BAFTA Nominations Fall Hard for An Education
Though An Education has lost some awards steam this season (particularly when it comes to lead actress Carey Mulligan), a more British film you will not find, and thus it's only fair that it should tie Avatar and The Hurt Locker to lead the Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations with eight each. Inglourious Basterds kindly allowed An Education to take its Best Picture place, though Christoph Waltz and Quentin Tarantino still picked up plenty of nominations. And what of Bright Star, whose Jane Campion and Abbie Cornish looked awards-bound last summer? All it could manage was a Best Costumes nod.
The full list of nominees:
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Lone Scherfig, An Education
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Leading Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel
Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, It's Complicated
Christian McKay, Me And Orson Welles
Alfred Molina, An Education
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo'nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
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