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Jackson Wins Directors Guild Of America Award
BBC ^ | Sunday, 8 February, 2004, 11:55 GMT

Posted on 02/08/2004 4:59:08 AM PST by maquiladora

The Return Of The King director Peter Jackson has won the Directors Guild Of America (DGA) award - regarded by many as a pointer to success at the Oscars.

The New Zealand-born director said he "had the most amazing time" making the final part of his Tolkien trilogy.

The film has raked in $925m (£504m) at the box office worldwide since its release late last year.

In the 56-year history of the DGA awards, the winner has gone on to win the Oscar on all but six occasions.

Jackson became the first director to be nominated three years in a row, and this was his first victory.

He and his team devoted seven years to adapting Tolkien's trilogy for the big screen.

"We live in an age where people write books about nightmarish experiences on film sets - and I didn't have one of those - I had the most amazing time," Jackson said.

Then Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and director.


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1 posted on 02/08/2004 4:59:09 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: maquiladora
Well-deserved. But he should already have two Oscars--
2 posted on 02/08/2004 7:52:24 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle
As much as I would love to see him win the Oscar for direction I don't think he has a chance. I think Sofia Coppola will win, not based on merit, but because of who she is and because a woman has never won as a director. I hope I'm wrong!
3 posted on 02/08/2004 9:44:36 AM PST by grellis
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To: grellis
They may well snub the most significant achievement in movie-making since The Jazz Singer. It would be just like those perverse jimcracks to do exactly that.

In which case, it'll also be interesting to see the *feedback* they get.

4 posted on 02/08/2004 9:48:43 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: grellis
Pete is a cert to win the Oscar.
5 posted on 02/08/2004 10:58:05 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: Mamzelle
That's the thing I have come to loathe about the Oscars--I don't think it has anything to do with significance (certainly not excellence) in movie making. Its a big ol' popularity contest. One thing Jackson isn't--popular. Not that he's unpopular, just so far out of the Hollywood schmoozy freakfest as to be virtually non-existent to the folks doing the voting. If it were up to me he would be earning his fourth Oscar this year ("Bad Taste" was robbed, I tell ya!).
6 posted on 02/08/2004 3:40:03 PM PST by grellis
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7 posted on 02/09/2004 7:49:41 AM PST by ecurbh
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To: grellis
As much as I would love to see him win the Oscar for direction I don't think he has a chance.

I not only think he has a chance, I hope and expect it! I will be really dissappointed if it doesn't win Picture and Director, to acknowledge and reward the sheer magnitude of the three films.

8 posted on 02/09/2004 7:52:15 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: grellis
I think they gave her the nomination, that is enough. She might win one of the other categories she is nominated for though.
9 posted on 02/09/2004 8:39:31 AM PST by My back yard
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To: ecurbh
That pic would make a nice Hobbit Hole visitor clipped, maybe. You think?
10 posted on 02/09/2004 8:40:47 AM PST by My back yard
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To: HairOfTheDog
I think the fact that "Return" is, essentially, the third installment of one large film swings it in his favor. It wouldn't be the first time the acadamy gave an award for a previous accomplishment. I think that explains Russel Crowe's winning for "Gladiator" when he was more deserving of the Oscar for "LA Confidential" or that smoking movie he was in (brain fart! Forgot the name). However, I've lost pretty much all respect for the academy since "The English Patient."
11 posted on 02/09/2004 8:54:38 AM PST by grellis
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To: grellis
I don't know. They listed ROTK as a drama - not fantasy or science fiction. That makes me believe they are seriously positioning it for Best Picture. They just don't seem to give Oscars for films in those categories. Gives me hope that they consider it important enough that they would put it in the 'drama' category. I don't remember if they classified the first two movies as dramas or not.
12 posted on 02/09/2004 9:34:49 AM PST by sneakers
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Where was it listed as a drama? I thought (for the Oscars, at least) that all movies, long form, for theatrical release, were lumped together in one category--comedies, dramas, musicals, every genre, competing against one another. That's why I like the Golden Globes better--there is at least some distinction made between comedy and drama. And you get to see celebs all drunk and embarrassing.
13 posted on 02/09/2004 9:57:17 AM PST by grellis
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To: grellis
Sorry grellis, for the life of me I can't remember where I saw it. I'll try to find it. It was on a list of categories I saw sometime within the last two weeks. I remember noting the classification when I first saw the list. If I can find it, I'll get back to you.

sneakers
14 posted on 02/09/2004 11:10:23 AM PST by sneakers
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To: sneakers
Overall, its a drama anyway, with elements of fantasy. I put off reading the book for years, thinking that it would be too fantastic. The first time I read the book I realized that its more...historical mythology? Mythological history? After my first read I went through "Silmarillion," then "The Hobbit," then a second time through LOTR but instead of just reading it I really studied it, just as if it were a history lesson. Fantasy is not a word which springs to my mind when I think of LOTR.
15 posted on 02/09/2004 11:29:54 AM PST by grellis
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To: grellis
Don't forget "American Beauty"-- I hatedhatedhated that movie, and I'm someone who manages to enjoy almost any movie.
16 posted on 02/10/2004 11:26:04 AM PST by Mamzelle
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