Oscar

by paikia on Monday, Mar 1, 2004

Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King has swept the Oscars by winning in all the 11 categories it was nominated in. It matched the record 11 Oscar wins of “Titanic” and “Ben-Hur” and became only the third movie to sweep every category in which it was nominated, following “Gigi” and “The Last Emperor,” which both went nine-for-nine.

Sean Penn took the best-actor prize as a vengeful father in “Mystic River,” and Charlize Theron won for best actress as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in “Monster.”

Oscars for supporting performances went to Tim Robbins as a man emotionally hamstrung by childhood trauma in “Mystic River” and Renee Zellweger as a hardy Confederate survivor in “Cold Mountain.”

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