The 4th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2004 made by people over the age of 50. This was the last year that the awards were announced by the magazine without an in-person awards ceremony. Lynn Redgrave won the award for Breakaway Performance for Kinsey. This year's ceremony also featured a number of noncompetitive, less-serious awards, such as the "Who's Your Daddy? Romantic Gap Prize" for the movie with the most implausible age gap in a romantic pair. This was the last year for which there was no in-person awards ceremony; instead, winners were sent a trophy in the shape of a golden theater seat, called La Chaise d'Or.
Awards Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). Ray The Aviator In Good Company The Notebook Sideways Mike Nichols – Closer Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby Taylor Hackford - Ray Michael Mann - Collateral Martin Scorsese - The Aviator Ousmane Sembène - Moolaadé Liam Neeson - Kinsey Jeff Bridges - The Door in the Floor Richard Gere - Shall We Dance? Dennis Quaid - In Good Company Kurt Russell - Miracle Omar Sharif - Monsieur Ibrahim Anne Reid - The Mother Cloris Leachman - Spanglish Gena Rowlands - The Notebook Susan Sarandon - Shall We Dance? Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate Lily Tomlin - I Heart Huckabees Alvin Sargent - Spider-Man 2 Pedro Almodóvar - Bad Education James L. Brooks - Spanglish Paul Haggis and F.X. Toole - Million Dollar Baby De-Lovely The Aviator Beyond the Sea The Notebook Vera Drake Miracle Baadasssss! Monsieur Ibrahim The Five Obstructions Spanglish James Garner and Gena Rowlands - The Notebook Robert Redford and Helen Mirren - The Clearing Dennis Quaid and Marg Helgenberger - In Good Company Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon - Shall We Dance? The Incredibles Anchorman Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Mean Girls The Polar Express The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Festival Express Control Room Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Riding Giants The Story of the Weeping Camel Good Bye, Lenin! - Germany The Motorcycle Diaries - Argentina Osama - Afghanistan Monsieur Ibrahim - France The Sea Inside - Spain
Breakaway Accomplishment Lynn Redgrave: "Redgrave appears for just over two minutes and 50 seconds, yet after nearly 40 years of roles that barely touched on her skills, her soliloquy as a woman telling her story to the controversial sex researcher is so breathtaking and heartfelt she delivers what amounts to a benediction."
Runners Up Tom Selleck for Ike: Countdown to D-Day Meryl Streep for Stuck on You
Other Awards and Prizes Who's Your Daddy? Romantic Gap Prize: Steve Martin (60) and Claire Danes (26) in Shopgirl Woman of the Year: Joan Allen for Off the Map, Yes, and The Upside of Anger Best DVD Rerelease: Dracula Medal of Bravery: Jane Seymour, "for her fearlessly sexy romp as the senator's wife in Wedding Crashers." Not-Scared-Shirtless Prize: Liam Neeson (Batman Begins) and Dennis Quaid (Yours, Mine & Ours) Remake from Hell Award: The Honeymooners Worst Roommate: Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins in War of the Worlds Christopher Walken 911 Award: "Mediocre flicks saved by his mere presence: 2 (Domino and Romance and Cigarettes)"
Films with multiple nominations
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 4 The Notebook 3 The Aviator In Good Company Monsieur Ibrahim Shall We Dance? Spanglish 2 Million Dollar Baby Miracle Ray
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