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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 12:09:39
As promised, for those interested,
THIS YEAR'S BAFTA WINNERS have been announced in all categories. I've reproduced the list below with my own score
FILM
WINNER: THE QUEEN - Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries
BABEL - Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu/Jon Kilik/Steve Golin
THE DEPARTED - Brad Pitt/Brad Grey/Graham King my choice
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
WINNER: THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
my choice
CASINO ROYALE - Michael G Wilson/Barbara Broccoli/Martin Campbell/Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis
NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Scott Rudin/Robert Fox/Richard Eyre/Patrick Marber
THE QUEEN - Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries/Stephen Frears/Peter Morgan
UNITED 93 - Tim Bevan/Lloyd Levin/Paul Greengrass
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD only voted by Board/committee
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
WINNER: ANDREA ARNOLD (Director) - Red Road
JULIAN GILBEY (Director) - Rollin' with the Nines
CHRISTINE LANGAN (Producer) - Pierrepoint
GARY TARN (Director) - Black Sun
PAUL ANDREW WILLIAMS (Director) - London to Brighton
THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
WINNER: UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass
BABEL - Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu
THE DEPARTED - Martin Scorsese my choice
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris
THE QUEEN - Stephen Frears
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Michael Arndt
BABEL - Guillermo Arriaga my choice
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Guillermo del Toro
THE QUEEN - Peter Morgan
UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER: THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
CASINO ROYALE - Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis
THE DEPARTED - William Monahan
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Aline Brosh McKenna
NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Patrick Marber my choice
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WINNER: PAN'S LABYRINTH - Alfonso Cuar�n/Bertha Navarro/Frida Torresblanco/Guillermo del Toro my choice
APOCALYPTO - Mel Gibson/Bruce Davey
BLACK BOOK (ZWARTBOEK) - Teun Hilte/San Fu Maltha/Jens Meurer/Paul Verhoeven
RANG DE BASANTI (PAINT IT YELLOW) - Ronnie Screwvala/Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
VOLVER - Agust�n Almod�var/Pedro Almod�var
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER: HAPPY FEET - George Miller my choice
CARS - John Lasseter
FLUSHED AWAY - David Bowers/Sam Fell
ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
WINNER: FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland my choice
DANIEL CRAIG - Casino Royale
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - The Departed
RICHARD GRIFFITHS - The History Boys
PETER O'TOOLE - Venus
ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
WINNER: HELEN MIRREN - The Queen
PENELOPE CRUZ - Volver
JUDI DENCH - Notes on a Scandal my choice
MERYL STREEP - The Devil Wears Prada
KATE WINSLET - Little Children
ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER: ALAN ARKIN - Little Miss Sunshine
JAMES MCAVOY - The Last King of Scotland
JACK NICHOLSON - The Departed my choice
LESLIE PHILLIPS - Venus
MICHAEL SHEEN - The Queen
ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER: JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls my choice
EMILY BLUNT - The Devil Wears Prada
ABIGAIL BRESLIN - Little Miss Sunshine
TONI COLETTE - Little Miss Sunshine
FRANCES DE LA TOUR - The History Boys
THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD
for Achievement in Film Music
WINNER: BABEL - Gustavo Santaolalla my choice
CASINO ROYALE - David Arnold
DREAMGIRLS - Henry Krieger
HAPPY FEET - John Powell
THE QUEEN - Alexandre Desplat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: CHILDREN OF MEN - Emmanuel Lubezki
BABEL - Rodrigo Prieto
CASINO ROYALE - Phil Meheux
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Guillermo Navarro
UNITED 93 - Barry Ackroyd my choice
EDITING
WINNER: UNITED 93 - Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson
BABEL - Stephen Mirrione/Douglas Crise my choice
CASINO ROYALE - Stuart Baird
THE DEPARTED - Thelma Schoonmaker
THE QUEEN - Lucia Zucchetti
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: CHILDREN OF MEN - Geoffrey Kirkland/Jim Clay/Jennifer Williams
CASINO ROYALE - Peter Lamont/Simon Wakefield
MARIE ANTOINETTE - K K Barrett/V�ronique Melery
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Eugenio Caballero/Pilar Revuelta my choice
