It was Sunday march 24th 2002, the place was L.A., the venue The Kodak Theatre, the Host... the amazing talented woman... Whoopi Goldberg. During that night Halle Berry made history as the first black woman to win a Best Actress Oscar. During that night the world was about to discoved how powerful could be... a Ring.
A RING TO RULE THEM ALL... as we've learned...
During that night "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" received 13 nominations and won 4 Academy Awards:
Best Art Direction
Grant Major (1 Oscar), Dan Hennah (1 Oscar)
Best Costume design
Ngila Dickson (1 Oscar), Richard Taylor (5 Oscar)
Best Director
Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)
Best Supporting Actor
Ian McKellen
Best film editing
John Gilbert
Best make up WON
Peter Owen, Richard Taylor (5 Oscars)
Best original score WON
Howard Shore (3 Oscars)
Best original song
Enya, Nick and Roma Ryan
Best sound mixing
Christopher Boyes (Titanic, Avatar, King Kong, Slumdog Millionaire, Pearl Harbor and Pirates of the Caribbean - 4 Oscars) Michael Semanick (King Kong, WALL-E, The social network, The curious case of Benjamin Button, The girl with the dragon tattoo, Ratatouille - 2 Oscars) Gethin Creagh, and Hammond Peek (King Kong - 2 Oscars)
Best adapted screenplay
Fran Walsh (3 Oscars), Philippa Boyens (1 Oscar), Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)
Best visual effects WON
Jom Rygiel (3 Oscars), Mark Stetson (1 Oscar), Randall William Cook (3 Oscars), Richard Taylor (5 Oscars)
Best cinematography WON
Andrew Lesnie (1Oscar)
The next year the fellowship was there again with the second chapter "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", it was Sunday March 23, 2003, same venue but different host... that was Steve Martin's big night... it has been the year of Chicago, with 6 Academy Awards... and ... imagine what... Olivia De Havilland was there and she pronounced an amazing speech for Oscar's 75th birthday... one sentence of that speech was used to create the welcoming sentence of that Blog... I'm so proud!!! anyway... during that night Peter Jackson' movie won 2 out of six Awards:
Best Art Direction
Grant Major (1 Oscar), Dan Hennah (1 Oscar), Alan Lee(1 Oscar)
Best film editing
Michael Horton
Best Picture
Barrie M. Osborne (1 Oscar) Fran Walsh (3 Oscars), Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)
Best sound
Christopher Boyes (Titanic, Avatar, King Kong, Slumdog Millionaire, Pearl Harbor and Pirates of the Caribbean - 4 Oscars) Michael Semanick (King Kong, WALL-E, The social network, The curious case of Benjamin Button, The girl with the dragon tattoo, Ratatouille - 2 Oscars) Michael Hedges (King Kong - 2 Oscars), and Hammond Peek (King Kong - 2 Oscars)
Best Sound Editing WON
Ethan Van Der Ryn (King Kong -2 Oscars), Michael Hopkins (1 Oscar)
Best visual effects WON
Jom Rygiel (3 Oscars), Alex Funke (3 Oscar), Randall William Cook (3 Oscars), Joe Lettieri (King Kong, Avatar, I,Robot - 4 Oscars)
But the best was yet to come...
Sunday February 29, 2004 Kodak Theatre L.A, hosting MR. Billy Crystal. During that night The third and last chapter of the Lord of the Rings, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won ELEVEN ACADEMY AWARDS, tying Titanic and Ben Hur for the most Oscars won. And guess what... with 11 nominations!!!
Best Art Direction WON
Grant Major (1 Oscar), Dan Hennah (1 Oscar), Alan Lee(1 Oscar)
Best film editing WON
Jamie Selkirk (1 Oscar)
Best Picture WON
Barrie M. Osborne (1 Oscar) Fran Walsh (3 Oscars), Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)
Best sound Mixing WON
Christopher Boyes (Titanic, Avatar, King Kong, Slumdog Millionaire, Pearl Harbor and Pirates of the Caribbean - 4 Oscars) Michael Semanick (King Kong, WALL-E, The social network, The curious case of Benjamin Button, The girl with the dragon tattoo, Ratatouille - 2 Oscars) Michael Hedges (King Kong - 2 Oscars), and Hammond Peek (King Kong - 2 Oscars)
Best visual effects WON
Jom Rygiel (3 Oscars), Alex Funke (3 Oscar), Randall William Cook (3 Oscars), Joe Lettieri (King Kong, Avatar, I,Robot - 4 Oscars)
Best Director WON
Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)Best adapted screenplay WON
Fran Walsh (3 Oscars), Philippa Boyens (1 Oscar), Peter Jackson (3 Oscars)
Best original score WONHoward Shore (3 Oscars)
Best Music, Song WON
Annie Lennox (1 Oscar), Fran Walsh (3 Oscars), Howard Shore (3 Oscars)
Best Costume design WON
Ngila Dickson (1 Oscar), Richard Taylor (5 Oscar) Best make up WON
Peter King (1 Oscar), Richard Taylor (5 Oscars)
Yesterday after 8 years I did again the Lord of the Rings Marathon... It worth it...
And now the World is waiting for... the next masterpiece
"The Hobbit: an unexpected journey"
