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MARTIN Scorsese’s Gangs of New York
will do battle with Rob Marshall’s Chicago
at this year’s Bafta awards, after both films received 12 nominations
each in all the major categories.
Both will vy for best film and best director, along with Stephen Daldry’s
The Hours, which secured 11 nominations.
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers and Roman Polanski’s The
Pianist complete the line-up for both best film and best director categories.
Performance-wise, all eyes will be focused on the women’s battle, with
The Hours stars Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep battling it out with former
Bridget Jones star, Renee Zellweger, and Oscar-winner Halle Berry (Monster’s
Ball) and Salma Hayek (Frida) for the best actress award.
The Hours co-star, Julianne Moore, gets a nod in the best supporting actress
category, as do Chicago co-stars, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah.
They will do battle against Toni Collette (About
A Boy) and Meryl Streep (Adaptation).
In the male categories, Oscar favourites Jack Nicholson (About
Schmidt) and Daniel Day-Lewis will take on Adrien Brody (The Pianist),
Sir Michael Caine (The Quiet American)
and Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), while support players Chris Cooper (Adaptation),
Ed Harris (The Hours), Alfred Molina (Frida), Paul Newman (Road
to Perdition) and Christopher Walken (Catch
Me If You Can) complete an impressive line-up.
The Baftas will be announced on February 23 at a ceremony hosted by comic,
Stephen Fry. They are often seen as an excellent showcase for British cinema,
as well as independent films, and will take place exactly one month before
the Oscars.
As such, the Alexander Korda Award for outstanding British film gives movies
such as Bend It Like Beckham,
Dirty Pretty Things and The
Magdalene Sisters the chance to win awards they may not always be in contention
for.
Likewise, there is also the Carl Foreman Award for the most promising newcomer
to British Film.
Unlike
the Oscars and the Golden Globes, audiences will also get to choose the winner
of one of the awards at the Baftas, by voting for the Orange Film Of The Year,
the shortlist for which has already been announced.
It includes the blockbusters Die Another
Day, Star Wars: Attack of the
Clones, Harry Potter, The
Lord of the Rings and Ocean's 11.
Click here for more details, OR
click here to vote...
Best foreign film (which is always one of the more interesting categories
in any awards chase) will be contested by City
of God (Brazil), Devdas (India), Talk to
Her (Spain), The Warrior (UK) and Y
Tu Mamá También (Mexico).
The nominations in full:
Best Film
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Hours
The Pianist
The Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year
Bend it Like Beckham
Dirty Pretty Things
The Hours
The Magdalene Sisters
The Warrior
The Carl Foreman Award for the most promising newcomer to British Film
Simon Bent (writer, Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry)
Lucy Darwin (producer, Lost in La Mancha)
Asif Kapadia (director, The Warrior)
Duncay Roy (writer/director, AKA)
The David Lean Award for achievement in Direction
Stephen Daldry (The Hours)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Rob Marshall (Chicago)
Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York)
Best
Screenplay (Original)
Dirty Pretty Things
Gangs of New York
Talk to Her
The Magdalene Sisters
Y Tu Mamá También
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
About a Boy
Adaptation
Catch Me If You Can
The Hours
The Pianist
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
Salma Hayek (Frida)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Meryl Streep (The Hours)
Renée Zellweger (Chicago)
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
Michael Caine (The Quiet American)
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Toni Collette (About a Boy)
Queen Latifah (Chicago)
Julianne Moore (The Hours)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Ed Harris (The Hours)
Alfred Molina (Frida)
Paul Newman (Road to Perdition)
Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)
The Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in Film Music
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist
Film
not in the English language
City of God (Brazil)
Devdas (India)
Talk to Her (Spain)
The Warrior (UK)
Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
Cinematography
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Road to Perdition
The Pianist
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Production design
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Road to Perdition
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Costume design
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Frida
Gangs of New York
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Editing
Chicago
City of God
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Sound
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Pianist
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Achievement
in special visual effects
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Minority Report
Spider-Man
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Make up/hair
Chicago
Frida
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Short film
Bouncer
Candy Bar Kid
Good Night
The Most Beautiful Man in the World
My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117
Rank
Short animation
The Chub Chubs
The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside
Fish Never Sleep
Sap
Wedding Espresso
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