Do we know which channel is broadcasting BAFTA awards in US...?
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:55 PM, pratap <[email protected]> wrote: > This Sunday, the BAFTA awards will take place. The winners will be > announced via press release before the broadcast but it will be airing in > America on the BBC at 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. We will already know the > winners by then but it will be fun to watch! > InContention<http://www.incontention.com>'s > Guy Lodge will be live-blogging them. > > There were a couple of things last year that were shockingly similar to the > Oscars - which begs the question again, have the BAFTA become THE awards > body to look to in predicting the Academy? Their choices always seemed a > little wacky but looking over last year's winners - Marion Cotillard, Tilda > Swinton and then the Bourne Ultimatum in the sound categories. On the other > hand, Atonement beat No Country for Old Men for Best Picture and the Diving > Bell beat No Country for screenplay. So how accurate are they? And why is > it they are SO accurate on some categories but not so much on the "big" > categories? > > I think you could say, when all else fails rely on their love for God and > country. I am imagining John Cleese explaining the BAFTAs in his foppish > voice. The British seem to side with themselves when given the opportunity > but it certainly isn't always the case. That's where I personally run into > problems when predicting the Oscars off the BAFTA; I always assume that the > odd winners happened because they were British. And that the Academy > wouldn't follow suit. But the similarities lately have been too strong to > ignore. Americans are forever playing catch-up to the smarter, classier > British! > > With that, let's take a pointless look at how we think it might go. > > BEST FILM > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Kathleen Kennedy / Frank Marshall / > Ceán Chaffin > FROST/NIXON Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard > MILK Dan Jinks / Bruce Cohen > THE READER Anthony Minghella / Sydney Pollack / Donna Gigliotti / Redmond > Morris > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson > > I really think Slumdog is going to clean sweep it, winning the WGA, the > BAFTA, the Eddie and eventually the Oscar so I'm not going to predict it > won't win here. What I do think, though, is that if anywhere is going to > feel the brunt of the so-called controversy (which is wholly unfair and > beside the point of these awards and of making films in the first place) it > will be here at the BAFTAs, where the press is wildly out of control and > where scandal tends to reign. Sorry, Brits, but that's just the way it is. > We have McDonalds, you have the scandals. If it isn't Slumdog, though, I'm > going to guess it's either The Reader or Benjamin Button. > *Prediction: Slumdog* > > DIRECTOR > CHANGELING Clint Eastwood > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON David Fincher > FROST/NIXON Ron Howard > THE READER Stephen Daldry > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle > The last time a film won both Picture and Director at the BAFTAs was when > Brokeback Mountain and Ang Lee won. Brokeback, like Slumdog, was winning > everything (not the SAG ensemble nor the Eddie, however). So it's possible > that Danny Boyle and Slumdog will win here. It's the safest prediction. > But in light of their recent pattern of splitting those awards, who might > benefit? Again, I think it's down to Daldry or Fincher, and in light of > the London Critics honoring Fincher I would give him the edge. But it's > tough to bet against Danny Boyle — especially since Fincher is American! > Prediction: Danny Boyle > Alternate: David Fincher > ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY > BURN AFTER READING Joel Coen / Ethan Coen > CHANGELING J. Michael Straczynski > I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Philippe Claudel > IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh > MILK Dustin Lance Black > > Well, this is a tough one. My first instinct is that McDonagh will take > this but what of Dustin Lance Black and Milk? And then there are the > Coens. Smart money would pick the Coens as I sense that Burn After Reading > is going to catch on in the years to come. > *Prediction: In Bruges > Alternate: Milk* > > ADAPTED SCREENPLAY > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Roth > FROST/NIXON Peter Morgan > THE READER David Hare > REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Justin