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 KingBest Actor
Sean Penn, Mystic RiverBest Actress
Charlize Theron, MonsterBest Supporting Actor
Tim Robbins, Mystic RiverBest Supporting Actress
Renee Zellweger, Cold MountainBest Acting Ensemble
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBest Director
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBest Writer
Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, In AmericaBest Young Actor/Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale RiderBest Animated Feature
Finding NemoBest Family Film (live action)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlBest Picture Made for Television
Angels in AmericaBest Documentary
Capturing the FriedmansBest 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