9th Empire Awards
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 9
| award = Empire Awards
| image = 9th Empire Awards logo.gif
| caption = The logo for the 9th Empire Awards
| date = {{Start date|2004|2|4|df=y}}
| site = The Dorchester Hotel, London, England
| host = Bill Bailey
| director =
| magazine_issue =
| best_film = The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
| best_british = Love Actually
| most_awards = Love Actually and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (3)
| most_nominations = The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8)
| channel = Sky Movies 1
| duration =
| last = 8th
| next = 10th
}}
The 9th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2003 and took place on 4 February 2004 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.{{Cite web |last=xoanon |date=4 February 2004 |title=Empire Movie Awards 2004 Report and Photos! |url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2004/02/04/24924-empire-movie-awards-2004-report-and-photos-2/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=TheOneRing.net}} During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as three honorary awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award was renamed to Career Achievement Award this year but was reverted to its former name at its next and last presentation. The ceremony was televised live in the United Kingdom by Sky Movies 1 with highlights and exclusive backstage interviews airing on Sky One Mix on 5 February. English actor Bill Bailey hosted the show for the first time.{{Cite web |year=2004 |title=2004 Empire Awards Report |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/report/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}} The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the second consecutive year.{{Cite news |last=Matthew |first=Sam |date=10 December 2004 |title=Sony Ericsson pushes camera phones at Empire Awards |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/230076/Sony-Ericsson-pushes-camera-phones-Empire-Awards/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |work=Brand Republic |publisher=Haymarket Media Group}}
Love Actually and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King were tied for most awards won with three awards apiece. Love Actually won the award for Best British Film, while The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the award for Best Film. Other winners included Kill Bill: Volume 1 with two awards and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl with one. Ray Harryhausen received the Empire Inspiration Award, Sigourney Weaver received the Career Achievement Award and Roger Corman received the Independent Spirit Award.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
=Multiple awards=
The following three films received multiple awards:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" width="55" | Awards ! scope="col" | Film |
| rowspan=2 | 3 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2 |
=Multiple nominations=
The following 11 films received multiple nominations:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations ! scope="col" | Film |
| 8 |
| 5 |
| rowspan=3 | 4 |
| Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| Love Actually |
| rowspan=2 | 3 |
| Young Adam |
| rowspan=4 | 2 |
| Gangs of New York |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
| X2 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/|name=The 9th Sony Ericsson Empire Awards official website}}
- {{IMDb event|0000786/2004}}
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Category:2000s in the City of Westminster
Category:2004 in British cinema