76th Academy Awards
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The big contenders for the 76th Academy Awards (for the best achievement in film in 2003) included and Lost in Translation, and in the highly competitive Best Actor category, strong work from Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Bill Murray. swept all 11 categories in which it was nominated. It matched the record 11 wins of Titanic and Ben-Hur and became only the third movie —with nine or more nominations— to sweep every nominated category, following Gigi and The Last Emperor, which both went nine-for-nine.
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News and recapBilly Crystal returned for the eighth time to host the presentation. His opening monologue poked fun at the change (or lack thereof) between the time he had hosted the ceremony in 1991, and the current one: "Things were so different then. You know how different it was? Bush was president, the economy was tanking and we'd just finished a war with Iraq."However, the bulk of Crystal's good-natured barbs--and the comments of many of the presenters and award recipients as well--were directed at New Zealand and , which dominated an evening lacking in surprises. The front-runner (or near front-runner) in every nominated category turned out to be the actual winner. However, it should be noted that The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King became the first ever film of the Fantasy genre to win Best Picture. Despite the lack of "drama" due to an "Obvious Winner" ceremony, the show attracted an audience of 43.71 million, breaking a low-ratings streak which had started back in 2001 due to the popularity of the best picture winner. Sofia Coppola's win for best original screenplay for Lost in Translation made the Coppola family (Carmine, Francis Ford, and Sofia) the second three-generation Academy-Award winning family, after the Hustons (Walter, John, and Anjelica). The television broadcast on ABC was aired live with a five-second tape delay, possibly because of the Janet Jackson breast-baring Super Bowl incident. It was shown live in many other countries around the world (satellite delays notwithstanding). The Passion of the Christ was one of the most financially successful and was seemingly a sure winner of the Best Foreign Language Award, yet as it was an American film produced in the 'dead' languages with no country of origin, Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic, it was not eligible for contention. Notable quotes
Major winners and nomineesThis is a breakdown of only major winners. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 76th Academy Awards nominees and winnersFeature FilmsDirecting
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Special honorsBlake Edwards received the Honorary Academy Award for his work on such films as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, Victor/Victoria and the Pink Panther series. Edwards is married to Oscar-winning singer-actress Julie Andrews.In MemoriamA special Memorial was presented by Tom Hanks to legendary comedian and past Oscar host, Bob Hope.A second special Memorial was presented by Julia Roberts to legendary actress and four time Oscar winner, Katharine Hepburn. The annual "In Memoriam" tribute was presented by Academy President Frank Pierson, starting with another legendary actor that died in the previous year, Gregory Peck. Peck is followed by a long list of too many Academy members that left us too soon: Wendy Hiller, David Hemmings, Hope Lange, screenwriter George Axelrod, Charles Bronson, Michael Jeter, screenwriter David Newman, Ron O'Neal, Art Carney, director Elia Kazan, documentary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, Karen Morley, Buddy Ebsen, director John Schlesinger, filmmaker Stan Brakhage, producer Ray Stark, movie trailer innovator Andrew J. Kuhen, John Ritter, Hume Cronyn, Buddy Hackett, composer Michael Kamen, screenwriter John Gregory Dunne, Robert Stack, Alan Bates, Gregory Hines, Jack Elam, Jeanne Crain, Ann Miller and finally, Donald O'Connor. See alsoExternal links
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