The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)

Directors:

Louis J. Horvitz
Troy Miller

Writers:

Hal Kanter (written by) and
Rita Cash (written by) ...
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Release Date:

29 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_ , Lost in Translation (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Mystic River (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003). |

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Wheelchair | Awards Show | Number In Title

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shohreh Aghdashloo	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Liam Aiken	...	Himself
Denys Arcand	...	Himself - Best Foreign Language Film Winner
George Axelrod	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Alec Baldwin	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Co-presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Alan Bates	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jack Black	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Song
Béatrice Bonifassi	...	Herself - Performer ("Belleville Rendez-vou")
Russell Boyd	...	Himself - Best Cinematography Winner (also archive footage)
Philippa Boyens	...	Herself - Best Adapted Screenplay Winner
Christopher Boyes	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Stan Brakhage	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Adrien Brody	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Charles Bronson	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Pierce Brosnan	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Editing
Sandra Bullock	...	Herself (Co-Presenter)
T-Bone Burnett	...	Himself - Performer: 'The Scarlet Tide'
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' Film Clip
Art Carney	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jim Carrey	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Blake Edwards
Keisha Castle-Hughes	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Benoît Charest	...	Himself - Performer: 'Belleville Rendez-vous'
César Charlone	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography (archive footage)
Patricia Clarkson	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Phil Collins	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Original Score
Sean Connery	...	Himself - making opening announcement
Randall William Cook	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Chris Cooper	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
Francis Ford Coppola	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Sofia Coppola	...	Herself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay / Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director / Co-presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Elvis Costello	...	Himself - Performer: 'The Scarlet Tide'
Jeanne Crain	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Shane Bitney Crone	...	Himself
Hume Cronyn	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Tom Cruise	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself - Presenter: Song Performances from 'A Mighty Wind, ' 'The Triplets of Belleville'
John Cusack	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Documentary Short
Maryann DeLeo	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Benicio Del Toro	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Johnny Depp	...	Himself
Ngila Dickson	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Michael Douglas	...	Himself
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Blake Edwards	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Jack Elam	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Adam Elliot	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short
Will Ferrell	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Song
Alex Funke	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself - Host: Scientific and Technical Awards Banquet
Buddy Hackett	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Presenter: Bob Hope Tribute
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Michael Hedges	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
David Hemmings	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dan Hennah	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Katharine Hepburn	...	Herself (Special Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Wendy Hiller	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Gregory Hines	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Bob Hope	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Holly Hunter	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Peter Jackson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay
Michael Jeter	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Scarlett Johansson	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Angelina Jolie	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction
Elia Kazan	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Diane Keaton	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nicole Kidman	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Peter King	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Richard King	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Ben Kingsley	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Alison Krauss	...	Herself - Performer: 'You Will Be My Ain True Love, ' 'The Scarlet Tide'
Diane Lane	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Documentary Short
Hope Lange	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jude Law	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dave LeBolt	...	Himself - accepting Award of Merit (pre-recorded)
Heath Ledger	...	Himself - Audience Member
Alan Lee	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Annie Lennox	...	Herself - Best Song Winner / Performer: 'Into the West'
Joe Letteri	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Eugene Levy	...	Himself - Performer: 'A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow (as Mitch & Mickey)
Tobey Maguire	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Seabiscuit' Film Clip
Grant Major	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Michael McKean	...	Himself-Nominee:Best Original Song
Ian McKellen	...	Himself
Fernando Meirelles	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director (archive footage)
Ann Miller	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Julianne Moore	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Karen Morley	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Errol Morris	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Samantha Morton	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Bill Murray	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Lost in Translation' Film Clip
David Newman	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Donald O'Connor	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Perfomer: 'A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow' (as Mitch & Mickey)
Ron O'Neal	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Barrie M. Osborne	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Annette O'Toole	...	Herself-Nominee: Best Original Song
Peter Parks	...	Himself - Gordon E. Sawyer Award Recipient (pre-recorded) (as Peter D. Parks)
Gregory Peck	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Hammond Peek	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Sean Penn	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Frank Pierson	...	Himself - Academy President, presenting Memorial Tribute
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Visual Effects
Leni Riefenstahl	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
John Ritter	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Miles Robbins	...	Himself
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor / Co-presenter: Best Original Screenplay
Denise Robert	...	Herself - Best Foreign Language Film Winner
Julia Roberts	...	Herself - Presenter: Katharine Hepburn Tribute
Jim Rygiel	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Andrew J. Sacks	...	Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Original Screenplay
John Schlesinger	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Aaron Schneider	...	Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short
John Schwartzman	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography (archive footage)
John Seale	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography (archive footage)
Jamie Selkirk	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Michael Semanick	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Eduardo Serra	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography (archive footage)
Marc Shaiman	...	Himself - Conductor
Howard Shore	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score, Best Original Song
Will Smith	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Visual Effects
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Robert Stack	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Andrew Stanton	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature
Ray Stark	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Ben Stiller	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Live Short and Best Animated Short
Sting	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Score / Performer: 'You Will Be My Ain True Love'
Richard Taylor	...	Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design, Best Makeup
Charlize Theron	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress / Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Uma Thurman	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Cinematography
Bill Tondreau	...	Himself - Award of Merit Recipient (pre-recorded)
John Travolta	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing
Liv Tyler	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Song nominees "Into the West", "The Scarlet Tide", "You Will Be My Ain' True Love"
Fran Walsh	...	Herself - Winner: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song
Naomi Watts	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Co-presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Michael Weaver	...	Himself
Peter Weir	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director (archive footage)
Harold Wheeler	...	Himself - Conductor
Michael Williams	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Animated Feature
Owen Wilson	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Live Short and Best Animated Short
Oprah Winfrey	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Mystic River' Film Clip
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress / Presenter: Best Costume Design
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor
Sean Astin	...	Himself (uncredited)
Billy Boyd	...	Himself (uncredited)
Takashi Fujii	...	Matthew Minami from clip "Lost in Translation" (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher Guest	...	Himself (uncredited)
Sean Mathias	...	Himself (uncredited)
Michael Moore	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself as Gandalf in opening spoof segment (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself (uncredited)
Peter Sellers	...	Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elijah Wood	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Louis J. Horvitz
Troy Miller

