57th British Academy Film Awards
The 57th British Academy Film Awards , more commonly known as the BAFTAs , took place on 15 February 2004 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London , honouring the best national and foreign films of 2003 . Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2003.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won Best Film , Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and the Audience Award.[1] Lost in Translation won both lead acting awards for Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson . Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for Love Actually and Renée Zellweger won Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain . Touching the Void , directed by Andrew Eaton , was voted Outstanding British Film of 2003.[2]
Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.[3]
Winners and nominees
Peter Weir , Best Director winner
Bill Murray , Best Actor winner
Scarlett Johansson , Best Actress winner
Bill Nighy , Best Supporting Actor winner
Renée Zellweger , Best Supporting Actress winner
Tom McCarthy , Best Original Screenplay winner
Fran Walsh , Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
BAFTA Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Richard King , Doug Hemphill , Paul Massey and Art Rochester
Cold Mountain – Eddy Joseph , Ivan Sharrock , Walter Murch , Mike Prestwood Smith and Matthew Gough
Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Michael Minkler , Myron Nettinga , Wylie Stateman and Mark Ulano
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ethan Van der Ryn , Mike Hopkins , David Farmer, Christopher Boyes , Michael Hedges , Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes , George Watters II , Lee Orloff , David Parker and David E. Campbell
Brown Paper Bag – Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson, Michael Baig Clifford and Geoff Thompson
Statistics
See also
References
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