Hey Folks, Harry here... Well FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is picking up more steam as it raked in the big win with the BAFTA Awards taking in Film, Director, Special Visual Effects, Make up & Hair as well as the Film of the Year Audience Award. This is very good for FOTR's Academy Chances as it now has the AFI and BAFTA wins. Next we'll have to look and see how the various Guild Awards go, because usually they point the most direct direction for the ACADEMY's results. I do have one odd note... How did a film filled with fairly straight forward 1930's clothes and costumes beat MOULIN ROUGE or FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING's magnificent costume design. Perhaps the addage, less is more? Hmmm... Intriguing eh? Another win of note is that once again MOULIN ROUGE has picked up a music award, though it is not even nominated due to Academy regulations for an Oscar? Is this justice? Will this force the Academy to reexamine and possibly create a best Adapted Music Soundtrack in the future? We'll see. Here's the winners....
Hi Harry - how's it going? Big X here chiming in from England to tell you that the British Academy film awards were presented tonight. Thought you might like to know some of the results..........
Here we go: The BAFTA Awards 2002 – The List in Full
Best Film: The Lord of the Rings
Best Director: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings
Best Actor: Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Judi Dench – Iris
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent – Moulin Rouge
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind
Best Special Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings
Best Make Up and Hair: The Lord of the Rings
The Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music: Moulin Rouge
Best Sound: Moulin Rouge
Best Original Screenplay: Amelie
Best Adapted Screenplay: Shrek
Best British Film: Gosford Park
Best Production Design: Amelie
Best Cinematography: The Man Who Wasn’t There
Best Editing: Mulholland Drive
Best Foreign Language Film: Amores Perros
Best Costume Design: Gosford Park
Best Short Film: About A Girl
Best Animated Short: Dog
BAFTA Academy Fellowship: Warren Beatty and Merchant Ivory Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema: Vic Armstrong Special Award: Eon (James Bond)
Orange Film of the Year: The Lord of the Rings (voted by the public)
