gARTh's 2003 Movie Awards

WINNERS: 2003

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Film:
City of God (Cidade de Deus)

Director:
Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Actor:
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Actress:
Charlize Theron - Monster

Supporting Actor:
Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Supporting Actress:
Maria Bello - The Cooler

Adapted Screenplay:
John August - Big Fish

Original Screenplay:
Sophia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Editing:
City of God (Cidade de Deus)

Cinematography:
Irréversible

Stuntwork:
Kill Bill: Volume 1

Art Direction:
Cold Mountain

Costume Design:
The Last Samurai

Make-Up:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Sound Mixing:
Kill Bill: Volume 1

Music - Original Score:
Danny Elfman - Big Fish

Music - Original Song:
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox - "Into the West" - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Music - Use of Previously Recorded Song; Feature:
Tomoyasu Hotei - "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" - Kill Bill: Volume 1

Music - Use of Previously Recorded Song; Trailer:
Red Tape - "Agent Provocateur" - Underworld

Animated Feature Film:
Finding Nemo

Documentary Feature Film:
The Fog of War

Foreign Language Film:
City of God (Cidade de Deus) - Brazil

Animated Performance:
Albert Brooks - Finding Nemo

Villainous Performance:
Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Comedic Performance:
Jack Black - School of Rock

Cameo / Bit-Part Performance:
Rowan Atkinson - Love Actually

Breakthrough Performance:
Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider

Breakthrough Filmmaker:
Wayne Kramer - The Cooler

Cast:
Love Actually

Scene:
Kill Bill: Volume 1 - The Bride (Uma Thurman) fights her way through the Crazy 88.

Quote:
Kill Bill: Volume 1 - "I am finished doing what I swore an oath to God 28 years ago to never do again. I've created, 'something that kills people.' And in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I am sympathetic to your aim. I can tell you with no ego, this is my finest sword. If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut."

Tagline:
Mystic River - "We bury our sins, we wash them clean."

Poster Art: (select link to view)
Identity (One Sheet)

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Most Underrated Film:

Films that did not receive a wide release, were unsuccessful at the box office, were not nominated for any major awards or receive acclaim at any major film festivals, and were generally unknown to most audiences at the time of their release... but were well-liked by most critics and audiences that did happen to see them.

The Shape of Things - Written and Directed by Neil LaBute.

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Special Achievement Award:

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and the cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Prior to 2008, I didn't write long-winded reasons why the film or person(s) won, but briefly:

This should be obvious, but the task of filming three back-to-back epic-scale film adaptations of one of the most celebrated literary works of the 20th century is a feat never before attempted in the history of film (the closest precedent was the filming of Back to the Future Parts II and III). The planning, foresight, effort and endurance it must have taken to complete these films is unimaginable.