LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won the Oscar for Best Picture Sunday at the 76th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday.
Writer-director Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's literary epic won 11 Oscars in all, taking the statuette in every category for which it was nominated.
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That tied the record for Oscars in one year, established by "Ben-Hur" in 1959 and matched by "Titanic" in 1997.
"The Return of the King" won for directing, adapted screenplay, score, original song and six technical-creative categories.