Writing credits
Hal Kanter		(written by) and
Rita Cash		(written by) and
Buz Kohan		(written by)
Billy Crystal		(special material written by) and
Beth Armogida		(special material written by) and
Dave Boone		(special material written by) and
Ed Driscoll		(special material written by) and
Carol Leifer		(special material written by) and
Jon Macks		(special material written by)
Marc Shaiman		writer
David Steinberg		writer
Norman Steinberg		writer

Produced by
Tracey Baird	....	producer: Billy's opening film
Sonya Gay Bourn	....	field producer
Todd 'Spider' Chambers	....	post producer: Billy's opening film
Danette Herman	....	coordinating producer
Bruce Klassen	....	producer: Billy's opening film
Troy Miller	....	producer: Billy's opening film
Joe Roth	....	producer
Michael B. Seligman	....	executive producer
Michael B. Seligman	....	supervising producer

Film Editing by
Cole Barager
Jon Bloom
Tony Cacciarelli
Gus Comegys
Jeffrey R. Coulter		(as Jeff Coulter)
Brian Derby
Bill DeRonde		(as Bill Durande)
Beth Dewey
Karen Erickson
Kevin Finn
John Francis
Dean Holland
Tiffany Hope
Eric Hornberger
Scott Kirby
Paul Marengo
Johnny Martin
Dirk Meenen
Troy Miller
Paul C. Nesmith
Michael Polito		(as Mike Polito)
Ryan Polito
Jeff Roe
Joe Saccone
Michael J. Shapiro
Matthew Sharp		(as Matthew C. Sharp)
Andrew Solt
Mark Stepp
John Sterneman
Douglass M. Stewart Jr.
Yoram Tal
Ray Wolf
Chuck Workman
John Zimmer

Production Design by
Roy Christopher

Art Direction by
Steve Olson		(as Stephan Olson)

Set Decoration by
Britt Woods

Production Management
John Brooks Caldwell	....	production manager
Joanne Dillon	....	executive in charge of production
H. Skye Leslie	....	production manager
Victoria Zika	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Jimena Azula	....	art department
Kate Bunch	....	art director: opening film
Dan Butts	....	production designer: opening film
Joe Celli	....	assistant art director
Oliver Dear	....	illustrator: opening sequence
Susan Frontiera	....	art department coordinator
Lindsey Henderson	....	art department coordinator (as Lindsey Moran)
James Nelson	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Patrick Baltzell	....	house PA mixer
Chris Cooper	....	boom operator (segment: Billy Crystal's opening film)
Robert Douglass	....	sound mixer
Ed Greene	....	sound mixer (as Edward J. Greene)
Ken McLaughlin	....	sound mixer: Billy's opening film
Brian Riordan	....	sound re-recording mixer: Billy's opening film
Jamie Santos	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunt coordinator (opening Billy Crystal clip)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Arasheben	....	camera technician: Wescam XR
Theodore Ashton	....	camera operator
Rob Balton	....	camera operator
Robert T. Barnhart	....	lighting director (as Robert Barnhart)
Mike Breece	....	camera operator
John Burdick	....	camera operator
Rocky Danielson	....	camera operator
Robert A. Dickinson	....	lighting designer
Dave Eastwood	....	camera operator
Thomas Geren	....	camera operator
Hank Geving	....	camera operator
Mary Gonzales	....	first assistant camera: opening film segment
Marc Hunter	....	camera operator
Charlie Huntley	....	camera operator
Jason Kay	....	technocrane operator
David Levisohn	....	camera operator
Jean Mason	....	video controller
Jay Millard	....	camera operator
Lyn Noland	....	camera operator
Andy O'Reilly	....	lighting director
Rob Palmer	....	camera operator
Bill Philbin	....	camera operator
David Plakos	....	camera operator
Hector Ramirez	....	camera operator
Brian Reason	....	camera operator
Mark Sanford	....	video controller
Richard Scudder	....	still photographer
Clyde W. Smith	....	opening films cinematographer
Mark Whitman	....	camera operator
Keith Winikoff	....	video controller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Jett	....	costume designer: opening sequence
Michelle Roussell	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Jeffrey R. Coulter	....	assistant editor (as Jeff Coulter)
Bill DeRonde	....	editor: opening sequence
Flax Glor	....	assistant editor
Dean Holland	....	editor: opening sequence
Sean Humphries	....	assistant editor
Johnny Martin	....	editor: on-set composite, Billy's opening sequence
Kevin O'Dea	....	post-production coordinator
Allen 'Biff' Petty	....	post-production coordinator
Jason Wood	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Ashley Irwin	....	music arranger
Lucian Piane	....	music assistant
Marc Shaiman	....	conductor
Marc Shaiman	....	musical director
Thomas Vicari	....	orchestra mixer
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer
Harold Wheeler	....	music arranger

