BAFTA nominations Announced

[CheekyShepherd]

The BAFTA award nominations were announced in London this morning, and look ominously like what I imagine the Oscar nominations to look like.

For those not in the know, the BAFTA's are Britain's equivalent of the Academy Awards. The British Academy of Film & Television Arts.

2005 Nominations:

BEST PICTURE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana & James Schamus)
CAPOTE (Caroline Baron, William Vince & Michael Ohoven)
THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Simon Channing-Williams)
CRASH (Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle & Bob Yari)
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (Grant Heslov)

DAVID LEAN AWARD for BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
George Clooney - GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK
Paul Haggis - CRASH
Ang Lee - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Fernando Meirelles - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Bennett Miller - CAPOTE

BEST ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE
David Straithairn - GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

BEST ACTRESS
Dame Judi Dench - MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE
Ziyi Zhang - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Don Cheadle - CRASH
George Clooney - GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
George Clooney - SYRIANA
Matt Dillon - CRASH
Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Brenda Blethyn - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Catherine Keener - CAPOTE
Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY
Thandie Newton - CRASH
Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
CAPOTE - Dan Futterman
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Jeffrey Caine
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - Josh Olson
PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Deborah Moggach

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CINDERELLA MAN - Akiva Goldsman & Cliff Hollingsworth
CRASH - Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - George Clooney & Grant Heslov
HOTEL RWANDA - Terry George & Keir Pearson
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS - Martin Sherman

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Gustavo Santaolalla
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Alberto Iglesias
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - John Williams
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS - George Fenton
WALK THE LINE - T Bone Burnett

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Rodrigo Prieto
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Cesar Charlone
CRASH - J Michael Muro
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Laurent Chalet & Jerôme Maison
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Dion Beebe

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Gabriella Pescucci
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE - Isis Mussenden
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Colleen Atwood
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS - Sandy Powell
PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Jacqueline Durran

BEST EDITING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Dylan Tichenor & Geraldine Peroni
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Claire Simpson
CRASH - Holmes Winborne
GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK - Stephen Mirrione
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Sabine Emiliani

BEST FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED (DE BATTRE MON COEUR S'EST ARRÊTÉ) - Pascal Caucheteux; Jacques Audiard
LE GRANDE VOYAGE - Humbert Balsan; Ismaël Ferroukhi
JOYEUX NOËL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) - Christophe Rossignon; Christian Carion
KUNG FU HUSTLE - Stephen Chow; Chui Po Chu; Jeff Lau
TSOTSI - Peter Fudakowski; Gavin Hood

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Peter Owen & Ivana Primorac
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero & Nikki Gooley
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Eithne Fennell
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Noriko Watanabe, Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou & Kelvin R Trahan
PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Fae Hammond

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BATMAN BEGINS - Nathan Crowley
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Alex McDowell
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE - Stuart Craig
KING KONG - Grant Major
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - John Myhre

BEST SOUND
BATMAN BEGINS - David G Evans, Stefan Henrix & Peter Lindsay
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Joakim Sundström & Stuart Wilson
CRASH - Richard Van Dyke & Sandy Gendler
KING KONG - Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn
WALK THE LINE - Paul Massey, D M Hemphill, Peter F Kurland & Donald Sylvester

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BATMAN BEGINS - Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass & Chris Corbould
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Nick Davis, Jon Thum, Chaz Jarrett & Joss Williams
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney & Scott Farrar
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE - Jim Mitchell & John Richardson
KING KONG - Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Vant Hul & Richard Taylor

ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for BEST BRITISH FILM
A COCK & BULL STORY - Andrew Eaton; Michael Winterbottom; Martin Hardy
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Simon Channing-Williams; Fernando Meirelles; Jeffrey Caine
PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Paul Webster; Joe Wright; Deborah Moggach
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT - Peter Lord & David Sproxton; Nick Park & Steve Box; Mark Burton & Bob Baker

CARL FOREMAN AWARD for DIRECTOR, PRODUCER OR WRITER in their first feature film
David Belton (Producer) - SHOOTING DOGS
Peter Fudakowski (Producer) - TSOTSI
Annie Griffin (Director/Writer) - FESTIVAL
Richard Hawkins (Director) - EVERYTHING
Joe Wright (Director) - PRIDE & PREJUDICE

The Constant Gardener - 10 nominations
Brokeback Mountain; Crash - 9 nominations
Good Night, and Good Luck; Memoirs Of A Geisha - 6 nominations
Capote; Pride & Prejudice - 5 nominations

So there we have it. A few surprises (BAFTA do like to keep it all a little "British"), but on the whole I expect Oscars categories to look incredibly similar!

