7th OFCS Awards January 5, 2004
Best Film: The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King The 7th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring films made in 2003, were given on 5 January 2004.
Winners
Best Picture The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King City of God Kill Bill: Volume 1 Lost in Translation Mystic River
Best Director Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Clint Eastwood – Mystic River Alejandro González Iñárritu – 21 Grams Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Actor Bill Murray – Lost in Translation Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Paul Giamatti – American Splendor Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog Sean Penn – Mystic River
Best Actress Naomi Watts – 21 Grams Angela Bettis – May Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation Charlize Theron – Monster Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Supporting Actor Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass Sean Astin – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Alec Baldwin – The Cooler Tim Robbins – Mystic River Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Supporting Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog Maria Bello – The Cooler Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April Holly Hunter – Thirteen Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain
Best Original Screenplay Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola21 Grams – Guillermo Arriaga In America – Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Quentin Tarantino The Station Agent – Tom McCarthy
Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran WalshAmerican Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli Mystic River – Brian Helgeland Shattered Glass – Billy Ray
Best Foreign Language FilmCity of God The Barbarian Invasions Irreversible The Man Without a Past The Triplets of Belleville
Best Documentary Capturing the Friedmans The Fog of War Lost in La Mancha Spellbound Winged Migration
Best Animated Feature Finding Nemo Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action Millennium Actress The Triplets of Belleville
Best Cinematography The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Andrew LesnieGirl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Robert Richardson The Last Samurai – John Toll Winged Migration – Olli Barbé et al.
Best Original ScoreThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard ShoreKill Bill: Volume 1 – RZA The Last Samurai – Hans Zimmer Lost in Translation – Brian Reitzell and Kevin Shields Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Klaus Badelt
Best Art DirectionThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Down with Love Girl with a Pearl Earring Kill Bill: Volume 1 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Down with Love Girl with a Pearl Earring Kill Bill: Volume 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 28 Days Later Kill Bill: Volume 1 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Kill Bill: Volume 1 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl X2
Breakthrough Filmmaker Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor Niki Caro – Whale Rider Fernando Meirelles – City of God Billy Ray – Shattered Glass Peter Sollett – Raising Victor Vargas
Breakthrough Performer Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider Peter Dinklage – The Station Agent Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things Keira Knightley – Bend It Like Beckham Cillian Murphy – 28 Days Later
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