BAFTA 2007: THE RESULTS

Well, the results are in. The last time I was in the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden was for the production of ‘La Cerendola’ and tonight its interior looked as divine as ever. I feel this is a much better setting than the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square for an award ceremony like the BAFTA Awards.

And now…to the winners (and you can compare them with my predictions — I really overlooked ‘The Last King of Scotland’, but will take it into consideration when I do my Oscar predictions!). In brackets is whether I got the call right or wrong.

FILM: The Queen (right)

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year: Last King of Scotland (wrong)

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film: Andrea Arnold (right)

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction: Paul Greengrass (right)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Little Miss Sunshine (wrong)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Last King of Scotland (wrong)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Pan’s Labyrinth (right)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Happy Feet (right)

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE: Forrest Whittaker (wrong)

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE: Helen Mirren (right)

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD: Eva Green (wrong)

Ironically, I actually voted for Eva Green but at the last minute I thought the Academy might award it to another young actor like they did last year with James McAvoy.

There are some years in which one film obviously sweeps the board, but it’s actually more interesting when every contender has an equal chance of winning.

Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees!

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Link: BAFTA’s official site

Link: Jake Gyllenhaal @ BAFTA 2007, YouTube

BAFTA 2007: MY PREDICTIONS

This is a post from 11 February 2007.

BEST FILM: The Queen – Andy Harries/Christine Langan/Tracey Seaward

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year: Casino Royale – Michael G Wilson/Barbara Broccoli/Martin Campbell/Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film: Andrea Arnold (Director) – Red Road

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction: United 93 – Paul Greengrass

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Casino Royal – Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Pan’s Labyrinth- Alfonso Cuarón/Alvaro Augustin/Guillermo del Toro

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Happy Feet – George Miller

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE: Peter O’Toole – Venus

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE: Helen Mirren – The Queen

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD: Ben Whishaw