50th British Academy Film Awards
50th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 29 April 1997 |
Site | Royal Albert Hall |
Hosted by | Lenny Henry |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The English Patient |
Best British Film | Secrets & Lies |
Best Actor | Geoffrey Rush Shine |
Best Actress | Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies |
Most awards | The English Patient (6) |
Most nominations | The English Patient (13) |
The 50th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 29 April 1997, honoured the best films of 1996.
Anthony Minghella's The English Patient won for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture), while Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies won