Oscars Talk

characters who were at the Oscars as I know were:

Liv, Sir Ian, Billy, Dominic, Elijah, Sean,

I would have thought Bernard Hill would have been there, he has been to all of the awards I have watched with LOTR winning!

and PJ 😄

he wasnt a character though....

EDIT: Discos - oops my mistake, he made numerous cameo appearences (so did his children)

Nyah!

Originally posted by Discos
lol, I am not sure it is safe for us to know...

Discos - please move these comments to the other thread you started Shadowy,

huh? I didn't start any new thread about this. 😕

Dude, 11/11 ties only with Titanic (horrid) and Ben Hur (notable).
Beating the record for total nominations to actual wins though. Ben Hur 11/13.

Titanic was I think 11/13 and Ben Hur was 11/12. 🙂 Still, ROTK sweeped. 11/11 🙂

Originally posted by shadowy_blue
huh? I didn't start any new thread about this. 😕

ah I am sorry,I thought you were the guy who started the other Oscar thread but I am stupid 🙂

Discos- into the west live!!

YAY! I stayed up and watched it here 🙂 ANd i taped it and watched it again yesterday! they on1 🙂

I stayed up all night!!! And I was sooo tired that morning. I didn't go to school. I needed some good sleep. But it was really worth it. 11 oscars!!!! I didn't expect that. I thought they were going to win 5 or 6 oscars. But 11 is even better!!!! 😄 😄

LOTR,LOTR,LOTR,LOTR!!!!!!!! :-)
Need i say more? 😄 💃

went to bed at 5am, for up at 7.30am for school, I tried to explain to the parents that I was feeling sick but they were having non of it....they could see I stayed up most of the night

lol you should of said you were up because the illness kept you awake 😛

hehehe, i watched the whole thing and did my happy 'they won they won they won' dance all 11 times, my family is currently still cranky about waking them up at 12 but o well, i was so happy when they won for best adapted screenplay, that's the only one they weren't favored for... happiness! Best picture, best director, rock on man!!!

11/11 go lotr 💃 go lotr 💃
it was da best i was sittin on da couch and yellin and screamin sayin lotr go lotr.
hey does ne1 hav ne more pics from da oscars

Return of the King winning the Oscar for Best Picture was one of the greatest moments of my life!!!! I honestly felt like I was a part of something bigger. Did anyone else feel that? 😄 I somehow felt suddenly connected to all the Tolkien fans around the world, when Peter started thanking the fans. It was the greatest feeling in the world! I was left nearly in tears because of it! And to be honest, once the Academy Award was ended, I soon went to different LOTR forums and other messageboards that I know and I was so glad to see them all very happy as well. It couldn't be more better. To quote Elijah himself, "...nothing could top this." 😄

I was sitting there, hanging onto the edge of my seat, while Return of the King was winning all of those Oscars. True, it really deserved Best Editing, Best Score, Best Costume, etc., but the real clinchers were Best Directing and Best Picture. I'm so incredibly proud of Peter, Fran, Philippa, the cast, and all of the crew. They were absolutely amazing people!

Return of the King did not win this Oscar for itself. It won it for all the other fantasy films that the Academy ignored in the past, like the Star Wars trilogy, E.T., etc. This Oscar was for them too.

This victory is our Battle of the Pelennor Fields, a beacon of hope, to shine forevermore. 😄

Some facts and figures (courtesy of bbc.co.uk):

Films with the Most Oscar Wins

LotR: RotK (2004): 11 Awards (11 Nominations)
Ben Hur (1960): 11 (14)
Titanic (1988): 11 (12)
West Side Story (1962): 10 (11)
Gigi (1959): 9 (9)
The Last Emperor (1988): 9 (9)
The English Patient (1997): 9 (12)

The LotR Trilogy Oscars Record

FotR: 13 Nominations; 4 Wins
TTT: 6 Nominations; 2 Wins
RotK: 11 Nominations; 11 Wins

RotK is the joint top scorer (with Ben Hur and Titanic) for number of Oscars won, and one of only three films ever to have won every Award they were nominated for. And since the other two (Gigi and the Last Emperor) won 9 Oscars, RotK has the record for the highest ever clean sweep.

And with 30 Nominations and 17 Wins, it must surely be the best performing trilogy at the Oscars.

Once again, congratulations to all involved. It is most richly deserved. 😄