The King's Speech Continues Its Winning Reign At The 2011 BAFTA Awards
God save the King...from kicking everyone else's ass at the BAFTA. The hometown hero won big at the British awards show, nearly sweeping the major categories -- Best Picture, Best British Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (sorry fellow Brit Christian Bale!) and even Best Supporting Actress for Helen Bonham Carter. David Fincher's Best Director win over Tom Hooper's was one of the few moments of a royal loss. So two trains of thoughts: one, a British movie about a very British subject would of course do well at a British award show, and this has little bearing on the Oscar race. Two, The King Speech is gonna win every last little thing come February 27.
Best Film
The King's Speech
Outstanding British Film
The King's Speech
Best Director
David Fincher, The Social Network
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
Best Original Screenplay
The King's Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, True Grit
Outstanding British Contribution
The Harry Potter franchise
Best Original Music
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
Best Short Film
Until The River Runs Red
Best Short Animation
The Eagleman Stag
Best Sound
Lee Smith, Inception
Best Editing
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Best Make-up and Hair
Vali O'Reilly, Paul Goochm, Alice In Wonderland
Best Film Not In The English Language
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Costume Design
Alice In Wonderland Colleen Atwood
Best Production Design
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
Best Special Visual Effects
Inception, Chris Courbold, Paul Franklin
Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
Orange Wednesday's Rising Star
Tom Hardy
Comments
May I humbly suggest a third train of thought, Mr. Gaines? Namely, that The King's Speech is in fact a pretty good movie.