[jolanar]

Do the Baftas have a televised award show?

[CheekyShepherd]

The BAFTA's are normally quite difficult to predict (especially in the supporting performance categories) because they tend to vote for British or semi-British choices, but I'll give it a bash, alongside my own personal choices.

BEST PICTURE
Will win: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana & James Schamus)
Want to win: CRASH (Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle & Bob Yari)

BAFTA's big award normally adheres to the winner of Oscars and Golden Globes big award. BM's only just opened over here, but all the critics are creaming there pants about it. Personally, I'd prefer CRASH to get this. It was the best film of the summer over here. BM is just feeding off it's own hype and is pretty much unstoppable. I must say I'm surprised to see GN&GL in contention. The McCarthy era was very much a part of American history and didn't really affect British interest.

DAVID LEAN AWARD for BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Will win: Fernando Meirelles - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Want to win: Paul Haggis - CRASH

Best Picture and Director never coincide at the BAFTA's. They always seem to give this to Best Picture's runner-up.

BEST ACTOR
Will win: Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Want to win:Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE

P S Hoffman has all the critics raging about this performance and he's gonna sweep all the awards for his consistent work over the last decade. Although I'd rather see Joaquin win.

BEST ACTRESS
Will win: Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Want to win:Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

It'll either be Rachel or Dame Judi here. I'd rather see Rachel win than her Dameness who already has more BAFTA's than everyone else put together. Again, I'd rather Reese win for her excellent portrayal as June Carter Cash.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will win: Don Cheadle - CRASH
Want to win: Matt Dillon - CRASH

A tough category, I'm thinking Cheadle will win solely because he's also producer on this picture and they won't let it or him go home empty handed, will they? I was surprised not to see Bob Hoskins here for MHP, in which he case he'd be a likely winner. Nevertheless, I think Matt Dillon will be robbed here. His performance was, IMO, one the years finest and certainly his!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will win: Brenda Blethyn - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Want to win: Catherine Keener - CAPOTE

I'm thinking Brenda Blethyn will win this, otherwise, why would she be here??? Catherine Keener should win. She's the best of an ordinary bunch.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will win: THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Jeffrey Caine
Want to win: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - Josh Olson

It's gonna be tight between Brokeback & TCG in this category. But I'm thinking they'll give it to TCG because it's more "British"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will win: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Want to win: CRASH - Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco

I can't understand why Hotel Rwanda was remembered from early 2005 but Million Dollar Baby has been completely forgotten. George Clooney will win this cos I don't think he'll win Supporting Actor and he's gotta surely win something out of his 4 nominations.

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Will win: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Gustavo Santaolalla
Want to win: WALK THE LINE - T Bone Burnett

A tough category. I don't remember the music from any, and haven't seen Memoirs yet.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will win: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Laurent Chalet & Jerôme Maison
Want to win: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Laurent Chalet & Jerôme Maison

Surprise not to see GN&GL in this category. March Of The Penguins had superb photography, glad it was remembered

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will win: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Colleen Atwood
Want to win: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE - Isis Mussenden

Memoirs is a lock in both the Production Design and Costume Design categories, although I think TLTW&TW showed more flair and imagination.

BEST EDITING
Will win: GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK - Stephen Mirrione
Want to win: CRASH - Holmes Winborne

This really is a 5-horse race. Anyone could win. I'm just guessin'.

BEST FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Will win: THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED (DE BATTRE MON COEUR S'EST ARRÊTÉ) - Pascal Caucheteux; Jacques Audiard
Want to win: KUNG FU HUSTLE - Stephen Chow; Chui Po Chu; Jeff Lau

TBMHS did really well over here and was on the critic's top 10 for months. It's there's to lose. I'd prefer Hustle to win though, it seems more fun.

