Dame Helen Mirren and Forest Whittaker were awarded the best actors at last night’s BAFTA awards in Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House.
Following on from her numerous awards for The Queen including best actress Golden Globes, Damn Helen has become the favourite to win the Oscar in two weeks’ time
And the same can be said to Forest Whitaker, as he won another award for his portray in The Last King Of Scotland.
Stephen Fears’ The Queen had ten nominations leading up to the BAFTA awards and on the night, it won Best Film and Best Actress. It wasn’t a clean sweep by Her Majesty though. Kevin McDonald’s The Last King Of Scotland won three – Best British Film, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay – while Paul Greengrass took Best Director for his work on United 93 (which also won Best Editing). Best Original Screenplay went to Little Miss Sunshine, which also managed to win Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth did exceptionally well winning three awards including Best Foreign Film, Best Make Up & Hair and Best Costume. As for Casino Royale, Daniel Craig missed out on the Best Actor category, but his co-star Eva Green was awarded the Orange Rising Star award (as voted by the public).
Unfortunately Oscar front-runners Babel and The Departed were almost entirely ignored. With Babel winning one - Best Music - but nothing for Martin Scorsese’s film.
Here’s the full list of winners:
FILM
The Queen
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
The Last King Of Scotland
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
Andrea Arnold (Director) – Red Road
THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
Paul Greengrass – United 93
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Little Miss Sunshine
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Last King of Scotland
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Pan’s Labyrinth
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Happy Feet
ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Helen Mirren – The Queen
ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
Babel
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children Of Men
EDITING
United 93
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Children Of Men
COSTUME DESIGN
Pan’s Labyrinth
SOUND
Casino Royale
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
MAKE UP & HAIR
Pan’s Labyrinth
SHORT ANIMATION FILM
Guy 101
SHORT FILM
Do Not Erase
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Eva Green
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Yink says:
Martin Scorsese got screwed again.
Feb 12, 2007, 7:14 pm