Tuesday, January 18, 2011

BAFTAS 2011: The King's Speech leads nominations with 14 nods, Colin Firth set to win

By Sarah Bull
Last updated at 5:15 PM on 18th January 2011

Following on from his triumph at the Golden Globes, Colin Firth looks set to receive another accolade for his performance of George VI in The King's Speech.

The critically acclaimed film, which sees Firth star as the stammering monarch, has been nominated for 14 BAFTA awards including Leading Actor for Firth, Best Film and Best Director for Tom Hooper.

And the latest award nomination for Firth, who took home the Best Actor award at the Globes this weekend, bodes well for the actor's predicted success at the Oscars later this year.

Meanwhile, British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this month, has received a posthumous Supporting Actor nomination for his role in The Town.

Nominated: Colin Firth has been nominated for a Bafta award for Leading Actor for his role in The King's Speech

Nominated: Colin Firth has been nominated for a Bafta award for Leading Actor for his role in The King's Speech

Critically-acclaimed: Natalie Portman is among those nominated for the Leading Actress award for Black Swan

Critically-acclaimed: Natalie Portman is among those nominated for the Leading Actress award for Black Swan

While Firth is hotly-tipped to be nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film, he first faces tough competition from fellow Bafta nominees Javier Bardem in Biutiful, Jeff Bridges in True Grit, Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network and James Franco in 127 Hours for Leading Actor.

Posthumous: Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this month, has been nominated for Supporting Actor for his role in The Town

Posthumous: Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this month, has been nominated for Supporting Actor for his role in The Town

Speaking about The King's Speech's critical reception earlier this year, Firth said: 'It’s gratifying to get attention for a performance. I’m not going to wish any of it away, talk as big as you like. I welcome all of it.'

The Black Swan follows close behind The King's Speech in the number of Bafta nominations it received with 12 nods, including Best Actress for Natalie Portman.

Portman faces competition from Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, both nominated for The Kids Are All Right, Noomi Rapace for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit.

Thriller Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, follows with nine nominations, while rock-climbing drama 127 Hours and True Grit, the Coen brothers film, are in eight categories.

And The Social Network, a film about the founding of Facebook, received six nominations, including Best Actor for Jesse Eisenberg, and Best Film.

Other films nominated in the Best Film category include Black Swan, True Grit and Inception.

And Firth's fellow The King's Speech star, Helena Bonham Carter, is up for best supporting actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in the film.

Famous faces: Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley at Bafta in London where they announced the nominations for this year's Bafta Awards

Famous faces: Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley at Bafta in London where they announced the nominations for this year's Bafta Awards

Gearing up for the main event: St Trinian's actress Riley looked stunning in a geometric black and grey dress

Other Supporting Actress nominees are Amy Adams in The Fighter, Barbara Hershey in Black Swan, Lesley Manville in Another Year and Miranda Richardson for Made In Dagenham.

 

The King's Speech director Hooper competes against Danny Boyle for 127 Hours, Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, Christopher Nolan for Black Swan and David Fincer for The Social Network in the Director category.

Meanwhile, Gemma Arterton and Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield have received nominations for the Orange Rising Star Award.

Nominated: The Social Network received a total of six nominations, including Leading Actor for Jesse Eisenberg

Nominated: The Social Network received a total of six nominations, including Leading Actor for Jesse Eisenberg

Speaking when the nominees for the category were announced earlier this month, Arterton said: 'I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to be one of the shortlisted actors for the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award.

'2010 was an incredible year for me and to be recognised in this way by both my peers and the film-going public is amazing.

'I’m in very good company with the other actors who have been nominated, so it is a huge compliment to be considered to win this prestigious award.'

Home again: Colin Firth and his wife Livia arrived back at Heathrow Airport from Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, following his Golden Globes victory

Home again: Colin Firth and his wife Livia arrived back at Heathrow Airport from Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, following his Golden Globes victory

It bodes well: Natalie Portman and Annette Bening, who are both nominated in the Leading Actress BAFTA category, took home Golden Globes at the weekend

Deputy Bafta Chairman David Parfitt said of the nominations: 'It's a very good year for the Brits. Even some of the American films that are nominated have British directors.

'British film has always punched above its weight in the film world. British film is always quite well represented in the Oscars as well as the Baftas.

