And now, today, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King has picked up eleven Oscar nominations, the most of any film this year. Next up was Master and Commander, at ten. Cold Mountain, highly touted to be a major contender, did not pick up nominations for best picture, director, or actress among its seven.
RotK was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Original Score, Original Song, Visual Effects, Film Editing, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, and Makeup. Alas, no acting nominations.
On an amusing side note, Johnny Depp picked up a Best Actor nomination for Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Couldn’t believe Johnny Depp got a nomination! You never see ppl getting nominated for comedy type things. But I think he was very good as that pirate! Don’t you think? Cool that ROTK got that many noms, would’ve liked to see Sean Astin (Sam) nominated, but oh well…
I don’t know that, with as broad a cast as it had, there were any stand-out roles in LotR. They were all good, but one was so spectacular as to warrent singling out.
The Depp nomination is remarkable.