Full List Of 2004 Oscar Nominations!

[Tuesday, January 27th, 2004]
The final Lord of the Rings movie The Return of the King has become this years front runner for the Oscars by recieving 11 nominations. Categories include the prestigious best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.

Russell Crowe's Master and Commander received 10 nominations including best picture, best director, and best cinematography.

The 76th Annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 29, 2004, hosted by Billy Crystal. Below are the complete list of 2004 oscar nominees.

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

Directing
City of God - Fernando Meirelles
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir
Mystic River - Clint Eastwood

Actor in a leading role
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley in House of Fog and Sand
Jude Law in Cold Mountain
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
Sean Penn in Mystic River

Actor in a supporting role
Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou in In America
Tim Robbins in Mystic River
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai

Actress in a leading role
Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider
Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton in In America
Charlize Theron in Monster
Naomi Watts in 21 Grams

Actress in a supporting role
Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River
Holly Hunter in Thirteen
Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain

Animated feature film
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville

Art direction
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
The Last Samurai Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Seabiscuit Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope

Cinematography
City of God - Cesar Charlone
Cold Mountain - John Seale
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Russell Boyd
Seabiscuit - John Schwartzman

Costume design
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Dien van Straalen
The Last Samurai - Ngila Dickson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Wendy Stites
Seabiscuit - Judianna Makovsky

Documentary feature
Balseros (Seventh Art Releasing) A Bausan Films S.L. Production; Carlos Bosch and Marcos Loris Omedes
Capturing the Friedmans (Magnolia Pictures) A Hit The Ground Running Production; Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
The Fog of War (Sony Pictures Classics) A Globe Department Store Production; Errol Morris and Michael Williams
My Architect (New Yorker) A Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production; Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
The Weather Underground (Shadow Distribution) A Free History Project Production; Sam Green and Bill Siegel

Documentary short subject
Asylum - A Constant Communication & Make-do Production; Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
Chernobyl Heart - A Downtown TV Documentaries Production; Maryann DeLeo
Ferry Tales - A Penelope Pictures Production; Katja Esson

Film editing
City of God - Daniel Rezende
Cold Mountain - Walter Murch
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Jamie Selkirk
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Lee Smith
Seabiscuit - William Goldenberg

Foreign language film
The Barbarian Invasions - A Cinémaginaire Inc. Production; Canada
Evil - A Moviola Film & Television Production; Sweden
The Twilight Samurai - A Shochiku/Nippon Television Network/Sumitomo/Hakuhodo/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Eisei Gekijo Production; Japan
Twin Sisters - An IdtV Film Production; The Netherlands
Zelary - A Total HelpArt T.H.A./Barrandov Studio Production; Czech Republic

Makeup
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Richard Taylor and Peter King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Music (original score)
Big Fish - Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
House of Sand and Fog - James Horner
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore

Music (original song)
"Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind; Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
"Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain; Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
The Triplets of Belleville" from The Triplets of Belleville; Music by Benoit Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain; Music and Lyric by Sting

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 editing
Finding Nemo
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Sound mixing
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

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

Adapted Screenplay
American Splendor - Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
City of God - Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
Mystic River - Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
Seabiscuit - Written for the Screen by Gary Ross

Original Screenplay
The Barbarian Invasions - Written by Denys Arcand
Dirty Pretty Things - Written by Steven Knight
Finding Nemo - Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton
In America - Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
Lost in Translation - Written by Sofia Coppola