Haythe > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy > Oh I think Mr. Beaufoy, for a variety of reasons, wins this in a walk. > Yes, there is Peter Morgan to contend with here. They don't have the same > stigma on the film as we do because it was already a Broadway show here > first. I also think Brits would appreciate the Nixon saga as told through > the eyes of a Brit than many of us do here. And then there is David Hare, > famous playwrite who adapted that beloved book. This is tough to call but > when in doubt, Slumdog it out. > *Prediction: Slumdog Millionaire > Alt: Frost/Nixon* > > FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE > THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX Bernard Eichinger / Uli Edel > GOMORRAH Domenico Procacci / Matteo Garrone > I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel > PERSEPOLIS Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / > Vincent Parannaud > WALTZ WITH BASHIR Serge Lalou / Gerhard Meixner / Yael Nahl Ieli / Ari > Folman > *Prediction: Waltz with Bashir > Alt: Persepolis* > > ANIMATED FILM > PERSEPOLIS Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud > WALL•E Andrew Stanton > WALTZ WITH BASHIR Ari Folman > Oh, tough call here because Waltz is up against Wall-E. Both Persepolis > and Waltz are in the foreign category as well and if they are beloved enough > both will win in these two categories. Still…Only a fool bets against > Wall-E (note how Kung-Fu Panda is not nomintated here). > *Prediction: Wall-E! > Alternate: Waltz with Bashir* > > LEADING ACTOR > FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon > DEV PATEL Slumdog Millionaire > SEAN PENN Milk > BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button > MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler > Wow, this is tough. I actually saw Milk at a BAFTA screening and they > loved this movie. Penn has never won a BAFTA, though he's been nominated > twice before. This is a really tough call between Mickey Rourke (who just > won the London Film Critics) and Penn (who has basically won everything else > except the Globe). It's a really tough call. The last time the BAFTA > missed Best Actor with Oscar was, weirdly enough, Sean Penn v. Bill Murray, > wher Murray won. The year before that, Daniel Day-Lewis won the BAFTA for > Gangs of New York but Adrien Brody won the Oscar (most deservedly). I > figure whomever wins this probably wins the Oscar and since I'm currently > predicting Rourke for the Oscar I suppose I'll white-knuckle it through. My > instincts are telling me it's Penn, though, just for the record. > *Prediction: Mickey Rourke > Alt: Sean Penn * > > LEADING ACTRESS > ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling > KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS I've Loved You So Long > MERYL STREEP Doubt > KATE WINSLET The Reader > KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road > Okay, this is tricky because Kate is in twice. The grand dame Meryl Streep > is up for this award and, if you can believe it, the last time she won a > BAFTA was for The French Lieutenant's Woman and that was before they > switched the date to make these before the Oscars. Still, it's hard to bet > again the very British Ms. Winslet for either part. There is also the old > theory that Winslet cancels herself out and Streep wins. > *Prediction: **Kate Winslet for The Reader** > Alt: **Meryl Streep, Doubt > * > > SUPPORTING ACTOR > ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Tropic Thunder > BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges > PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt > HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight > BRAD PITT Burn After Reading > If there is a crack in the Heath Ledger vessel it will be felt here, I > suspect. So if anyone but Heath wins, his Oscar will not be the slam dunk > everyone is assuming it will be. Still, I'm not going to be the one who > doesn't predict him since his was among my favorite performances of the year > and he fucking deserves it. > *Prediction: Heath Ledger > Alt: Robert Downey, Jr.* > > SUPPORTING ACTRESS > AMY ADAMS Doubt > PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona > FREIDA PINTO Slumdog Millionaire > TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading > MARISA TOMEI The Wrestler > This is a tough one again. I think it's down to Penelope Cruz versus > Marisa Tomei and there's a chance that Tomei and Rourke could win. There's > always Freida Pinto to contend with. Liking her character could prove > successful. > *Prediction: Penelope Cruz > Alt: Marisa Tomei* > *Wild card: Freida Pinto* > > > ** > > * > * > > MUSIC > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Alexandre Desplat > THE DARK KNIGHT Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard > MAMMA MIA! Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman > WALL•E Thomas Newman > The Dark Knight should win this but I'm going to bet it's either Button or > Slumdog, or Wall-E. > *Prediction: Slumdog > Alt: Button* > > > ** > > * > * > > CINEMATOGRAPHY > CHANGELING Tom Stern > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Claudio Miranda > THE DARK KNIGHT Wally Pfister > THE READER Chris Menges / Roger Deakins > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Anthony Dod Mantle > These are, I think, five for five for the Oscars too. I don't know how > this will go - it's the same conflicts as predicting it for the Oscar. > Since Button's strength is how pretty it is, though, it has to be that film. > *Prediction: Button > Alt: Slumdog* > > EDITING > CHANGELING Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall > THE DARK KNIGHT Lee Smith > FROST/NIXON Mike Hill / Dan Hanley > IN BRUGES Jon Gregory > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Chris Dickens > Again, who knows. In Bruges could win here but I think The Dark Knight > will have to win something and this could be the one prize it does win. I > think Slumdog will win the editing Oscar but BAFTA likes to spread the > wealth more. > *Prediction: The Dark Knight > Alt: Slumdog* > > PRODUCTION DESIGN > CHANGELING James J. Murakami / Gary Fettis > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo > THE DARK KNIGHT Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando > REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Kristi Zea / Debra Schutt > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Mark Digby / Michelle Day > Button deserves this but they clearly liked Changeling enough to give it > all of these nominations and it's so gorgeous, isn't it? > *Prediction: Changeling > Alt: Button* > > COSTUME DESIGN > CHANGELING Deborah Hopper > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jacqueline West > THE DARK KNIGHT Lindy Hemming > THE DUCHESS Michael O'Connor > REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Albert Wolsky > *Prediction: The Duchess > Alt: Button* > > SOUND > CHANGELING Walt Martin / Alan Robert Murray / John Reitz / Gregg Rudloff > THE DARK KNIGHT Lora Hirschberg / Richard King / Ed Novick / Gary Rizzo > QUANTUM OF SOLACE Eddy Joseph / Chris Munro / Mike Prestwood Smith / Mark > Taylor > SLUMDOG MILLIONARE Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom > Sayers / Ian Tapp > WALL•E Ben Burtt / Tom Myers / Michael Semanick / Matthew Wood > *Prediction: The Dark Knight > Alt: Wall-E* > > SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan > McGuinness / Edson Williams > THE DARK KNIGHT Chris Corbould / Nick Davis / Paul Franklin / Tim Webber > INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Pablo Helman > IRON MAN Shane Patrick Mahan / John Nelson / Ben Snow > QUANTUM OF SOLACE Chris Corbould / Kevin Tod Haug > *Prediction: Iron Man > Alt. Button* > > MAKE UP & HAIR > THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan > THE DARK KNIGHT Peter Robb-King > THE DUCHESS Daniel Phillips / Jan Archibald > FROST/NIXON Edouard Henriques / Kim Santantonio > MILK Steven E. Anderson / Michael White > *Prediction: Button > Alt. The Duchess* > > (SKIPPING THE SHORTS) > > OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM > HUNGER Laura Hastings-Smith / Robin Gutch / Steve McQueen / Enda Walsh > IN BRUGES Graham Broadbent / Pete Czernin / Martin McDonagh > MAMMA MIA! Judy Craymer / Gary Goetzman / Phyllida Lloyd / Catherine > Johnson > MAN ON WIRE Simon Chinn / James Marsh > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson / Danny Boyle / Simon Beaufoy > *Prediction: Hunger > Alt: Slumdog* > > THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, > Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film > SIMON CHINN Producer – Man On Wire > JUDY CRAYMER Producer – Mamma Mia! > GARTH JENNINGS Writer – Son of Rambow > STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger > SOLON PAPADOPOULOS / ROY BOULTER Producers – Of Time And The City > *Prediction: Steve McQueen > Alt. Simon Chinn* > > THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) > MICHAEL CERA > NOEL CLARKE > MICHAEL FASSBENDER > REBECCA HALL > TOBY KEBBELL > > *Prediction: Rebecca Hall* > > >
