The Constant Gardener is leading the pack ahead of next month’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards after picking up 10 nominations.
Rachel Weisz, who won the Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Golden Globe on Monday, is nominated for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, while Ralph Fiennes is up for Actor in a Leading Role and filmmaker Fernando Meirelles is put forward for the David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction.
Hot on the heels of The Constant Gardener are gay cowboy heartbreaker Brokeback Mountain and politically charged Crash, which have both received nine nominations for the Feb. 19 awards ceremony.
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee is nominated for the David Lean Award, and his stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Williams have all received recognition for their performances.
Hit British movie Pride and Prejudice has been named in six BAFTA categories including British Film of the Year and Actress in a Supporting Role for Brenda Blethyn‘s scene-stealing performance.
George Clooney is up for two awards—Actor in a Supporting Role for Syriana and Achievement in Direction for his handling of Good Night, And Good Luck—which has scooped six nominations.
Oscars favorites and Walk the Line co-stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon have both been nominated for their acclaimed acting in the Johnny Cash biopic, while Chinese beauty Ziyi Zhang is up for the Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA for her star turn in the big screen version of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha.
The partial list of nominees is as follows:
Best Film:
The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year:
The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in Their First Feature Film:
David Belton (Producer)–Shooting Dogs
Peter Fudakowski (Producer)–Tsotsi
Annie Griffin (Director/Writer)—Festival
Richard Hawkins (Director)–Everything
Joe Wright (Director)–Pride and Prejudice
The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction:
The Constant Gardener—Fernando Meirelles
Good Night, And Good Luck—George Clooney
Best Original Screenplay:
Cinderella Man—Cliff Hollingsworth/Akiva Goldsman
Crash—Paul Haggis/Bobby Moresco
Good Night, And Good Luck—George Clooney/Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda—Keir Pearson/Terry George
Mrs. Henderson Presents—Martin Sherman
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brokeback Mountain—Larry Mcmurtry/Diana Ossana
The Constant Gardener—Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence—Josh Olson
Pride and Prejudice—Deborah Moggach
Best Film Not in the English Language:
De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
Le Grand Voyage
Joyeux Noël
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
David Strathairn—Good Night, And Good Luck
Heath Ledger—Brokeback Mountain
Ralph Fiennes—The Constant Gardener
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Judi Dench—Mrs. Henderson Presents
Rachel Weisz—The Constant Gardener
Reese Witherspoon—Walk the Line
Ziyi Zhang—Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
George Clooney—Good Night, And Good Luck
Jake Gyllenhaal—Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Brenda Blethyn—Pride and Prejudice
Frances Mcdormand—North Country
Michelle Williams—Brokeback Mountain
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