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
Will win: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Noriko Watanabe, Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou & Kelvin R Trahan
Want to win: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero & Nikki Gooley

See Costume Design.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will win: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - John Myhre
Want to win: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Alex McDowell

Production Design was the best thing about C&TCF, but Memoirs is gonna steal this because they always give it to period dramas as opposed to contemporary/fantasy movies.

BEST SOUND
Will win: WALK THE LINE - Paul Massey, D M Hemphill, Peter F Kurland & Donald Sylvester
Want to win: KING KONG - Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn

Last year, Ray won this category, so it'd be no surprise to see another musical biopic win. King Kong's gonna be completely left out in the rain. BAFTA never rewards self-indulgent epics, remakes or sequels.

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Will win: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney & Scott Farrar
Want to win: KING KONG - Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Vant Hul & Richard Taylor

BAFTA seem to take budget into account in this category and NEVER give it to the most expensive budgeted movie. Total Recall lost to Honey, I Shrunk The Kids in 1991! Twister beat Independence Day in 1996! Titanic lost to The Fifth Element in 1998! Gladiator lost to The Perfect Storm in 2001! I've got a feeling the animatronics of Narnia are gonna pip Kong in 2006!

ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for BEST BRITISH FILM
Will win: THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Simon Channing-Williams; Fernando Meirelles; Jeffrey Caine
Want to win: WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT - Peter Lord & David Sproxton; Nick Park & Steve Box; Mark Burton & Bob Baker

TCG gets a consolation prize for not winning the main award. BAFTA should really introduce an Animated Feature category. I'm surprised VALIANT didn't get into the shortlist here.

CARL FOREMAN AWARD for DIRECTOR, PRODUCER OR WRITER in their first feature film
Will win: Peter Fudakowski (Producer) - TSOTSI
Want to win: Joe Wright (Director) - PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Does anyone really give a toss about this category? Even Carl Foreman couldn't care less! I'm completely guessing!!!

[CheekyShepherd]

Originally posted by jolanar
Do the Baftas have a televised award show?

The British Academy Film Awards will be held on Saturday 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, it's normally televised live or repeated the next day on BBC1 over here. I'm not too sure if it's televised stateside, but there should certainly be an internet feed.

[jimmyjdmb]

George Clooney has 4 nominations?? I can't remember a single person getting that many at a major award show ever.

[jolanar]

Originally posted by jimmyjdmb
George Clooney has 4 nominations?? I can't remember a single person getting that many at a major award show ever.

Hes had 2 very critically acclaimed movies come out this year. Overall it's been a great year for him.

[thedudeman69]

Originally posted by jolanar
Hes had 2 very critically acclaimed movies come out this year. Overall it's been a great year for him.

He also has great political connections. *wink wink, nudge nudge*

[dannywalker17]

I'm pretty sure the BAFTAs are not broadcast in the states at all. Could be wrong.


There are some surprises here.

BEST PICTURE
THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Simon Channing-Williams)

The other four are basically locks for the Oscar Best Pic category, but most were predicting Munich or Walk the Line in the 5th spot. This could change things.


BEST ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Again the unexpected love for Constant Gardener. Fiennes was not really a contender before for the fifth spot, but that may be different now. Most were predicting Terrence Howard or Russell Crowe in the 5th spot.


BEST ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Weisz is LEAD actress now? And no Kiera Knightley?


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Don Cheadle - CRASH
George Clooney - GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
George Clooney - SYRIANA

Double noms for Clooney despite not much buzz on his GN&GL acting role, and the inclusion of Cheadle instead of Howard for Crash is out of nowhere.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Brenda Blethyn - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Thandie Newton - CRASH

Must be their British-ness, but these ladies aren't getting the nods from the other awards shows or the guilds. (Newton is very deserving though.) And no Amy Adams?


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Laurent Chalet & Jerôme Maison
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Dion Beebe

Seriously??


BEST EDITING
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Sabine Emiliani

Seriously????


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BATMAN BEGINS - Nathan Crowley

Interesting.


