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Most Academy Awards Won by a Film with a Perfect Nomination Sweep
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 of its nominations at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004, setting the benchmark for the highest number of Oscar wins by a film that won every award for which it was nominated.
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- Location
- Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States · Dolby Theatre
- Start date
- 2004-02-29
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Overview
Archive NoteDirected by Peter Jackson, the final film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy was released in 2003. The 76th Academy Awards honoring that film year took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Its awards spanned Best Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. Winning all 11 nominations established the perfect-sweep total.
This differs from the overall most-Oscars-by-a-film distinction, which is shared with Ben-Hur and Titanic at 11 wins each; those films did not win every nomination.
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1 Milestones- 11 awardsThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingKodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United StatesCurrent Record
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