Oscar Nominations Announced (Some Surprises)

Oscar.com ^ | 01-27-04 | Oscar A. Ward

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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

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

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

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 Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BROTHER BEAR FINDING NEMO THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT

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

DIRECTING CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BALSEROS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS THE FOG OF WAR MY ARCHITECT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT ASYLUM CHERNOBYL HEART FERRY TALES

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS EVIL THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI TWIN SISTERS ŽELARY

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

MUSIC (SCORE) BIG FISH COLD MOUNTAIN FINDING NEMO HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG) "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND "Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN "The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

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

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BOUNDIN' DESTINO GONE NUTTY HARVIE KRUMPET NIBBLES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket) MOST (The Bridge) SQUASH (A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion) TWO SOLDIERS

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

SOUND EDITING FINDING NEMO MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

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

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION

[sarasota]

You are correct. Just wait and see.

[sarasota]

"...getting old", and smarter/more selective.

[sarasota]

Crowe doesn't buy into the Hollyweird scene. One gets "punished" as a result.

[sarasota]

Bathroom humor, tourettes outbursts and the like. Appealing to today's audience (regretably).

[sarasota]

Carson is very busy trying to make points with the "celebrities". The only person who dares say anything negative is Joan Rivers, like her or not.

[sarasota]

And kudos to Diane for not going under the knife. She actually has wrinkles!

[Objective Reality]

HA!!!

I just realized something: Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ comes out on Ash Wednesday, just FOUR DAYS before the big Oscar hooha party!

That is FRIGGIN' BRILLIANT!!! At that moment, if early word is any indication, then the ONLY movie of ANY consequence on the public consciousness at that moment is going to be the most openly, unapologetically Christian film ever made, and the most devastating motion picture released since Schindler's List. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see every nominee and winner asked, on-camera, their opinion of the "controversial" movie that just blew away per-screen box office history.

HOOT! I'm going to be grinning about this for WEEKS!

I also think it's brilliant that the next movie Gibson stars in will be the final installment of the Mad Max trilogy, Fury Road. "Not only am I an unflinching arch-Christian and brilliant director to boot, I'm also more of a terrifying bad-ass then the rest of you pukes put together."

[Objective Reality]

True. But Depp played a more gay drunk to me. He was like a cross between the guys from Queer Eye and Keith Richards.

Depp's anti-American Eurotrash, but I have to give him his due: He nailed that role to the point of deserving the nomination. I remarked at the time that it was a shame he'd never get nominated for a silly popcorn summer kids flick. Glad I was wrong. Whatever Jack Sparrow was, he wasn't Johnny Depp - can't say the same for Crowe or Cruise in their roles. I really quite liked Pirates of the Carribean (odd note - same acronym as "Passion of the Christ") and hope they make a sequel. If I were writing it, I'd have Sparrow and crew battling against seventeenth-century slavers. It'd work.

All that aside, it's going to be Penn.

[A Mississippian]

Total of 30 nominations for the trilogy, which is the most for any movie series ever.

[DeepDish]

I was lucky last year and missed the Oscars. This year will be different, it will be intentional. I will not sit in front of a television set and watch America bashers drip their venom while picking up an award. I can read about which film won what award on the net without commercials and commentary.