The Constant Gardener - 10 nominations
Memoirs Of A Geisha - 6 nominations

Doesn't Geisha have like the worst reviews of all the Oscar-bait movies this year?

[Sigur509]

Crash is always my pick for best picture. The only "awards worthy" film I've seen. Not counting Walk the Line.

[CheekyShepherd]

Originally posted by jimmyjdmb
George Clooney has 4 nominations?? I can't remember a single person getting that many at a major award show ever.

Warren Beatty & Orson Welles were nominated for 4 Oscars. Beatty actually achieved this feat twice. Welles was nominated for Best Director, Actor, Screenplay and as producer of Citizen Kane. Beatty received nominations in the same categories for Heaven Can Wait & Reds in 1978 & 1981 respectively.

Sound designer Gary Rydstrom also received 4 nominations for Best Sound & Best Sound Effects Editing for Backdraft & Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991.

[brodeurnumber1]

Not a single nomination for Munich? It at least deserves a best director nomination. But I am very happy that FINALLY Fiennes gets a nomination for Best Actor somewhere.

Oh, and Rwanda's a 2004 film, not quite sure why it's nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

[CheekyShepherd]

Originally posted by brodeurnumber1
Not a single nomination for Munich? It at least deserves a best director nomination. But I am very happy that FINALLY Fiennes gets a nomination for Best Actor somewhere.

Oh, and Rwanda's a 2004 film, not quite sure why it's nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Munich isn't released in Britain until early February. Hotel Rwanda was released late in this country last year as well. As was Million Dollar Baby which has been completely ignored! :confused:

If you look at the history of the BAFTA's (http://imdb.com/Sections/Awards/BAFTA_Awards/) you'll see that they are notorious for giving awards to films which were released late in the UK.

[jolanar]

Originally posted by CheekyShepherd
As was Million Dollar Baby which has been completely ignored!

Thank goodness!

[dannywalker17]

Anybody watch it? I wish I could have seen Jake's speech.

[CheekyShepherd]

BEST PICTURE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana & James Schamus)

DAVID LEAN AWARD for BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Ang Lee - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

BEST ACTRESS
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Thandie Newton - CRASH

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH - Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - John Williams

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Dion Beebe

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - Colleen Atwood

BEST EDITING
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Claire Simpson

BEST FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED (DE BATTRE MON COEUR S'EST ARRÊTÉ) - Pascal Caucheteux; Jacques Audiard

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero & Nikki Gooley

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE - Stuart Craig

BEST SOUND
WALK THE LINE - Paul Massey, D M Hemphill, Peter F Kurland & Donald Sylvester

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG - Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Vant Hul & Richard Taylor

ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for BEST BRITISH FILM
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT - Peter Lord & David Sproxton; Nick Park & Steve Box; Mark Burton & Bob Baker

CARL FOREMAN AWARD for DIRECTOR, PRODUCER OR WRITER in their first feature film
Joe Wright (Director) - PRIDE & PREJUDICE


Highlights:

Stephen Fry hosting
Jake Gyllenhal winning Best Supporting Actor
Gyllenhaal's and Philip Seymour Hoffman's speeches
Thandie Newton's surprise for Best Supporting Actress
The Constant Gardener not sweeping the board (I really thought it would)
King Kong winning Best Visual Effects

Lowlights:

Good Night and Good Luck ignored completely
Not enough winners turning up
Brokeback Mountain not winning Best Music (easily the best thing about the movie)
Non-celebrities being amongst (what the fuck has Michelle Ryan ever done for cinema?)
The 1/2 hour break for the 10 o'clock news!

[Hannibal21]

Didn't get a chance to watch it, but judging from the winners, I would say:

PROS:
-Brokeback Mountain
-Philip Seymour Hoffman
-Jake Gyllenhaal (didn't expect him to win, but glad he did, it was the best supporting male performance I've seen of last year by a distance)
-Reese Witherspoon
-King Kong for Best Visual Effects

CONS:
-Crash winning Best Original Screenplay
-Three awards for Memoirs of a Geisha is a bit much

[dannywalker17]

Originally posted by CheekyShepherd
Lowlights:
The 1/2 hour break for the 10 o'clock news!

Haha seriously!? Those crazy Brits and their socialist TV system.;)