As the old stating goes, everybody will have their 15 minutes of popularity– however as a glimpse at the red carpet for the 2004 Academy Awards shows, some individuals delight in 20 years or more of popularity. Paul Giamatti, who is a front-runner in the best-actor classification at the 2024 Oscars for his efficiency in The Holdovers was riding high after an admired turn in American Splendor. Sofia Coppola, director of in 2015’s Priscilla, was fresh off Lost in Translation, for which she ended up being the very first lady to be chosen in the directing, composing, and producing classifications in the exact same year. She eventually won the statue for finest initial movie script that year, using a romantic eggplant purple dress. And after that there was Oprah Winfrey. Constantly and permanently, there is Oprah.
In 2004, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King controlled the Oscars, with Peter Jackson and his merry band of hobbits (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boydlovely the put together glitterati and switching the One Ring for 11 Oscars– the biggest tidy sweep in the event’s history, and the very same variety of statues that Titanic and Ben-Hur gathered at their own events.
Obviously, in the sea of early-aughts style (Jamie Lee Curtis‘s ombre chiffon column dress and Liv Tyler‘s gothy thick black choker, among others appearances) and familiar faces were some stars who have actually considering that passed. Especially, Heath Ledger participated in the 2004 Oscars with Naomi Watts, and Robin Williams chuckled along with Bobcat Goldthwait, while Joan Rivers supplied her signature sharp style commentary
Ahead, have a look back in time and take pleasure in a few of the most significant stars and minutes of the 2004 Oscars red carpet.