Satellite Awards 2003

8th Golden Satellite Awards

January 23, 2005

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Best Film - Drama:
In America

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Best Film - Musical or Comedy:
Lost in Translation

The 8th Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, honored the best in film and television for 2003.

Winners

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Sean Penn - 21 Grams and Mystic River

• Hayden Christensen - Shattered Glass
• Paddy Considine - In America
• Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai
• Jude Law - Cold Mountain
• William H. Macy - The Cooler

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Bill Murray - Lost In Translation

• Jack Black - The School of Rock
• Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Robert Downey, Jr. - The Singing Detective
• Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
• Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa

Best Actress - Drama

Charlize Theron - Monster

• Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog
• Toni Collette - Japanese Story
• Samantha Morton - In America
• Nikki Reed - Thirteen
• Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
• Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give

• Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday
• Hope Davis - American Splendor
• Katie Holmes - Pieces of April
• Diane Lane - Under the Tuscan Sun
• Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls

Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature

The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)

• Brother Bear
• Finding Nemo
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Millennium Actress (Sennen joyû)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

• Best Art Direction and Production Design:
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Best Cinematography:
  • The Last Samurai - John Toll

Best Costume Design

The Last Samurai - Ngila Dickson

• The Company
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Seabiscuit

• Best Director:
  • Jim Sheridan - In America
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Best Editing

The Last Samurai - Victor Du Bois and Steven Rosenblum

• House of Sand and Fog
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Mystic River
• Seabiscuit

Best Film - Drama

In America

• The Last Samurai
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Mystic River
• Thirteen
• Whale Rider

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Lost in Translation

• American Splendor
• Bad Santa
• Bend It Like Beckham
• A Mighty Wind
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Foreign Language Film

City of God (Cidade de Deus), Brazil

• The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares), Canada
• Gloomy Sunday (Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod), Germany
• Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran), France
• Osama, Afghanistan/Iran
• Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom), Korea

• Best Original Score:
  • "The Last Samurai" - Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song

"Siente Mi Amor" - Once Upon a Time in Mexico

• "Cross the Green Mountain" - Gods and Generals
• "Great Spirits" - Brother Bear
• "The Heart of Every Girl" - Mona Lisa Smile
• "How Shall I See You Through My Tears" - Camp
• "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A Mighty Wind

• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
• Best Sound:
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Best Supporting Actor - Drama:
  • Djimon Hounsou - In America
• Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy:
  • Eugene Levy - A Mighty Wind

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

Maria Bello - The Cooler

• Emma Bolger - In America
• Annette Bening - Open Range
• Patricia Clarkson - The Station Agent
• Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
• Holly Hunter - Thirteen

Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy

Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April

• Shaheen Khan - Bend It Like Beckham
• Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
• Catherine O'Hara - A Mighty Wind
• Emma Thompson - Love Actually
• Julie Walters - Calendar Girls

• Best Visual Effects:
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners

• 4 / 10 The Last Samurai: Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing & Original Score
• 3 / 5 Lost in Translation: Best Actor and Film - Musical or Comedy & Original Screenplay
• 3 / 6 In America: Best Director, Film and Supporting Actor - Drama
• 2 / 7 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Best Sound & Visual Effects
• 2 / 8 Mystic River: Best Actor - Drama & Adapted Screenplay
• 1 / 1 Monster: Best Actress - Drama
• 1 / 1 Something's Gotta Give: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
• 1 / 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Best Art Direction

Losers

• 0 / 3 Cold Mountain
• 0 / 4 Whale Rider
• 0 / 5 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• 0 / 5 Thirteen