Here is the list of nominations for the 76th annual Academy Awards 

Best Picture: 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Lost in Translation

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Mystic River

Seabiscuit.

Best Actor: 
• Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 
• Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog 
• Jude Law, Cold Mountain 
• Bill Murray, Lost in Translation 
• Sean Penn, Mystic River.

Best Actress: 
• Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider 
• Diane Keaton - Something’s Gotta Give 
• Samantha Morton - In America 
• Charlize Theron - Monster 
• Naomi Watts - 21 Grams

Best Supporting Actor: 
• Alec Baldwin - The Cooler 
• Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams 
• Djimon Hounsou - In America 
• Tim Robbins - Mystic River 
• Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

Best Supporting Actress: 
• Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog 
• Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April 
• Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River 
• Holly Hunter - thirteen 
• Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain

Best Director: 
• Fernando Meirelles - City of God 
• Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 
• Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation 
• Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 
• Clint Eastwood - Mystic River

Best Foreign Film: 
• The Barbarian Invasions - Canada
• Zelary - Czech Republic
• The Twilight Samurai - Japan
• Twin Sisters - The Netherlands
• Evil - Sweden

Best Adapted Screenplay: 
• Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman - American Splendor 
• Braulio Mantovani - City of God 
• Fran Walsh - Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 
• Brian Helgeland - Mystic River 
• Gary Ross - Seabiscuit

Best Original Screenplay: 
• Denys Arcand - The Barbarian Invasions 
• Steven Knight - Dirty Pretty Things 
• Andrew Stanton - Bob Peterson and David Reynolds - Finding Nemo ;
• Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan - In America 
• Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation


Best Animated feature film: 

• Brother Bear 
• Finding Nemo 
• The Triplets of Belleville.

Art Direction: 
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• The Last Samurai
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Seabiscuit.

Cinematography: 
• City of God
• Cold Mountain
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Seabiscuit.

Sound Mixing: 
• The Last Samurai
• The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Seabiscuit.

Sound Editing: 
• Finding Nemo
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. 

Original Score: 
• Big Fish - Danny Elfman
• Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
• Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
• House of Sand and Fog - James Horner
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore. 

Original Song: 
• Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Fran Walsh - Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
• A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from A Mighty Wind - Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole
• Scarlet Tide from Cold Mountain - T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
• The Triplets of Belleville from The Triplets of Belleville Benoit Charest and Sylvain Chomet
• You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain - Sting. 

Costume: 
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• The Last Samurai
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Seabiscuit.


Documentary Feature: 

• Balseros
• Capturing the Friedmans
• The Fog of War
• My Architect
• The Weather
• Underground.

Documentary (short subject): 
• Asylum
• Chernobyl Heart
• Ferry Tales.

Film Editing: 
• City of God
• Cold Mountain
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King
• Master and Commander:
• The Far Side of the WorldSeabiscuit.

Makeup: 
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Animated Short Film: 
• Boundin’
• Destino
• Gone Nutty
• Harvie Krumpet
• Nibbles.

Live Action Short Film: 
• Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
• Most (The Bridge)
• Squash
• (A) Torzija (A Torsion)
• Two Soldiers.

Visual Effects: 
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Honorary Academy Award: 
• Blake Edwards. 

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