The Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Wednesday named the quirky dramedy American Splendor best picture of 2003, and The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was voted best director. Trophies will be handed out at an awards ceremony Jan. 26 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles.
With no picture winning more than two awards, however, there was no runaway victor. The three double-winners include American Splendor, which also took the screenplay award for writer/directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which was also honored for its production design; and the French-language cartoon Triplets of Belleville won prizes for animation and music/score.
Here is a complete list of winners and runner-ups:
Best Picture:
Winner! American Splendor
Runner-up: Lost in Translation
Director:
Winner! Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
Actress:
Winner! Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
Runner-up: Charlize Theron, Monster
Actor:
Winner! Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Runner-up: Sean Penn, 21 Grams and Mystic River
Screenplay:
Winner! Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, American Splendor
Runner-up: Steve Knight, Dirty Pretty Things
Supporting Actress:
Winner! Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, 21 Grams
Supporting Actor:
Winner! Bill Nighy, AKA,I Capture the Castle, The Lawless Heart,Love Actually
Runner-up: Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Foreign Language Film:
Winner! Man on the Train
Runner-up: City of God
Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
Winner! The Fog of War
Runner-up: Capturing the Friedmans
Production Design:
Winner! Grant Major, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Runner-up: William Sandell, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Animation:
Winner! Sylvain Chomet, Triplets of Belleville
Special Citation to the Disney restoration of the Walt Disney/Salvador Dali short, Destino
Music/Score:
Winner! Benoit Charest, Mathieu Chedid, Triplets of Belleville
Runner-up: Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine Hara, Annette Toole, Harry Shearer, Jeffrey C.J. Vanston, A Mighty Wind
Cinematography:
Winner! Eduardo Serra, Girl With A Pearl Earring
Runner-up: Harris Savides, Elephant
New Generation:
Winner! Scarlett Johansson
Career Achievement:
Winner! Robert Altman
