ROTTEN TOMATOES: 2008 BAFTA Film Award Winners Announced

2008 BAFTA Film Award Winners Announced

Prizes spread out at UK's film awards.

by Orlando Parfitt | February 10, 2008

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The Orange British Academy Film awards took place at London's Royal Opera House tonight, and RT was there to see the winners and losers as they were announced.

The winners in full:

Best Film
Atonement

Best British Film
This is England

The Carl Foreman Award (for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film)
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) -- Control

Best Director
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

Best Original Screenplay
Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Film Not in the English Language (nominations announced on Friday 4 January)
The Lives of Others

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Marion Cottilard - La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Music
La Vie En Rose

Best Cinematography
No Country for Old Men

Best Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Production Design
Atonement

Best Costume Design
La Vie En Rose

Best Sound
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Special Visual Effects
The Golden Compass

Best Make-Up & Hair
La Vie En Rose

Best Short Animation
The Pearce Sisters

Best Short Film
Dog Altogether

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public -- nominees announced on Tuesday 8 January)
Shia LaBeouf

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Product_of_You writes:
on Feb 10 2008 02:41 PM

I can't believe that Atonement keeps winning all of these awards, and yet a film like Gone Baby Gone doesn't even get recognized.

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tayrank18 writes:
on Feb 10 2008 03:06 PM

i agree with you completely...gone baby gone was amazing

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Feb 10 2008 03:12 PM

Gone Baby Gone hasn't been released in the UK so it was ineligible for the BAFTAs. But it has been neglected in plenty of other ceremonies...

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The Paki Don writes:
on Feb 10 2008 03:30 PM

Wow, I like Shia, but I didn't know that he was that well-liked. I'd thought Ellen Page might have won that, but then I don't know, if she was nominated.

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Feb 10 2008 03:35 PM

She was nominated, but Juno only came out on Friday in the UK so there's a chance it didn't have the recognition necessary to nab her the award over the dude who starred in the summer's big blockbuster and is about to star in an Indy film.

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~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Feb 10 2008 04:14 PM

Figures La Vie En Rose and Atonement sweep the awards. I'm sure they're both good movies, but they're very artsy choices and you look sophisticated if you vote for them. Because seriously, Atonement over Zodiac/There Will Be Blood/No Country for Old Men/The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford/Gone Baby Gone/Michael Clayton/virtually any good movie that came out this year? Is it that good? Pretty much everyone who's seen There Will Be Blood/No Country for Old Men will tell you that they stand head and shoulders above the competition, and the other choices aren't half-bad either.

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FLYmeatwad writes:
on Feb 10 2008 04:55 PM

I saw Atonement and I thought it was a lot better than Clayton, but I think Clayton is a little over rated. I don't think Atonement was better than No Country or Blood though and I'm actually puzzled as to how the lady from M.C. took home best supporting actress over Blanchet, or even that little girl from Atonement. She was solid, but I wasn't blown away by her performance.

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alsanali writes:
on Feb 10 2008 05:08 PM

Atonement was a great movie though the movies that Admiral Snowstorm mentioned are even better (except for Michael Clayton which I found very disappointing and I haven't seen There Will Be Blood). The Assassination of Jesse James, Gone Baby Gone and Zodiac all deserve more recognition.

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Mr. Bowler writes:
on Feb 10 2008 05:26 PM

I still don't understand how Norbit received an Academy Award nomination and Zodiac didn't. Are you kidding? We'll now have to call it "Academy Award Nominated Norbit". It makes me shutter just thinking about it.

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Schumacherh8ter writes:
on Feb 10 2008 05:57 PM

How could they choose "The Golden Compass"'s crappy special effects over "Transformers". Also, for giving "Norbit" a nomination and not giving one to "Zodiac" leads me to believe that the Acadamy is run my ****ing morons.

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vader_of_vjun writes:
on Feb 10 2008 06:26 PM

Well, good for Atonement. Nice to see that the best film of the year has indeed won some awards in that category, because it sure as hell won't win the Oscar.

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Jaiph writes:
on Feb 10 2008 06:43 PM

Best special effects... The Golden Compass. Riiiiight. Some bear lovers in the house?

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homer42016 writes:
on Feb 10 2008 07:36 PM

Where's the love for Sweeney Todd? I thought that it would have at least received recognition for it's cinematography or Johnny Depp's performance.

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Lesmana writes:
on Feb 10 2008 08:55 PM

then again...who would take awards too seriously nowadays...

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gerke writes:
on Feb 11 2008 05:06 AM

In reply to this comment (#1566884)
well when you have two clear contenders (there will be blood and no country) then vote splitting is an option. my guess is that atonement (which i think is a very good movie by the way) stole the award because the two favorites splitted the votes (hope my english is any good).

atonement and la vie en rose aren't artsy, there just very good movies. the diving bell or 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days also didn't got nominated. there are a lot of good international movies so i don't see why they couldn't do a best movie cat. with foreign and domestic(english) movies.

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Product_of_You writes:
on Feb 11 2008 08:12 AM

I personally saw at least 20 or so movies last year that were better than Atonement.

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sfsilver writes:
on Feb 11 2008 09:16 AM

Remember there's always interpersonal politics and popularity at work in these industry awards. Tilda Swinton is a highly regarded actress who has struggled for recognition and I think part of her winning was a reward for finally "making it big" after always delivering in small under appreciated films. She was also very good in the role - was it the best performance, maybe not, but it was at least worthy of a nomination . Cate's been well rewarded for her past work. At least they didn't give the award to Ruby Dee for still breathing.

Atonement has it's Britishness going for it with the BAFTAs.

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dahluzz writes:
on Feb 11 2008 10:43 AM

seriously folks, have you seen what english people do when they lose a soccer game (nope, not calling it football). they destroy their own frickin city. imagine if their best picture had gone to an american flick instead of their beloved atonement. the royal opera house would have been torn assunder. so let atonement have its fun... for now. because if that thing eeks out a best picture win come oscar, a la the globes, stuff is gonna go down stateside.

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tomelce writes:
on Feb 12 2008 01:40 AM

So basically "This is England" is a better film than "Atonement," which was nominated in "Best British Film" but "Atonement" is the best film of the year, period? Yeah.. okay...

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