BFCA Picks "Rings," Penn, Theron


Charlize Theron
HOLLYWOOD - The third and final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King, its director, Peter Jackson, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron took top honors at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.

The Return of the King took home best picture, best director honors for Peter Jackson and best acting ensemble Saturday at the ninth annual Broadcast Film Critics' Association Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif, The Associated Press reports.

The blue-collar crime saga Mystic River won two prizes, best actor and supporting actor, for Sean Penn and Tim Robbins, respectively, while its director, Clint Eastwood, took home a previously announced lifetime achievement award.

Other winners included Charlize Theron as best actress for playing real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster and Renee Zellweger for her supporting turn in the Civil War drama Cold Mountain.

The Beverly Hills Hotel event was organized by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn., which bills itself as the largest such group in the United States and Canada with 182 members from the television, radio and online worlds, AP reports.

The full list of awards:

Best Picture

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    Best Actor

  • Sean Penn, Mystic River

    Best Actress

  • Charlize Theron, Monster

    Best Supporting Actor

  • Tim Robbins, Mystic River

    Best Supporting Actress

  • Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain

    Best Acting Ensemble

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    Best Director

  • Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    Best Writer

  • Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, In America

    Best Young Actor/Actress

  • Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider

    Best Animated Feature

  • Finding Nemo

    Best Family Film (live action)

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

    Best Picture Made for Television

  • Angels in America

    Best Documentary

  • Capturing the Friedmans

    Best Foreign Language Film

    The Barbarian Invasions

    Best Song

  • "A Mighty Wind" from A Mighty Wind by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy.

    Best Composer

  • Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


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