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Rick Heinrichs/Cheryl A Carasik
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: PAN'S LABYRINTH - Lala Huete
my choice THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Patricia Field
MARIE ANTOINETTE - Milena Canonero
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Penny Rose
THE QUEEN - Consolata Boyle
SOUND
WINNER: CASINO ROYALE - Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor
BABEL - Jos� Garc�a/Jon Taylor/Chris Minkler/Mart�n Hern�ndez
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Mart�n Hern�ndez/Jamie Bashkt
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Christopher Boyes/George Watters II/ Paul Massey/Lee Orloff my choice
UNITED 93 - Chris Munro/Mike Prestwood Smith/Douglas Cooper/Oliver Tarney/Eddy Joseph
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson
CASINO ROYALE - Steve Begg/Chris Corbould my choice
CHILDREN OF MEN - Frazer Churchill/Tim Webber/Michael Eames/Paul Corbould
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Edward Irastorza/Everett Burrell
SUPERMAN RETURNS - Mark Stetson
MAKE UP & HAIR
WINNER: PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Nicki Ledermann/Angel De Angelis
MARIE ANTOINETTE - Jean-Luc Russier/Desiree Corridoni my choice
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Ve Neill/Martin Samuel
THE QUEEN - Daniel Phillips
SHORT ANIMATION FILM only voted by Board/committee
WINNER: GUY 101 - Ian Gouldstone
DREAMS AND DESIRES - FAMILY TIES - Les Mills/Joanna Quinn
PETER AND THE WOLF - Hugh Welchman/Alan Dewhurst/Suzie Templeton
SHORT FILM only voted by Board/committee
WINNER: DO NOT ERASE - Asitha Ameresekere
CARE - Rachel Bailey/Corinna Faith
CUBS - Lisa Williams/Tom Harper
HIKIKOMORI - Karley Duffy/Paul Wright
KISSING, TICKLING AND BEING BORED - David Smith/Jim McRoberts
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD winner voted by British public
WINNER: EVA GREEN
EMILY BLUNT
NAOMIE HARRIS
CILLIAN MURPHY
BEN WHISHAW
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 06:30:46
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
I think Cars will win the Oscar - its a truly American film and I think it will resonate better here than with your lot.
But Happy Feet is much less non-American than Curse of the Were-Rabbit was, and it was the top-grossing film in its opening weekend...
Turrell has a good point - the Americans will probably appreciate the American theme of Cars more than the environmental theme of Happy Feet. And since they'll be giving Al Gore the Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth, they won't feel guilty about their decision. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 19:52:34
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
I think Cars will win the Oscar - its a truly American film and I think it will resonate better here than with your lot. It will be interesting to see if my theory is correct.
btw - does anyone know if Andy Mellman won the TV Bafta for "When the Whistle Blows"? 
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But seriously folks, we've voted on the tv stuff but as I understand it, the short-lists now go to committee. Can't remember offhand the date of the awards, but I'll sure letcha know.
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| turrell |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 16:51:59
I really liked Happy Feet as well as Cars - I just think Cars from an American perspective is a better film - specifically because it deals with very romanticized Amrican themes of small towns, Route 66, and that special car on the open road (the NASCAR aspect is clearly American, but I think a secondary or tertiary theme in the film).
I won't be upset either way as they are both worthwhile films and Happy Feet would benefit more from winning the Oscar. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 16:42:28
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
I think Cars will win the Oscar - its a truly American film and I think it will resonate better here than with your lot.
But Happy Feet is much less non-American than Curse of the Were-Rabbit was, and it was the top-grossing film in its opening weekend... |
| turrell |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 16:27:09
I think Cars will win the Oscar - its a truly American film and I think it will resonate better here than with your lot. It will be interesting to see if my theory is correct.
btw - does anyone know if Andy Mellman won the TV Bafta for "When the Whistle Blows"? |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 12:50:08
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Glad to see that Happy Feet took the award instead of Cars.
Yes, that would have been ridiculous otherwise.
