Well what can I say, pretty much everyone and their dogs, know that ‘Slumdog’s Millionaire’ was the big star of the night. With Boyle’s latest hit film scooping up a grand total of seven films all the other great films felt left in the shadows. Films like ‘Milk’ and ‘Frost Nixon’ being certainly left out; it just supported my theory of the films being release simply at the wrong time. If they were shown earlier or maybe later they would definitely have been noticed more. Having said that thought doesn’t mean that I didn’t feel that ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ didn’t deserve that many awards because it truly did but it certainly over shadowed others films.
However one film it didn’t get so over shadowed was Fincher’s ‘Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’ which won only three awards. Even though it won several awards Brad Pitt didn’t get to leave his seat after loosing Best Supporting Actor to you know who… Heath Ledger. An interesting part to the evening was when Michael Sheen and David Frost (the person Michael Sheen was playing in ‘Frost/Nixon’) went on stage to read the winner for Best Original Screenplay.
Now lets focus on the British films. I was glad to see that Steve McQueen (not to be mistaken for the other McQueen from ‘Bullit’) win THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for his film ‘Hunger (2008). Martin McDonagh won himself a BAFTA for his latest flick ‘In Bruges’. McDonagh had previously won himself an Oscar for his first short film ‘Six Shooter’, so it is interesting to see that he has won a award for pretty much everything he has done (includes his plays ‘The Pillowman’). Which begs the question if it is just a flook or is he the next big thing. And lastly film to win OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM was the Chinn and March’s film ‘Man On Wire’.
The last thing I’m going to say is that I am glad that Mickey Rourke won the award for LEADING ACTOR, and had a rather touching and funny speech in which he swore twice. As I said in my review for ‘The Wrestler’ I think that Rourke deserves some acclaim for his role I the film. Having said that I was sad that Van Sant’s latest film ‘Milk’ was a bit left out. I really thought they deserved HAIR AND MAKE-UP, but we will have to see if I receives anything when the Academy Awards come rolling in. Oh and Terry Gilliam has now been excepted into the BAFTA’s which was… nice.
For all the rest of the winners I have put them below.
BEST FILM
However one film it didn’t get so over shadowed was Fincher’s ‘Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’ which won only three awards. Even though it won several awards Brad Pitt didn’t get to leave his seat after loosing Best Supporting Actor to you know who… Heath Ledger. An interesting part to the evening was when Michael Sheen and David Frost (the person Michael Sheen was playing in ‘Frost/Nixon’) went on stage to read the winner for Best Original Screenplay.
Now lets focus on the British films. I was glad to see that Steve McQueen (not to be mistaken for the other McQueen from ‘Bullit’) win THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for his film ‘Hunger (2008). Martin McDonagh won himself a BAFTA for his latest flick ‘In Bruges’. McDonagh had previously won himself an Oscar for his first short film ‘Six Shooter’, so it is interesting to see that he has won a award for pretty much everything he has done (includes his plays ‘The Pillowman’). Which begs the question if it is just a flook or is he the next big thing. And lastly film to win OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM was the Chinn and March’s film ‘Man On Wire’.
The last thing I’m going to say is that I am glad that Mickey Rourke won the award for LEADING ACTOR, and had a rather touching and funny speech in which he swore twice. As I said in my review for ‘The Wrestler’ I think that Rourke deserves some acclaim for his role I the film. Having said that I was sad that Van Sant’s latest film ‘Milk’ was a bit left out. I really thought they deserved HAIR AND MAKE-UP, but we will have to see if I receives anything when the Academy Awards come rolling in. Oh and Terry Gilliam has now been excepted into the BAFTA’s which was… nice.
For all the rest of the winners I have put them below.
BEST FILM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger
DIRECTOR
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
ANIMATED FILM
WALL•E – Andrew Stanton
LEADING ACTOR
MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET – The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MUSIC
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
COSTUME DESIGN
THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor
SOUND
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
NOEL CLARKE
Oh yeah and Kate Whinslet won, again.
Oliver Hunt
Oh yeah and Kate Whinslet won, again.
Oliver Hunt