Other crew
Eva Anderson	....	assistant to writer: Billy's opening sequence
Matt Beckner	....	talent assistant
Rich Bokides	....	production assistant
Michael Bouson	....	assistant credentials coordinator
Stacy Brewster	....	talent coordinator
Deborah Cahn	....	credentials manager
Tina Cannizzaro	....	script coordinator
Michael Carney	....	talent manager
Kyle Cooper	....	creative director
Vicki Crawford	....	film coordinator
Rick Edwards	....	technical director
John B. Field	....	technical director
Aaron C. Fitzgerald	....	key set production assistant: opening sequence
Charly Flanigan	....	production assistant
Carrie Foster	....	script coordinator
Farrah Skyler Greye	....	production assistant
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Wescam XR
Athena Zoe Hogue	....	talent page
Garry Hood	....	head stage manager
Steve Jarczak	....	production assistant
Tim Kettle	....	associate director
Charlotte Kyle	....	press and winner escort
Joanie Michele	....	assistant to director
Troy Mosley	....	script coordinator
Seth Olson	....	production assistant
Vince Poxon	....	stage manager
Richard A. Preuss	....	associate director
Deborah Read	....	associate director
Matthew Searer	....	production assistant: Mr. Seligman
Talley Singer	....	assistant to producer (as Taylor Singer)
Joni Smith	....	production assistant
Jenny Stanley	....	script supervisor
Christina Tong	....	production assistant
Allan Wells	....	technical director
Courtney Wieden	....	production assistant
Heather R. Wilbur	....	production assistant
Mark A. Baker	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2004) (USA) (TV)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (2004) (Denmark) (TV)
• Sveriges Television (SVT) (2004) (Sweden) (TV)
• WoWow (2004) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Gunslinger Digital (Billy's opening film)

Other Companies

• Dakota North Entertainment  opening sequence
• General Motors  commercial sponsor
• Hilton Hotels  accomodations
• Home Depot  commercial sponsor
• J.C. Penney  commercial sponsor
• Kodak Theatre  theatre
• Levels Audio Post  sound re-recording
• MasterCard  commercial sponsor
• Pepsi-Cola Company  commercial sponsor
• Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)  commercial sponsor
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies
• Texas Instruments  electronic equipment
• United Airlines  transportation

Runtime:

USA:225 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Kodak Theatre - 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Quotes:

Billy Crystal: It's now official. There is no one left to thank in New Zealand.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Mystic River (2003)

Soundtrack:

Scarlet Tide

there are no WMDs

Since I was never a full-scale "LOTR" devotee - although I will agree that Peter Jackson directed a pretty impressive trilogy - I have to say that my favorite moment from "The 76th Annual Academy Awards" was when Sean Penn accepted his Best Actor award for "Mystic River": he said (I don't know whether or not this is verbatim) "There is one thing that an actor knows, aside from the fact that there are no WMDs...". Kudos also to Errol Morris for repeating the anti-war call when he accepted his Best Documentary Feature Oscar for "The Fog of War".

I guess that the rest of the show was pretty routine, although I liked what Jim Carrey did to present Blake Edwards with his Honorary Oscar. And although I'm not really a fan of Billy Crystal, you gotta admit that his songs at the beginning were a real hoot (especially the Michael Eisner comment).

New Zealand and South Africa (Charlize Theron definitely deserved her Oscar) both got widely thanked. Which other parts of the world are gonna get that in the near future?