Circle Film Awards (11.02.04):
Nominations:
- Film of the Year
- Director of the Year: Peter Jackson
8th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards awarded by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) (14.02.04):
Win:
- Excellence in Production Design for a Period
or Fantasy Film
8th Annual Online Film & Television Association Film Awards (15.02.04):
Wins:
- Picture
- Ensemble
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Adapted Screenplay
- Original Score
- Original Song: "Into the west"
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
- Production Design
- Costume Design
- Makeup
- Sound
- Sound Effects
- Visual Effects
- Cinematic Moment: "I Cannot Carry It, but..."
further Nominations:
- Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Casting
- Titles Sequence
- Cinematic Moment: "The battle of the Pelennor
Fields"
- Cinematic Moment: "Lighting of the beacons"
- Official Motion Picture Website
57th British Academy Film Awards awarded by the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts (BAFTA) (15.02.04):
Wins:
- Film
- Screenplay (Adapted)
- Achievement In Special Visual Effects
- Cinematography
- Orange Film Of The Year (Public Vote)
further Nominations:
- The David Lean Award For Best Achievement In
Direction: Peter Jackson
- Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role:
Ian McKellen
- Anthony Asquith Award For Achievement In Film
Music
- Production Design
- Editing
- Costume Design
- Sound
- Make Up & Hair
54th Annual ACE Awards (Golden Eddie) awarded by the American Cinema Editors (ACE) (15.02.04):
Win:
- Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
2nd Annual Visual Effects Society Awards awarded by the Visual Effects Society (VES) (18.02.04):
Wins:
- Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects
Driven Motion Picture
- Outstanding Character Animation - Live Action
Motion Picture
- Outstanding Models and Miniatures - Motion Picture
- Outstanding Performance in an Effects Film: Sean
Astin
further Nominations:
- Best Single Visual Effect of the Year - Any Medium
- Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual
Effects - Motion Picture
- Outstanding Visual Effects Photography - Motion
Picture
- Outstanding Compositing - Motion Picture
1st Directors Guild of Great Britain Awards (21.02.04):
Win:
- Best Director - International Film
8th Annual Satellite Awards awarded by the International Press Academy (21.02.04)
Win:
- Best Art Direction
Nominations:
- Best Motion Picture (Drama)
- Best Original Score
- Best Cinematography
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Film Editing
- Best Sound
- Best Costume Design
6th Costume Designers Guild Awards awarded by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) (21.02.04):
Win:
- Excellence in Film, Period/Fantasy: Ngila Dickson
56th Annual Writers Guild Awards awarded by the Writers Guild Of America (WGA) (21.02.04):
Nomination:
- Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously
Produced or Published
40th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards awarded by the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) (21.02.04):
Nomination:
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards awarded by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) (22.02.04):
Win:
- Outstanding Performance
by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture
51th Annual Golden Reel Awards awarded by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) (28.02.04):
Nominations:
- Best Sound Editing - Feature - Music
- Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature
76th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) awarded by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (AMPAS) (29.02.04):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from
Another Medium
- Best Film Editing
- Best Music, Song
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound
- Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
- Best Makeup
- Best Visual Effects
9th Internet Movie Awards 2003 awarded by the Internet Entertainment Writers Association (IEWA) (01.03.03):
Wins:
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor:
Sean Astin
- Best Supporting Actress:
Miranda Otto
- Best Song from a Movie:
"Into the West"
- Best Soundtrack or Musical
Score
- Best Visual Effects (Special
Effects, Makeup or Animation)
- Best Screenplay
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
14th Bubakar Awards 2003:
Wins:
- Best Directos: Peter Jackson
- Best Adapted Screenplay
further Nominations:
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Cinematogrpahy
30th Saturn Awards 2003 awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (04.05.04):
Wins:
- Best Fantasy Film
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best Actor: Elijah Wood
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Astin
- Best Writing
- Best Music
- Best Makeup
- Best Special Effects
further Nominations:
- Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen
- Best Supporting Actor: Ian McKellen
- Best Supporting Actor: Andy Serkis
- Best Supporting Actress: Miranda Otto
- Best Costumes
13th MTV Movie Awards (10.06.04):
Wins:
- Best Movie
- Best Action Sequence: Battle at Gondor
51th Hugo Awards awarded by the World Science Fiction Society (awarded
at the Noreascon 4 Convention 04.09.04):
Win:
- Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)
2004
th World Soundtrack Awards awarded by the
World Soundtrack Academy (09.10.04):
Nomination:
- Best Original Song Written
for a Film:
The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King - Annie Lennox (music/lyrics/performer), Howard Shore
(music/lyrics), Frances Walsh (music/lyrics) - For the song "Into the West"
46th
Australian Film Institute Awards (29.10.2004):
Win:
- Best Foreign Film
Updated: 07.11.04