Academy Award Winners 2004

**P-Dub** · 01 March 2004, 01:19 Monday

Thanks for the live updates. You made my day with the last item.

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**David Meek** · 01 March 2004, 01:27 Monday

Tell me about it Paul!!!! Yeah! :banana:

Wow, a clean sweep for Return Of The King. Eleven awards ties it with Ben Hur and Titanic for the most given to a single film.

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**Gordon Moore** · 01 March 2004, 09:12 Monday

Was it me or did several of the award winners look at little peturbed when say a group won an award but one person decided to use all the time to go on thanking everyone and their dog (and everyone in New Zealand :P the running joke of the night ) in their acceptance speech?

Classic, Denis Arcand wins for the Barbarian Invasions and everyone probably thiks he's a she since that woman took all the time. :LOL:

On a Happy note...I'm really glad Sean Penn was finally given the award. he is well deserving I think...although secretly I was rooting for Bill Murray ...my wife was rooting for Johnny Depp ( as was every other woman watching :roll: )

**Burke Strickland** · 01 March 2004, 13:07 Monday

Originally posted by David Meek

Wow, a clean sweep for Return Of The King. Eleven awards ties it with Ben Hur and Titanic for the most given to a single film.

Yep -- an amazing, wonderful turn of events! In addition to tying the record for the most Oscars awarded one film, a few other points: Ben Hur won 11 of 12 nominations, Titanic won 11 of 14, but Return of the King had to wn every category it was nominated for to take home 11. It was also only the third Best Picture winner to win all of its nominated categories (Gigi and The Last Emperor each swept 9 awards.)

It is also very rare for a Best Picture nominee to win without any Acting nominations. If you count the trilogy as one film, Lord of the rings won 17 Oscars, including at least one in every category for which it was eligible except the acting categories (and I think it was robbed being denied nominations in those except for Ian McKellan's Best Supporing Actor nom for Fellowship, which he should have won, IMO).

**George Bellefontaine** · 01 March 2004, 13:18 Monday

I really wasn't surprised at the outcome. Zellwegger, Penn and Theron were certainties, though I didn't expect Robbins to take best supporting actor.

Gordon, I noticed that aggravation, too regarding the hogging and long-winded acceptance speeches.

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**David Meek** · 02 March 2004, 00:59 Tuesday

I didn't really key in on the acceptance speeches as I was typing in who just won the category. Unfortunately, I DID hear that one arrogant SOB saying something to the effect of "Well, the Academy finally noticed my films. It's about time!" or something like that. Puh-lease.
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**Burke Strickland** · 02 March 2004, 03:48 Tuesday

Errol Morris has made a lot of impressive documentaries, including "Thin Blue Line" (Roger Ebert gave it 3 and 1/2 stars Ebert review of Thin Blue Line and "Gates of Heaven" (which Roger Ebert counts as one of the "great movies" of all time regardless of catagory Ebert writeup on Gates of Heaven) but none of Morris' work had ever been nominated before, much less won the Oscar. In fact, the screwed up way the Academy handled nominations in the Best Documentary category in previous years, a lot of great work got overlooked, including his. The procedures have been changed and unlike some previous years, this year's nominees were not an embarrassment to the Academy.

Although Morris' statement when he got the Oscar may have sounded arrogant, he may have just been grateful to have finally been noticed. Here's the quote as reported in the Reuters story on the Documetary Oscars:

"I'd like to thank the Academy for finally recognizing my films," said Morris, who has never before won an Oscar despite making such acclaimed works as "The Thin Blue Line." "I thought it would never happen," he said.

Full Text of Reuters Story

Ebert four star review of Fog of War which won the Best Documentary Oscar.

**Chris D** · 03 March 2004, 04:05 Wednesday

Interesting, Burke. I'll have to check out those movies.

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Academy Award Winners 2004

Academy Award Winners 2004

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