BAFTA Nominations

[CMJ]

The British Academy released their noms today. The BAFTA's are historically a pretty bad indicator for Oscar glory - as their results are typically all over the map. Hoowever, a few things struck me.

'Big Fish' made a really strong showing. WHY is CM considered "British"?? Scarlett Johannson getting 2 lead noms is amazing. MR and Sb both getting shut out. Anyways..here they are...

BEST PICTURE
• Big Fish
• Cold Mountain
• Lost in Translation
• Master and Commander
• The Return of the King

DAVID LEAN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
• Tim Burton for Big Fish
• Anthony Minghella for Cold Mountain
• Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
• Peter Weir for Master and Commander
• Peter Jackson for The Return of the King


BEST ACTOR
• Benicio Del Toro for 21 Grams
• Sean Penn for 21 Grams
• Jude Law for Cold Mountain
• Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
• Sean Penn for Mystic River
• Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean

BEST ACTRESS
• Naomi Watts for 21 Grams
• Scarlett Johansson for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Uma Thurman for Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
• Anne Reid for The Mother

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Albert Finney for Big Fish
• Bill Nighy for Love Actually
• Paul Bettany for Master and Commander
• Tim Robbins for Mystic River
• Ian McKellen for The Return of the King

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain
• Judy Parfitt for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Emma Thompson for Love Actually
• Laura Linney for Mystic River
• Holly Hunter for Thirteen


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Guillermo Arriaga for 21 Grams
• Denys Arcand for The Barbarian Invasions
• Andrew Stanton, et al. for Finding Nemo
• Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
• Thomas McCarthy for The Station Agent

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• John August for Big Fish
• Anthony Minghella for Cold Mountain
• Olivia Hetreed for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Brian Helgeland for Mystic River
• Peter Jackson, et al. for The Return of the King


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• John Seale for Cold Mountain
• Eduardo Serra for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Lance Acord for Lost in Translation
• Russell Boyd for Master and Commander
• Andrew Lesnie for The Return of the King

BEST FILM EDITING
• 21 Grams
• Cold Mountain
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Lost in Translation
• The Return of the King

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Big Fish
• Cold Mountain
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Master and Commander
• The Return of the King

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
• Cold Mountain
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Master and Commander
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Return of the King

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
• Big Fish
• Cold Mountain
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Return of the King

BEST SOUND
• Cold Mountain
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Master and Commander
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Return of the King

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
• Big Fish
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Master and Commander
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Return of the King


ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM MUSIC
• Gabriel Yared for Cold Mountain
• Alexandre Desplat for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• The RZA for Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Kevin Shields for Lost in Translation
• Howard Shore for The Return of the King


ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
• Cold Mountain
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• In This World
• Love Actually
• Touching the Void

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
• The Barbarian Invasions
• Être et Avoir
• Goodbye, Lenin!
• In This World
• Spirited Away
• The Triplets of Belleville


BEST SHORT FILM
• Brown Paper Bag
• Bye Child
• Nits
• Sea Monsters
• Talking with Angels

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
• Dad's Dead
• Dear Sweet Emma
• Jojo in the Stars
• Nibbles
• Plumber


CARL FOREMAN AWARD
• Sergio Casci for American Cousins
• Peter Webber for Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Emily Young for Kiss of Life
• Jenny Mayhew for To Kill a King

[ReaperFett]

Originally posted by CMJ
WHY is CM considered "British"??
You'd have to find out their criteria. There's a lot of different ways to class where a movie is from.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Does Big Fish have any Oscar hope? Besides the nod for Finney which I expect him to get and probably win.

[CMJ]

Well, I don't expect BF to score more than a handful of nods. I mean maybe Art/Set Design in addition to Finney. The Brits seemed to love it though.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I do hope Finney wins he deserves an Oscar, maybe it could get nod for best screenplay and maybe art direction and some other technies.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Watch for CM to be shut out... again :D

[CMJ]

My computer went down...for about the last day and half, so I didn't get a chance to post these right away...

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Picture - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Director - Peter Weir, Master and Commander
Actor - Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Actress - Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation
Supporting Actor - Bill Nighy, Love Actually
Supporting Actress - Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain
Original Screenplay - The Station Agent
Adapted Screenplay - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
British Film - Touching the Void
Music - Cold Mountain
Cinematography - ROTK
Editing - Lost in Translation
Production Design - Master and Commander
Costume - Master and Commander
Sound - Master and Commander
Visual Effects - ROTK
Makeup - Pirates of the Carribean
Short Animation - Jojo in the Stars
Short film - Brown Paper Bag
Not in English - In this World

[Droo]

I'd rather Sofia Coppola had won best director.