BAFTA 2009 Nominations
After the glitz of Golden Globes, we are now getting to awards that are taken seriously for their quality rather than glitz and regional preferences alone.
Note that the eligibility is Jan1st to Dec 31st in a calender year for all the films released in Britan. So Persipolis may be a carry over and just like This is England got nominated in the Globes this year.
Already creating waves of contreversy is the surprise emission of happy-Go-Lucky which won at Golden Globes. A beautiful film that England should actually be very proud of.
The following are the nominations for the various BAFTA awards this year:
The Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations
* Best Film
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
* Outstanding British Film
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man On Wire
Slumdog Millionaire
* The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for Their First Feature Film
Simon Chinn, Producer – Man On Wire
Judy Craymer, Producer – Mamma Mia!
Garth Jennings, Writer – Son Of Rambow
Steve McQueen, Director/Writer – Hunger
Solon Papadopoulos/Roy Boulter, Producers – Of Time And The City
* Director
Changeling – Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – David Fincher
Frost/Nixon – Ron Howard
The Reader – Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle
* Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
Changeling – J Michael Straczynski
I’ve Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel
In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
Milk – Dustin Lance Black
* Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Reader – David Hare
Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy
* Film Not In The English Language
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You So Long
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
* Animated Film
Persepolis
Walloe
Waltz With Bashir
* Leading Actor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
* Leading Actress
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
* Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading
* Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
* Music
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus
Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman
Walloe – Thomas Newman
* Cinematography
Changeling – Tom Stern
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
The Reader – Chris Menges/Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Editing
Changeling – Joel Cox/Gary D Roach
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter/Angus Wall
The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill/Dan Hanley
In Bruges – Jon Gregory
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
* Production Design
Changeling – James J Murakami/Gary Fettis
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt/Victor J Zolfo
The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley/Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea/Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby/Michelle Day
* Costume Design
Changeling – Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming
The Duchess – Michael O’Connor
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
* Sound
Changeling – Walt Martin/Alan Robert Murray/John Reitz/Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg/Richard King/Ed Novick/Gary Rizzo
Quantum Of Solace – Eddy Joseph/Chris Munro/Mike Prestwood Smith/Mark Taylor
Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle/Resul Pookutty/Richard Pryke/Tom Sayers/ Ian Tapp
Walloe – Ben Burtt/Tom Myers/Michael Semanick/Matthew Wood
* Special Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba/Craig Barron/Nathan McGuinness/ Edson Williams
The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould/Nick Davis/Paul Franklin/Tim Webber
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman
Iron Man – Shane Patrick Mahan/John Nelson/Ben Snow
Quantum Of Solace – Chris Corbould/Kevin Tod Haug
* Make Up and Hair
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Jean Black/Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight – Peter Robb-King
The Duchess – Daniel Phillips/Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon – Edouard Henriques/Kim Santantonio
Milk – Steven E Anderson/Michael White
* Short Animation
Codswallop
Varmints
Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death
* Short Film
Kingsland £1 The Dreamer
Love You More
Ralph
September
Voyages D’Affaires (The Business Trip)
* The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Michael Cera
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
And Dev patel and Frieda Pinto get nominations!
Tags: World Cinema
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Sometimes we have a single movie making waves, for some reason or other, and generally that movie ends up sweeping all awards. Forrest Gump in 1994, Titanic in 1997 being the best examples. And i guess SDM, is in that category.
Best Actor- Wud back Sean Penn for Milk
Best Actress-Kate Winslet either for RR or Reader
Best Supporting Actor-Heath Ledger for Dark Knight.
Best Actor is definitely Sean Penn for Milk. What a performance man. I have not seen Frost/Nixon so can’t comment on Langella. Mickey Rourke is awesome in The Wrestler, but I feel Penn edges him out in Milk.
SDM is getting unfairly huge adulation. It is good, in fact very good, but is not in the same league of Milk, Wrestler or Revolutionary Road or even Dark Knight for that matter.
I would keep it on the same plane as Benjamin Button, in the “very good but not great” category.
Why is Dark Knight so sidelined??
LOL – nominations for Dev and Freida? They were the weakest link in SDM – not award worthy performances. The young kids were much better.
@Lee
personally reida and dev werent so bad
although the young kids were better
but the guys who play jamal brother in his adolecensce would be the weakest link for me