As many had predicted, "Lord of the Rings" has emerged as Lord of the Oscars. Peter Jackson's magic picked up all eleven prizes it was nominated for - only the third film to do so in the 76-year history of the academy awards. Sean Penn scooped best actor for his performance as the tormented and vengeful father of a murdered girl in "Mystic River." Charlize Theron confirmed predictions by winning best actress for her portrayal of a female serial killer in "Monster." Sofia Coppola won best original screenplay for Lost in Translation, which had been a strong contender for best film and best actor for Bill Murray.

(source: EuroNews]

actually.. the newspaper and the tv news guide knew how many exactly how many osacars LOTR would win before the official saying.. wierd.. i swear.. (checks again the tv guide).. yep they somehow knew the day before the oscars..

wasnt the oscars just held now? today march 1 here in Eastern Australia time.

"You're giving us an incredibly overwhelming night," Jackson said, later thanking the Academy for seeing past the trolls and orcs and other creatures "and honouring a fantasy film."

In the end, the New Zealand-made film swept all 11 categories in which it had been nominated, devastating the competition in most of the craft awards. That total ties Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997) for the all-time record in Oscars. In addition, the clean sweep is also only the third time that any film has done that. The others were Gigi (1958) and The Last Emperor (1989) and each of those took only nine of nine.

http://www.canoe.ca/JamOscar2004/mar1_oscar-sun.html

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Definitely a great night for LotR.</font>

[ 03-01-2004, 10:56 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

I agree. They deserve it! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] for PJ&CO!

<font color=skyblue>To add to this party, LotR made it's billion dollars in half the time that Titanic did, and those are the only two movies to gross a billion, from what I read.</font>