Thursday, February 26, 2004
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Film: Oscar nominees

Nominations for 76th Academy Awards

Sunday, Feb. 29

(Parentheses: Mercury critics' star ratings)

Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (3 1/2)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (3 1/2)

Mystic River (4)

Lost in Translation (4 1/2)

Seabiscuit (4)

Actress

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider (4)

Samantha Morton, In America (3 1/2)

Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give (3 1/2)

Charlize Theron, Monster (3)

Naomi Watts, 21 Grams (4)

Actor

Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (1/2)

Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog (2)

Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (4 1/2)

Jude Law, Cold Mountain (3 1/2)

Sean Penn, Mystic River (4)

Supporting actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog (2)

Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April (3)

Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River (4)

Holly Hunter, Thirteen (4 1/2)

Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain (3 1/2)

Supporting actor

Alec Baldwin, The Cooler (3)

Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams (4)

Djimon Hounsou, In America (3 1/2)

Tim Robbins, Mystic River (4)

Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai (2)

Director

Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation (4 1/2)

Clint Eastwood, Mystic River (4)

Peter Jackson, LOTR: Return of the King (3 1/2)

Fernando Meirelles, City of God (3 1/2)

Peter Weir, Master and Commander (3 1/2)

Original screenplay

Denys Arcand, The Barbarian Invasions

Steven Knight, Dirty Pretty Things (4)

Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, Finding Nemo (3)

Jim, Naomi and Kirsten Sheridan, In America (3 1/2)

Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation (4 1/2)

Adapted screenplay

Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman, American Splendor (4 1/2)

Braulio Mantovani, City of God (3 1/2)

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, LOTR: Return of the King (3 1/2)

Brian Helgeland, Mystic River (4)

Gary Ross, Seabiscuit (4)

Foreign language film

The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)

Evil (Sweden)

Twin Sisters (The Netherlands)

The Twilight Samurai (Japan)

Zelary (Czech Republic)

Animated feature

Brother Bear (1 1/2)

Finding Nemo (3)

The Triplets of Belleville (4)

Documentary feature

Balseros

Capturing the Friedmans (4 1/2)

The Fog of War (4)

My Architect

The Weather Underground (3 1/2)

Score

Big Fish (2 1/2)

House of Sand and Fog

Finding Nemo

LOTR: Return of the King

Cold Mountain

Song

"Into the West," LOTR: Return of the King

"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," A Mighty Wind (3 1/2)

"Scarlet Tide," Cold Mountain

"Belleville Rendez-Vous," The Triplets of Belleville

"You Will Be My Ain True Love," Cold Mountain

Cinematography

City of God

Cold Mountain

Girl with a Pearl Earring (4)

Master and Commander

Seabiscuit

Editing

City of God

Cold Mountain

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Seabiscuit

Art direction

Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Last Samurai

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Seabiscuit

Costumes

Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Last Samurai

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Seabiscuit

Makeup

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Pirates of the Caribbean

Sound editing

Finding Nemo

Master and Commander

Pirates of the Caribbean

Sound mixing

The Last Samurai

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Pirates of the Caribbean

Seabiscuit

Visual effects

LOTR: Return of the King

Master and Commander

Pirates of the Caribbean

Documentary short

Asylum

Chernobyl Heart

Ferry Tales

Animated short

Boundin'

Destino

Gone Nutty

Harvie Krumpet

Nibbles

Live action short

Die Rote Jacke [The Red Jacket]

Most [The Bridge]

Squash

(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]

Two Soldiers