'It's not that we have a particular bias. British film in general plays well around the world because it's very good.'

The nominations were announced this morning by actors Dominic Cooper and Tallulah Riley.

The February 13th ceremony, which will be hosted the fifth year by Jonathan Ross, is the biggest movie bash in the UK.

Last year, Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker won six BAFTAs, including Best Film - then repeated the feat at the Oscars.

THE BAFTA AWARDS 2011, FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

LEADING ACTOR

COLIN FIRTH - The King’s Speech

JAVIER BARDEM - Biutiful

JEFF BRIDGES - True Grit

JESSE EISENBERG - The Social Network

JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS

NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan

ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right

NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHRISTIAN BALE - The Fighter

ANDREW GARFIELD - The Social Network

PETE POSTLETHWAITE - The Town

MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right

GEOFFREY RUSH - The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMY ADAMS - The Fighter

HELENA BONHAM CARTER - The King’s Speech

BARBARA HERSHEY - Black Swan

LESLEY MANVILLE - Another Year

MIRANDA RICHARDSON - Made in Dagenham

BEST FILM

BLACK SWAN - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

INCEPTION - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan

THE KING’S SPEECH - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

TRUE GRIT

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin

TRUE GRIT - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD

GEMMA ARTERTON

ANDREW GARFIELD

TOM HARDY

AARON JOHNSON

EMMA STONE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson

ANOTHER YEAR - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe

FOUR LIONS - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger

THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

MADE IN DAGENHAM - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

THE ARBOR - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - Director, Producer – Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz

FOUR LIONS - Director/Writer - Chris Morris

MONSTERS - Director/Writer – Gareth Edwards

SKELETONS - Director/Writer – Nick Whitfield


DIRECTOR

DANNY BOYLE - 127 Hours

DARREN ARONOFSKY - Black Swan

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN - Inception

TOM HOOPER - The King's Speech

DAVID FINCHER - The Social Network

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BLACK SWAN - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin

THE FIGHTER - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson

INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan

THE FIGHTER

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

THE KING’S SPEECH - David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel

FILM: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Aaron Sorkin

TOY STORY 3 - Michael Arndt

TRUE GRIT - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

BIUTIFUL - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev

I AM LOVE - Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante

OF GODS AND MEN - Xavier Beauvois

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES - Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella

ANIMATED FILM

DESPICABLE ME - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

TOY STORY 3

TOY STORY 3 - Lee Unkrich

ORIGINAL MUSIC

127 HOURS - AR Rahman

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Danny Elfman

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - John Powell

INCEPTION - Hans Zimmer

THE KING’S SPEECH - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY

127 HOURS - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak

BLACK SWAN - Matthew Libatique

INCEPTION - Wally Pfister

THE KING’S SPEECH - Danny Cohen

TRUE GRIT - Roger Deakins

EDITING

127 HOURS - Jon Harris

BLACK SWAN - Andrew Weisblum

INCEPTION - Lee Smith

INCEPTION

THE KING’S SPEECH - Tariq Anwar

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

BLACK SWAN - Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson

INCEPTION - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

THE KING’S SPEECH - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr

TRUE GRIT - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Colleen Atwood

BLACK SWAN - Amy Westcott

THE KING’S SPEECH - Jenny Beavan

MADE IN DAGENHAM - Louise Stjernsward

TRUE GRIT - Mary Zophres

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Nominees TBC

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

BLACK SWAN - Dan Schrecker

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait'Hadi, Christian Manz

INCEPTION - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

TOY STORY 3 - Nominees TBC

SOUND

127 HOURS - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron

BLACK SWAN - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella

INCEPTION - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

THE KING’S SPEECH - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin

TRUE GRIT - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

MAKE UP & HAIR

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Nominees TBC

BLACK SWAN - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer

harry potter

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

THE KING’S SPEECH - Frances Hannon

MADE IN DAGENHAM - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou


SHORT ANIMATION

THE EAGLEMAN STAG - Michael Please

MATTER FISHER - David Prosser

THURSDAY - Matthias Hoegg

SHORT FILM

CONNECT - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon

LIN - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel

RITE - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie

TURNING - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown

UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis


 

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1348166/BAFTAS-2011-The-Kings-Speech-leads-nominations-14-nods-Colin-Firth-set-win.html?ITO=1490

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