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I think that The Queen took over The Departed because of the nationality of most of the voters
Hhmmm, maybe the latter is better than Babel, but I definitely thought that the other three films were all much better. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 12:31:16
Glad to see that Happy Feet took the award instead of Cars.
I think that The Queen took over The Departed because of the nationality of most of the voters, but I doubt that will be the case at the Oscars. However, I'm almost sure that Helen Miren will get Best Actress there as well.
(And I'm thrilled that Apocalypto walked home empty handed, and I hope that happens again on the 25th as well!)
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 09:43:50
Hhmmm, I wish London to Brighton had won, as good as I also thought Red Road was. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 08:16:58
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Originally posted by Koli
Thanks for updating your list with the winners, BB. I liked your choices.
Thanks, Koli! I was particularly happy about Forrest Whittaker's award; he's deserved it ever since he played Charlie Parker in Bird.
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Originally posted by Koli
The ceremony seemed a bit subdued to me. Ian Richardson's very recent demise, perhaps?
Combo of things I think. Yes, Ian's sad demise - [Mirren was right, such a generous man]. But also Jonathan Ross proving that he's getting too old to rely on his cheeky baby-boy image and that he's NO Stephen Fry! But I still believe the real reason is that of this year's crop of films - though I think some of them had some wonderful elements - none was particularly a WOW!
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| Koli |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 06:11:32
Thanks for updating your list with the winners, BB. I liked your choices.
The ceremony seemed a bit subdued to me. Ian Richardson's very recent demise, perhaps? |
| randall |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 01:13:09
Wow.
Wait ing for the Oscars... |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 23:21:27
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
BB: Thought you'd find the following commentary amusing. It comes from today's http://andthewinneris.blog.com/
Thanks, R o � k G o 7 f ... yeah, it made me smile loudly  Feinberg, though an experienced Oscar maven, really doesn't have that much of a bead on the UK industry. His projections, as I read it, are for the Oscars, not the BAFTA winners from the shortlist announced today.
I'll tell you what I'm curious about and that's those headlines that quote projected odds on the winners ... they say things like "the front runner is ..." This gives a completely false impression of how/when the votes are cast. It's partly to dispel those misleading tips that I've wanted you all to get a flavour of the voting process. Now I'm not naive enough to think that consultative voting doesn't ever occur, but I can tell you it's not nearly as prevalent in the UK as it is for the Oscars. Most BAFTA members that I know are too independent minded for that because the industry matters to them. Besides though there may be loyalty to a particular film one has worked on, there's no a priori loyalty to a company's output across the board -- especially if you genuinely assess each category on its merits and not just because your old pal worked on the movie.
That said, there is a wind of change blowing through the British Academy over the past few years. And it's not exactly being welcomed with open arms by everyone, especially not the older members. My guess is that Feinberg doesn't have a clue about that 
What fun! 
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 23:07:59
Hi Turrell and Sal
Country of origin has caused increasing problems over the years. There is now a formula, which of course I can't quite remember. But it does have to do with percentages of where key personnel comes from -- i.e. star/s, director, crew, writer/s, and crucially, where the money comes from. Confusion arises when, for example, a really ace US cameraman works in the UK on a British film -- is he counted toward the American quota even if the rest of the camera crew is British?
IMHO the whole thing's gotten out of hand. With the US studios acknowledging that the BAFTAs [kind of] presage the Oscars there's been even greater pressure than there used to be to include more US films in all categories. Though, to be fair, other English language films - Australian, Canadian - also figure in the mix. This kind of makes sense since many of the latter and some of the former are co-productions.
It's still almost impossible to get a studio film made without box office names, some bankable star/s who can do what they call "open" a movie. That means the money-people will invest only if so-and-so will sign up, because that's a sure bet they'll make their money back. And it's not that long ago the bankables were mostly all men. Nowadays it's mostly men plus Julia Roberts. No, actually things have improved so far as gender goes -- and with increasing so-called "ethnic" markets there are more non-whites who can also open a film in what are considered the important territories [the US heartlands, Europe, Asia, South America]. But there are VERY few bankable non-Americans; and having a US star counts heavily in the quota percentage of how to categorize the film.
