"Lord of the Rings" Victorious at the Oscars

Society | March 1, 2004, Monday // 00:00
"Lord of the Rings" Victorious at the Oscars Elijah Wood (L), Sean Astin (back), Billy Boyd (2nd) and Dominic Monaghan (R), all hobbits in the film 'Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King,' arrive for the 76th annual Academy Awards. Photo by WN

The epic journey of a gang of humans, hobbits, wizards, dwarves and elves hoisted the fantasy genre to Oscar glory Sunday as "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won a record-tying 11 Oscars, sweeping every category in which it was nominated, including best picture.

The directing Oscar went to Peter Jackson overlord of arguably the biggest undertaking in cinema history, the simultaneous filming of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth trilogy: "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King."

Sean Penn took the best-actor prize as a vengeful father in "Mystic River," and Charlize Theron won for best actress as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster."

Oscars for supporting performances went to Tim Robbins as a man emotionally hamstrung by childhood trauma in "Mystic River" and Renee Zellweger as a hardy Confederate survivor in "Cold Mountain."

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