HOLLYWOOD - The Online Film Critics Society, the international professional association of Internet-based film journalists, bestowed nine awards to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in the 7th annual OFCS Awards on Tuesday.Return of the King was named best picture; best director for Peter Jackson; best adapted screenplay award for Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh; and best original score honors for Howard Shore. The epic, the third and final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, also won technical awards for achievements in cinematography, art direction, costume design, sound and visual effects.
Lost in Translation won two awards: Sofia Coppola for best original screenplay and Bill Murray for best actor, while Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in 21 Grams. Peter Sarsgaard won best supporting actor for Shattered Glass while Shohreh Aghdashloo won best supporting actress for House of Sand and Fog.
The Brazilian drama City of God was named best foreign language film, Capturing the Friedmans won best documentary prize and Finding Nemo took home the best animated feature award.
Helmers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini shared the breakthrough filmmaker prize for their direction of American Splendor, while New Zealand newcomer Keisha Castle-Hughes won the breakthrough performance prize for her film debut in Whale Rider.
The OFCS, founded in 1997, consists of 146 Internet-based film journalists from the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia/the Pacific Rim.
Here is a complete list of winners:
Best Picture
City of God (Producers: Mauricio Andrade Ramos & Andrea Barata Ribeiro)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Producer: Lawrence Bender)
Winner! The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Producers: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne & Fran Walsh)
Lost in Translation (Producers: Sofia Coppola & Ross Katz)
Mystic River (Producers: Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt & Robert Lorenz)
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams
Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
Best Actor
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Winner! Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Sean Penn, Mystic River
Best Actress
Angela Bettis, May
Scarlett Johannson, Lost in Translation
Charlize Theron, Monster
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
Best Supporting Actor
Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Winner! Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Supporting Actress
Winner! Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Maria Bello, The Cooler
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Holly Hunter, Thirteen
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain
Best Original Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, 21 Grams
Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan, In America
Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Thomas McCarthy, The Station Agent
Best Adapted Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, American Splendor
Don Coscarelli, Bubba Ho-Tep
Winner! Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Brian Helgeland, Mystic River
Billy Ray, Shattered Glass
Best Cinematography
Eduardo Serra, Girl with a Pearl Earring
Robert Richardson, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
John Toll, The Last Samurai
Winner! Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse & Thierry Thomas, Winged Migration
Best Original Score
RZA, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Hans Zimmer, The Last Samurai
Winner! Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Brian Reitzell & Kevin Shields, Lost in Translation
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Documentary
Winner! Capturing the Friedmans
The Fog of War
Lost In La Mancha
Spellbound
Winged Migration
Best Foreign Language Film
The Barbarian Invasions
Winner! City of God
Irreversible
The Man Without a Past
The Triplets of Belleville
Breakthrough Filmmaker
Winner! Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, American Splendor
Niki Caro, Whale Rider
Fernando Meirelles, City of God
Billy Ray, Shattered Glass
Peter Sollett, Raising Victor Vargas
Breakthrough Performance
Winner! Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Peter Dinklage, The Station Agent
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dirty Pretty Things
Keira Knightley, Bend It Like Beckham
Cillian Murphy, 28 Days Later
Best Animated Feature
Cowboy Bepop: The Movie
Winner! Finding Nemo
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Millennium Actress
The Triplets of Belleville
Best Visual Effects
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! 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
X2: X-Men United
Best Art Direction
Down with Love
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Costume Design
Down with Love
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Sound
28 Days Later
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Winner! 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