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Monstrous spiders, dragon-aided epic battles, endangered hobbits and final farewells ... the finale of the Lord of the Rings trilogy boldly upped the ante. Although the first two films had excited viewers, critics and accountants, Return of the King sealed Peter Jackson's place in movie legend. Reviewers praised it with gusto and Return won a staggering 11 Oscars, a total matched only by Titanic and Ben-Hur. Return anointed a Hollywood empire in the Wellington suburb of Miramar; the box office figures weren't half bad, and nor was the effect on NZ tourism.
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2004 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Director (Peter Jackson)
Adapted Screenplay (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson)
Editing (Jamie Selkirk)
Art Direction-Set Decoration (Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee)
Costume Design (Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor)
Makeup (Richard Taylor, Peter King)
Visual Effects (Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke)
Sound Mixing (Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick)
Original Score (Howard Shore)
Original Song ('Into the West' - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox)
2004 Bafta Awards
Best Film
Adapted Screenplay (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson)
Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie)
Special Visual Effects (Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke)
Also nominated for Best Direction, Supporting Actor (Ian McKellen), Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make Up/Hair, Sound, Music
2004 Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Director (Peter Jackson)
Original Score (Howard Shore)
Original Song ('Into the West' - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox)
2005 Grammy Awards
Score Soundtrack Album (Howard Shore and engineer/mixer John Kurlander)
Song ('Into the West' - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox)
2004 Directors Guild of America
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham, Nikolas Korda, Zane Weiner, Guy Campbell, Marc Ashton)
2004 Directors Guild of Great Britain
DGGB Award - Directorial Achievement in International Film (Peter Jackson)
2004 New York Film Critics Circle Award
Award for Best Film
2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards (United States)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004 National Board of Review (United States)
NBR Award - Best Acting by an Ensemble
2004 American Cinema Editors
Eddie Award for Editing - Dramatic Feature (Jamie Selkirk)
2004 Producers Guild of America Awards
Motion Picture Producer of the Year (Barrie M Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh)
2004 Art Directors Guild (United States)
Excellence in Production Design - Period or Fantasy Film
2004 Costume Designers Guild Awards (United States)
CDG Award for Excellence in Costume Design - Period/Fantasy Film (Ngila Dickson
2004 Visual Effects Society Awards
Winner of four effects-based awards, including Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture, and Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture - plus another four nominations.
2004 Writers Guild of America
Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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Paul Taylor MSc
Posted at 01.11PM - 30.12.2011
But ... We picked up what was ready at hand !
And we all did it for the love of the road !
Nup' Covered-up ness !
Paul Taylor on Return of the King (Jackson Walsh)