BAFTAS Options

[Svein]

Best Film
Winner:
Brokeback Mountain
Other Nominees:
Capote
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.

Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
Winner:
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Other Nominees:
A Cock and Bull Story
The Constant Gardener
Festival
Pride & Prejudice

Best Actor
Winner:
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Other Nominees:
Ralph Fiennes for The Constant Gardener
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line
David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress
Winner:
Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
Other Nominees:
Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents
Charlize Theron for North Country
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Ziyi Zhang for Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Supporting Actor
Winner:
Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain
Other Nominees:
Don Cheadle for Crash
George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck.
George Clooney for Syriana
Matt Dillon for Crash

Best Supporting Actress
Winner:
Thandie Newton for Crash
Other Nominees:
Brenda Blethyn for Pride & Prejudice
Catherine Keener for Capote
Frances McDormand for North Country
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
Winner:
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Other Nominees:
George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis for Crash
Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener
Bennett Miller for Capote

Best Screenplay (Original)
Winner:
Crash - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Other Nominees:
Cinderella Man - Cliff Hollingsworth, Akiva Goldsman
Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda - Terry George, Keir Pearson
Mrs. Henderson Presents - Martin Sherman

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Winner:
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Other Nominees:
Capote - Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence - Josh Olson
Pride & Prejudice - Deborah Moggach

Best Cinematography
Winner:
Memoirs of a Geisha - Dion Beebe
Other Nominees:
Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
The Constant Gardener - César Charlone
Crash - James Muro
Marche de l'empereur, La - Laurent Chalet, Jérôme Maison

Best Editing
Winner:
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Claire Simpson
Other Nominees:
Brokeback Mountain - Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor
Crash - Hughes Winborne
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Stephen Mirrione
Marche de l'empereur, La - Sabine Emiliani

Best Production Design
Winner:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Stuart Craig
Other Nominees:
Batman Begins - Nathan Crowley
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Alex McDowell
King Kong - Grant Major
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Myhre

Best Costume Design
Winner:
Memoirs of a Geisha - Colleen Atwood
Other Nominees:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Gabriella Pescucci
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Isis Mussenden
Mrs. Henderson Presents - Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice - Jacqueline Durran

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Winner:
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Other Nominees:
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
Mrs. Henderson Presents - George Fenton
Walk the Line - T-Bone Burnett

Best Make Up/Hair
Winner:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

Best Sound
Winner:
Walk the Line
Other Nominees:
Batman Begins
The Constant Gardener
Crash
King Kong
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner:
King Kong
Other Nominees:
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Best Film not in the English Language
Winner:
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
Other Nominees:
Le Grand voyage
Kung fu
Joyeux Noël
Tsotsi

Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
Winner:
Joe Wright for Pride & Prejudice (director)
Other Nominees:
David Belton for Shooting Dogs (producer)
Peter Fudakowski for Tsotsi (producer)
Annie Griffin for Festival (director/writer)
Richard Hawkins for Everything (director)

Best Short Animation
Winner:
Sztuka spadania
Other Nominees:
Film Noir
Kamiya's Correspondence
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Rabbit (

Best Short Film
Winner:
Antonio's Breakfast
Other Nominees:
Call Register
Heavy Metal Drummer
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran
Lucky

[ipse dixit]

I watched last night. Having not seen many of the films talked about, I can't really comment on deservedness, but it always astounds me how actors make such bad presenters! Just compare Gyllenhaal's nervous, stumbling presentation to his elated, playful acceptance speech.

[Blind I/O]

I only saw one of the awards being given, but missed which it was and who got it. Which one did Dicky Attenborough give?

[ipse dixit]

I only saw one of the awards being given, but missed which it was and who got it. Which one did Dicky Attenborough give?

He gave Puttnam his Academy Fellowship.

[Jessopjessopjess...]

Oooh, isn't Thandie Newton painfully thin at the mo'? [/heat]

[curtinparloe]

Oooh, isn't Thandie Newton painfully thin at the mo'? [/heat]

Why did her parents name her after an electronics retailer?

[Zoe]

Merged with the existing BAFTA thread.

Can I just say, Jake and Heath yum yum yum yum yum yum yum.

Especially Jake, absolutely adorable!



Oh and there were some awards or something, but Munich's lack of nods left me cold, good on Reese and Jake though.

[Sostie]

Peter Sallis....ahhhh bless! Dickie Attenborough...aaah bless! David Puttnam...aaah bless! (never seen so many in an audience crying after a speach)

[dandan]

Oh and there were some awards or something, but Munich's lack of nods left me cold, good on Reese and Jake though.

i'm suprised that bana wasn't even nominated for best actor, but then again, was 'munich' even in consideration? ie - was it eligible to be nominated?

[Zoe]

i'm suprised that bana wasn't even nominated for best actor, but then again, was 'munich' even in consideration? ie - was it eligible to be nominated?

I presumed it was eligable as Capote isn't even on general release yet and it was up for loads, whereas Munich came out three weeks ago.

[Sostie]

I presumed it was eligable as Capote isn't even on general release yet and it was up for loads, whereas Munich came out three weeks ago.

From the BAFTA site....

ELIGIBILITY
Films must be released theatrically in the UK, within the Academy awards year: January 1 - December 31 2005. Films that open between January 1 and March 31 2006 may be 'qualified' by being screened to Academy Film Voting members by Sunday 18 December 2005. A 'qualified' film must have a pre-release screening run at a UK cinema to a paying audience for no fewer than seven consecutive days by Friday 13 January 2006, unless the film opens on or prior to this date. Any 'qualified' film receiving nominations must officially open in the UK on or before Friday 31 March 2006.

...not sure it makes sense.

[Hobbes]

I feel a bit sorry for Clooney and co. there, seems like they were snubbed in every category there for Good Night, and Good Luck which is, from what I've heard and read, well worth a watch.
Zoe may have favoured Ledger, but apparently Hoffman gives a once-in-a-liftime performance. Combine this with the fact that he's among my favourite actors, and I have faith that he deserves the golden face, and perhaps the golden statue aswell. Needless to say, I'm itching to see Capote (no rhyme intended).

[Jessopjessopjess...]

I feel a bit sorry for Clooney and co. there, seems like they were snubbed in every category

I think snubbed (hey, that spells sunbed if you spell it very badly), is a strong word. That's like they deliberately didn't pick them to win. I wish I'd seen more of the films to comment, but most of them seem pretty fair, going by critical consensus.

[Hobbes]

I think snubbed (hey, that spells sunbed if you spell it very badly), is a strong word. That's like they deliberately didn't pick them to win. I wish I'd seen more of the films to comment, but most of them seem pretty fair, going by critical consensus.

Fair enough, I couldn't find the right terminology, but the idea is right I think. Surely a film with that many nominations deserves something. Therefore, I propose that there be 'The Hitchcock award for those who won nothing but deserved it' for all those nominated in many categories who won nothing.
I feel especially bad for the Cloon because he was also nominated twice for his acting; this really has been a tough year for a good actor to get awards - too many stellar performances by others it seems.

[ipse dixit]

I feel especially bad for the Cloon because he was also nominated twice for his acting

We were talking about Clooney and how he's a bloody hard-working guy. Ledger was reported as saying he though he should get the award instead of Gyllehaal, and he got a very flattering mention from Puttnam.