I dunno - sometimes I think they should just scrap the nationality issues, and judge purely by what's most impressive in any category. It's a bit more cut and dried with the Oscars; Brits seem less obsessed about country of origin and aren't quite as rabid about waving the flag.
My guess is it's nudging that way. Look at this year's list with people like Penelope Cruz in the Best Actress category for her role in a completely Spanish pictue, and Babel in Best Film. United 93, by the way, was produced and directed by Brits, Turrell, so that's why it qualifies.
Hope this helps.
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| RockGolf |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 19:30:43
BB: Thought you'd find the following commentary amusing. It comes from today's http://andthewinneris.blog.com/
quote:
Early this morning, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts will announce the five nominees that its voters have chosen after initially narrowing the various categories down to a "long list" of fifteen a week ago.
This will not exactly be a strong predictor of the Academy's choices...
* Several major Oscar contenders (including Dreamgirls and Letters from Iwo Jima, etc.) were not released in England in time to be considered, and so they are not among the fifteen
* Because of the difference between U.S. and British release dates, some of last year's Oscar contenders--like the foreign film Paradise Now--are among the BAFTA nominees this year
* There are some category concerns, as well--Leonardo DiCaprio's two performances (Blood Diamond and The Departed) are again competing against each other; Matt Damon is actually in the mix for The Departed, for which he is on the Best Actor shortlist and could cancel out Leo; Cate Blanchett is being considered alongside Notes on a Scandal co-star Judi Dench for Best Actress rather than being listed for Best Supporting Actress; Emma Thompson and Juliette Binoche, who are being promoted for Best Supporting Actress in the states, are both listed for Best Actress; etc.
* We are dealing with the British, so they have a tendency to embrace their own. For instance, as one would expect, The Queen made it onto a lot of short lists (even earning two supporting nods that don't have a prayer with the Academy), but so, too, did The History Boys, Notes on a Scandal, and even Casino Royale--they nominated both Daniel Craig and Eva Green. It is equally conceivable that a very "American" movie like United 93 or Little Miss Sunshine will not do as well with the British as it will with the Americans. (Or that one that dumps on Americans, like Borat, will.)
* Oh, and one more thing... they tend not to have a great sense of humor--especially for American humor--so Little Miss Sunshine, look out!
Despite all this, it will still be fun to take a stab at projecting the race, so (don't hold it against me) here we go:
Best Picture
The Queen LOCK
The Departed LOCK
Babel
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Alternate: United 93
Potential Surprise: The Devil Wears Prada
Best Director
Martin Scorsese (The Departed) LOCK
Stephen Frears (The Queen) LOCK
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel)
Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)
Alternate: Paul Greengrass (United 93)
Potential Surprise: Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Actor
Peter O'Toole (Venus) LOCK
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) LOCK
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Daniel Craig (Casino Royale)
Alternate: Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Potential Surprise: Richard Griffiths (The History Boys)
Best Actress
Helen Mirren (The Queen) LOCK
Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) LOCK
Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal) LOCK
Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Kate Winslet (Little Children)
Alternate: Ivana Baquero (Pan's Labyrinth)
Potential Surprise: Annette Bening (Running with Scissors)
Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)
Michael Sheen (The Queen)
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Alternate: Brad Pitt (Babel)
Potential Surprise: James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland)
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) LOCK
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Adriana Barraza (Babel)
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada)
Alternate: Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine)
Potential Surprise: Frances de la Tour (The History Boys)
Best Foreign Film
Pan's Labyrinth LOCK
Volver LOCK
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Apocalypto
Paradise Now
Alternate: L'Enfant
Potential Surprise: Gabrielle
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| turrell |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 18:06:27
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
Oscars as you know make no distinction as to country of origin if the film in in English
But don't they have a weird thing where foreign-language films with any American financing cannot win the foreign-language award?
Don't know - I guess we'll find out if Apocalypto qualifies - my guess is not because I think a foreign country has to pick which film they submit for nomination and I don't know if anyone is going to claim Apocalypto as their own. |
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