THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING wins BEST FILM in the 4th ANNUAL CINEMARATI AWARDS along with 5 other awards
Two awards each to Kill Bill, Lost in Translation, and Raising Victor Vargas

CINEMARATI, the renowned organization of professional online film critics from across the globe, today named THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING as
the Best Film of 2003 in the fourth annual Cinemarati Awards. Winners in 23 additional categories, recognizing the best cinematic efforts of last year, were also named.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING garnered six awards: Best Film; Best Ensemble; Best Director for PETER JACKSON; Best Adapted Screenplay for FRAN WALSH, PHILIPPA BOYENS, and JACKSON; Outstanding Design; and Roundtable Film of the Year (chosen by members of the Cinemarati Roundtable
discussion forum).

Full awards listing:

BEST FILM
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
City of God

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Triplettes of Belleville

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
BUS 174

BEST DVD AWARD
By Brakhage (Criterion Collection)

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume One

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Lohman, Matchstick Men

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE AWARD
Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas

BEST DIRECTOR
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

THE ORSON WELLES AWARD for the Year's Best Directorial Debut Peter Sollett, Raising Victor Vargas

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Arnie Marx and Terry Zwigoff, Bad
Santa

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, The Lord of
the Rings: The Return of the King

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Thomas McCarthy, The Station Agent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tim Orr, All the Real Girls

BEST FILM EDITING
Sally Menke, Kill Bill: Volume One

OUTSTANDING DESIGN
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

BEST SONG (Original or Adapted)
"More Than This," Lost in Translation

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Philip Glass, The Fog of War

BEST FILM-RELATED WEB SITE
GreenCine Daily http://daily.greencine.com/

EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CRITICISM
"Liner Notes: By Brakhage," Fred Camper,
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/in_focus_essay.asp?id=13&eid=298

ROUNDTABLE FILM OF THE YEAR chosen by visitors to
http://www.cinemarati.org/roundtable/
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King