Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Awards Watch: BAFTA Nominations

Maybe Atonement isn't out of the Oscar running after all: The Golden Globe Award winner, severely lacking in any major guild support on this side of the pond, racked up an impressive 14 nominations today from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film and Best British Film.

Joining it in the former are the two Oscar front-runners, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, plus American Gangster (also pretty much MIA in key precursors stateside) and last year's Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film, The Lives of Others, which picked up four other nominations, including a posthumous one for the late Ulrich Mühe.

See the comments section below for a quick look at the BAFTA nominees; the awards will be handed out on February 10.

1 comment:

Kirby Holt said...

BAFTA Nominations 2007:

Film:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

British Film:
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
Eastern Promises
This is England

Actor:
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy in Atonement
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others

Actress:
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away from Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Keira Knightley in Atonement
Ellen Page in Juno

Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood
Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Kelly MacDonald in No Country for Old Men
Samantha Morton in Control
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Paul Greengrass for The Bourne Ultimatum
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for The Lives of Others
Joe Wright for Atonement

First Feature:
Taking Liberties
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Brick Lane
Control
The Killing of John Lennon

Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Original Screenplay:
American Gangster
Juno
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
This is England

Cinematography:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Production Design:
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
La Vie en Rose
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design:
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Film Music:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Kite Runner
La Vie en Rose
There Will Be Blood

Editing:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men

Sound:
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
La Vie en Rose
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Special Visual Effects:
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Spider-Man 3

Make-Up & Hair:
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Foreign Language Film:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution

Animated Feature:
Ratatouille
Shrek the Third
The Simpsons Movie

Rising Star Award:
Shia LaBeouf in Transformers
Sienna Miller in Interview
Ellen Page in Juno
Sam Riley in Control
Tang Wei in Lust, Caution

Animated Short Film:
The Pearce Sisters
Head Over Heels
The Crumblegiant

Short Film:
Dog Altogether
Hesitation
The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island
Soft
The Stronger