The British Academy released the final list of nominees for this year’s British Academy Film Awards on Thursday morning. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the BAFTAs race with 11 nominations each.
The BAFTAs nominations longlist was released last week. Here is the final list of BAFTA nominees:
BEST FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (pictured, right)
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
> Certainly make matters worst for Best Picture hopeful The Dark Knight. I can see a repeat at the Oscars. The Reader for Best Picture? Sigh...
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia! (pictured, left)
Man on Wire
Slumdog Millionaire
> No Happy-Go-Lucky nod even for Best Actress? BAFTA members must be serious minded folks, 'right?
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, Writer/Director - Hunger
Solon Papandopoulos, Roy Boulter, Producers - Of Time and the City
> Steve McQueen by a mile.
DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
> Where's Chris Nolan? Gus Van Sant? And what the hell is The Clint doing here?
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading
J. Michael Straczynski, Changeling
Philippe Claudel, I’ve Loved You so Long
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
> No WALL-E? Happy-Go-Lucky? Waltz with Bashir? This is Milk's best chance for an award.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
> Big-time nominees. I can see a repeat at the Oscars. Give it to Simon Beaufoy already!
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
Gomorrah, Italy
I’ve Loved You so Long, France
Persepolis, France
Waltz with Bashir, Israel
> A Christmas Tale and The Class weren't included. Surprised with double love for Bashir, though I bet on Gomorrah to make up for its surprising and devastating Oscar loss.
ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
> WALL-E, hands down.
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
> The Clint is loved by BAFTA as a director, not as an actor. Patel for "Best Leading Actor"? Hmmm...
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
> The "Brangelina" fever has reached the British soils. Makes me think that BAFTA needs a big audience for its declining awards show ratings.
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
> Happy for Downey and Gleeson. Pitt is a surprise nominee here.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
> Pinto for Best Sup. Actress? Minimalist acting or just plain bad? Where is Viola Davis (Doubt) and Taraji Henson (Button)?
MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, The Dark Knight
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia!
A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, Wall-E
> Glad that Newman made it for his innovative score for WALL-E, though sad for Hans Zimmer's touching Revolutionary Road score and Eastwood's 30s period jazz score for Changeling.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Stern, Changeling
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins, The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
> Mantle, the BAFTA's yours already. Get it now.
EDITING
Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach, Changeling
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley, Frost/Nixon
Jon Gregory, In Bruges
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
PRODUCTION DESIGN
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis, Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road
Mark Digby, Michelle Day, Slumdog Millionaire
COSTUME DESIGN
Deborah Hopper, Changeling
Jacqueline West, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lindy Hemming, The Dark Knight
Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road
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
Wall-E - 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 & 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 - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
Varmints - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
Kingsland #1 The Dreamer - Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
Love You More - Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
Ralph - Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
September - Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
The Business Trip (Voyage d’affaires) - Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (audience choice award)
Michael Cera
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
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