ACADEMY AWARDS
Lord of the Rings crew with their four technical awards. It was a disappointing night for fans of The Lord of the Rings, which missed out on the major awards at the Oscars.
It missed out on best picture Oscar, and director Peter Jackson went unrewarded for his efforts behind the camera.
And Ian McKellen (Gandalf) didn't win in the best supporting actor category.
In 2002 the movie won 4 Academy Awards out of 13 nominations. The winning categories were for Best Cinematography, Best Effects, Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Best Music, Original Score. The nominated categories were Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellen), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music, Song (Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan for May It Be), Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
BEST MAKEUP (Peter Owen and Richard Taylor)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Andrew Lesnie)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE (Howard Shore)
LOTR:FOTR was also nominated in the following categories:
BEST MOTION PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR (Peter Jackson)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Ian McKellen)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION (Art direction: Grant Major; Set decoration: Dan Hennah)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING (John Gilbert)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG ("May It Be" - Music and lyrics by Enya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan)
BEST SOUND (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek).
It is listed as the eighth highest grossing film during its theatrical run, with takings of $860,700,000 USA dollars from world-wide theatrical box office receipts (movie ticket sales).