2004

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 2004.

January

• 2 - The Art of The Return of the King is published.
• 2 - The Lord of the Rings Complete Visual Companion is published.
• 7 - Dutch translator Willy Wielek-Berg dies.

February

• 5 - Andy Serkis wins an Empire Award in the category Best British Actor, for his role as Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
• 12 - At the 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Peter Jackson's The Return of the King wins the award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture".
• 25 - The Two Towers Anthology is released by Decipher.
• 29 - Peter Jackson's The Return of the King wins 11 Oscars at the 76th Academy Awards.

April

• 30 - Tolkien Studies: Volume 1 is published.

May

• 15-16 - Tolkien Weekend 2004 at Sarehole Mill.

June

• 3-5 - Lord of the Rings Symphony in Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Symphony Hall

July

• 30 - Mythcon XXXV begins.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 46 is published.
• ? - Translating Tolkien: Text and Film is published.

August

• 2 - Mythcon XXXV ends.
• 12 - Peter Woodthorpe, who voiced Gollum in both Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings as well as The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, dies.

September

• 17-19 - Oxonmoot 2004.
• 23 - There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, in which Sean Astin describes the shooting of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings from his perspective, is published.
• 27 - Parma Eldalamberon issue 15 is published.

October

• 21 - The 50th Anniversary Edition of The Lord of the Rings is published.

November

• 2 - The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is released.
• 6 - Hyarion purchases the domain TolkienGateway.net
• 8 - David Salo's A Gateway to Sindarin is published.
• ? - Mithril Armoury files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

December

• 14 - The Return of the King Extended Edition is released.

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