Posted by: Paul Heath
Date: January 19th, 2006
Source: BAFTA

The Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations were announced in London earlier today. The frontrunner is THE CONSTANT GARDENER which earned a huge 10 nominations including Best Film and Best Director for Fernando Meirelles. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and CRASH have both received 9 nominations. GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE have 6 nominations each and CAPOTE has 5. Good to see KUNG FU HUSTLE getting a nod in the foreign film category too, and Mr george Clooney for not only getting a Best Director mention, but two nominations for his work on SYRIANA and GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK in the Best Supporting Actor category. Here's how the rest fared.

FILM

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Diana Ossana/James Schamus
CAPOTE - Caroline Baron/William Vince/Michael Ohoven
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Simon Channing Williams
CRASH – Cathy Schulman/Don Cheadle/Bob Yari
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK – Grant Heslov

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year

A COCK & BULL STORY – Andrew Eaton/Michael Winterbottom/Martin Hardy
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Simon Channing Williams/Fernando Meirelles/Jeffrey Caine
FESTIVAL – Christopher Young/Annie Griffin
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Deborah Moggach
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT – Peter Lord/David Sproxton/Nick Park/Steve Box/Mark Burton/Bob Baker

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 & Prejudice

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ang Lee
CAPOTE – Bennett Miller
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Fernando Meirelles
CRASH – Paul Haggis
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK – George Clooney

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Larry McMurtry/Diana Ossana
CAPOTE – Dan Futterman
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Jeffrey Caine
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE – Josh Olson
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Deborah Moggach

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

DE BATTRE MON COEUR S’EST ARRÊTÉ (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) – Pascal Caucheteux/Jacques Audiard
LE GRAND VOYAGE – Humbert Balsan/Ismaël Ferroukhi
KUNG FU HUSTLE – Stephen Chow/Chui Po Chu/Jeff Lau
JOYEUX NOËL (Merry Christmas) – Christophe Rossignon/Christian Carion
TSOTSI – Peter Fudakowski/Gavin Hood

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

DAVID STRATHAIRN – Good Night, And Good Luck
HEATH LEDGER – Brokeback Mountain
JOAQUIN PHOENIX – Walk the Line
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Capote
RALPH FIENNES – The Constant Gardener

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

CHARLIZE THERON – North Country
JUDI DENCH – Mrs. Henderson Presents
RACHEL WEISZ – The Constant Gardener
REESE WITHERSPOON – Walk the Line
ZIYI ZHANG – Memoirs of a Geisha

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

DON CHEADLE – Crash
GEORGE CLOONEY – Good Night, And Good Luck
GEORGE CLOONEY – Syriana
JAKE GYLLENHAAL – Brokeback Mountain
MATT DILLON – Crash

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

BRENDA BLETHYN – Pride & Prejudice
CATHERINE KEENER – Capote
FRANCES McDORMAND – North Country
MICHELLE WILLIAMS – Brokeback Mountain
THANDIE NEWTON – Crash

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Gustavo Santaolalla
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Alberto Iglesias
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – John Williams
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – George Fenton
WALK THE LINE – T Bone Burnett

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Rodrigo Prieto
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – César Charlone
CRASH – J Michael Muro
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS – Laurent Chalet/Jerôme Maison
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Dion Beebe

EDITING

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Geraldine Peroni/Dylan Tichenor
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Claire Simpson
CRASH – Hughes Winborne
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK – Stephen Mirrione
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS – Sabine Emiliani

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BATMAN BEGINS – Nathan Crowley
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Alex McDowell
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Stuart Craig
KING KONG – Grant Major
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – John Myhre

COSTUME DESIGN

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Gabriella Pescucci
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Isis Mussenden
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Colleen Atwood
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Sandy Powell
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Jacqueline Durran

SOUND

BATMAN BEGINS – David G Evans/Stefan Henrix/Peter Lindsay
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Joakim Sundström/Stuart Wilson
CRASH – Richard Van Dyke/Sandy Gendler
KING KONG – Hammond Peek/Christopher Boyes/Mike Hopkins/ Ethan Van der Ryn
WALK THE LINE – Paul Massey/D M Hemphill/Peter F Kurland/Donald Sylvester

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

BATMAN BEGINS – Janek Sirrs/Dan Glass/Chris Corbould
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Nick Davis/John Thum/Chaz Jarrett/Joss Williams
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Dean Wright/Bill Westenhofer
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Jim Mitchell/John Richardson
KING KONG – Joe Letteri/Christian Rivers/Brian Van’t Hul/Richard Taylor

MAKE UP & HAIR

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Peter Owen/Ivana Primorac
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Howard Berger/Gregory Nicotero
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Nick Dudman/Amanda Knight/Eithne Fennell
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Noriko Watanabe/Kate Biscoe/Lyndell Quiyou/Kelvin R Trahan
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Fae Hammond

SHORT ANIMATION FILM

FALLEN ART – Jarek Sawko/Piotr Sikora/Tomek Baginski
FILM NOIR – Osbert Parker
KAMIYA’S CORRESPONDENCE – Sumito Sakakibara
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO – Anthony Lucas/Julia Lucas/Mark Shirrefs
RABBIT – Run Wrake

SHORT FILM

ANTONIO’S BREAKFAST – Howard Stogdon/Amber Templemore-Finlayson/Daniel Mulloy
CALL REGISTER – Kit Hawkins/Adam Tudhope/Ed Roe
HEAVY METAL DRUMMER – Amanda Boyle/Luke Morris/Toby MacDonald
HEYDAR, AN AFGHAN IN TEHRAN – H Assadian/Babek Jalali
LUCKY – Bex Hopkins/Avie Luthra

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
RACHEL MCADAMS
JAMES MCAVOY
MICHELLE WILLIAMS