8th Empire Awards

8th Empire Awards
The logo for the 8th Empire Awards
Date	February 5, 2003[1]
Site	The Dorchester Hotel, London, England[1]
Host	Richard E. Grant[1]
Empire issue	#166 (April 2003)
Highlights
Best Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best British Film	28 Days Later
Most awards	Minority Report (3)
Most nominations	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7)

The 8th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2002 and took place on February 5, 2003 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.^[1] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as two honorary awards. The award for Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year was first introduced this year. The Best Debut award was renamed to "Best Newcomer". British actor Richard E. Grant hosted the show for the first time.^[1][2] The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the first time.^[3]

Minority Report won the most awards with three including Best Director for Steven Spielberg. Other winners included 28 Days Later, About a Boy, Die Another Day, Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with one. Dustin Hoffman received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton received the Independent Spirit Award for their role in the direction and production of 24 Hour Party People.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4]

Best Film[5] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Die Another Day Minority Report Road to Perdition Spider-Man	Best British Film[6] 28 Days Later 24 Hour Party People About a Boy Bend It Like Beckham The Guru
Best Director[7] Steven Spielberg — Minority Report M. Night Shyamalan — Signs Peter Jackson — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sam Raimi — Spider-Man Steven Soderbergh — Ocean's Eleven
Best Actor[8] Tom Cruise — Minority Report Colin Farrell — Minority Report Mike Myers — Austin Powers in Goldmember Tom Hanks — Road to Perdition Viggo Mortensen — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Best British Actor[9] Hugh Grant — About a Boy Andy Serkis — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ian McKellen — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Jude Law — Road to Perdition Steve Coogan — 24 Hour Party People
Best Actress[10] Kirsten Dunst — Spider-Man Halle Berry — Die Another Day Hilary Swank — Insomnia Jennifer Connelly — A Beautiful Mind Miranda Otto — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Best British Actress[11] Samantha Morton — Minority Report Emily Watson — Red Dragon Helen Mirren — Gosford Park Keira Knightley — Bend It Like Beckham Kelly Macdonald — Gosford Park
Best Newcomer[12] Rosamund Pike — Die Another Day Cillian Murphy — 28 Days Later Neil Marshall — Dog Soldiers Martin Compston — Sweet Sixteen Parminder Nagra — Bend It Like Beckham	Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year[13] Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones: Yoda's duel Austin Powers in Goldmember: The opening sequence Die Another Day: The sword fight Minority Report: The spyders The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Gollum's debate
Honorary Awards Lifetime Achievement Award: Dustin Hoffman[14] Independent Spirit Award: Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton Director & Producer of 24 Hour Party People[15]

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Minority Report

Multiple nominations

The following 11 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
6	Minority Report
4	Die Another Day
3	24 Hour Party People
	Bend It Like Beckham
	Road to Perdition
	Spider-Man
2	28 Days Later
	About a Boy
	Austin Powers in Goldmember
	Gosford Park

References

1. "Empire Awards Nominations. Your shortlist revealed". Empireonline.com (Bauer Consumer Media). January 29, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
2. "Report: The Eighth Annual Empire Awards". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
3. Matthew, Sam (December 10, 2004). "Sony Ericsson pushes camera phones at Empire Awards". Brand Republic (Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved September 17, 2011.
4. "The Empire Awards 2003. This year's winners announced!". Empireonline.com (Bauer Consumer Media). February 5, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
5. "Best Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
6. "Sky Movies Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
7. "Best Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
8. "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
9. "Best British Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
10. "Best Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
11. "Best British Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
12. "Best Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
13. "Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
14. "Lifetime Achievement Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
15. "Independent Spirit Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2011.

External links

• The 8th Sony Ericsson Empire Awards official website
• The 8th Empire Awards at the Internet Movie Database