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of the Rings” director Peter
Jackson, who shared the screen
play prize with co-writers
Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh.
Composer Howard Shore
10 ok his second Oscar for writ
ing “Lord of the Rings” music,
having won two years ago on
ParI | of the saga, “The
Fellowship of the Ring.”
"Into the West,” the wistful
tune of farewell from “Return of
ihe King,” won the best-song
Oscar. The song was written by
Fran Walsh, the film’s co-
scieenwriter; Howard Shore, its
music composer; and Annie
Lennox, who sings the tune.
Zellweger won for playing a
character in frumpy clothes and a
ter of dirt from working the
fields, a year after “Cold
Mountain” co-star Nicole
Kidman received the lead-actress
Oscar for wearing a fake nose to
simulate Virginia Woolf’s plain-
Jane features in “The Hours.”
And best-actress winner Theron,
ui “Monster," gained 30 pounds
and was disguised behind dark
contact lenses, false teeth and
splotchy makeup.
'Ihope it’s a trend, meaning
interesting parts playing women
who are multifaceted and really
rich in their journeys. It’s what
interests me most," Zellweger
said backstage. “The more you
can change yourself, the more
removed the character is from
your own experiences, the more
rewarding it is.”
Robbins won with his first-
everacting nomination, though
lie had been nominated as best
director for 1995’s “Dead Man
Ming.”
“In this movie, I play a vic
tim of abuse and violence,”
Robbins said. “If you are out
there and are a person who has
had that tragedy befall you,
there is no shame in seeking
help and counseling.”
Sofia Coppola won the origi
nal-screenplay prize for her
quirky tale of friendship in
Tokyo, “Lost in Translation.”
French-Canadian filmmaker
Denys Arcand’s “The Barbarian
Invasions,” an alternately merry
and melancholy story of a dying
man’s reunion with his
estranged son, won the foreign-
language honor.
The $340 million blockbuster
“Finding Nemo,” the story of a
clownfish on a mission to rescue
his wayward son from a den
tist’s aquarium, earned the
Oscar for animated feature.
"I’m going to be forever
grateful to the cast and crew of
‘Finding Nemo’ for giving their
incomparable talents to this little
tish story I had,” said Andrew
Stanton, director of “Finding
Nemo,” the latest film from the
makers of “Monsters, Inc.” and
the “Toy Story” flicks.
Director Errol Morris’ “The
Fog of War" — a portrait of
Robert McNamara, U.S. defense
secretary for much of the Vietnam
War — won the Oscar for feature-
length documentary. Morris com
pared U.S. military action over
seas today with the Vietnam era.
“Forty years ago. this country
went down a rabbit hole in
Vietnam — millions died,”
Morris said. “I fear we’re going
down the rabbit hole once again.”
Filmmaker Blake Edwards
received an honorary Oscar for
lifetime achievement. The cere
mony included a spirited mon
tage of clips from Edwards' films.
including “The Pink Panther,”
"Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and
“Victor/Victoria.”
Edwards said: "My mother
thanks you, my father thanks
you, and the beautiful English
broad with the incomparable
soprano and promiscuous
vocabulary thanks you,” the lat
ter a reference to his wife and
frequent star, Julie Andrews.
Billy Crystal, returning as host
for the first time in four years,
opened with his usual montage of
nominees, having himself insett
ed into spoofs of key Oscar con
tenders, including Diane
Keaton’s screeching nude scene
in “Something’s Gotta Give.”
He joked that for the first
time, the show was being simul
cast in Aramaic, a poke at “The
Passion of the Christ,” Mel
Gibson’s divisive religious film
that took in $1 17.5 million in its
tirst five days. The movie was
done in Aramaic and Latin, with
English subtitles.
Crystal said that the first time
he hosted the Oscars 13 years
ago. things were different from
today: “Bush was president, the
economy was tanking and we’d
just finished a war with Iraq.”
With all the awards for
“Return of the King," produced in
New Zealand, Crystal joked: “It’s
now official. There is nobody left
in New Zealand to thank.”
The Oscars returned to full-
glamour mode after two years in
which Hollywood's prom night
was muted by world events —
the aftermath of the Sept. 11
attacks in 2002 and the Iraq war
in 2003.
With the passage of time, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences figured it was safe
to make merry again for the 76th
annual Oscars.
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®support of “The Lord of the Rings: Return of
the King" for best picture, which was up against
“Lost in Translation,” “Seabiscuit,” “Mystic
River” and “Master and Commander: The Far
Side of the World.”
“If you want to pick a best picture based on
one film alone, then I'd go for ‘Lost in
Translation,'” Pendergast said. “But I think ‘The
Lord of the Rings' should win to represent the
whole trilogy.”
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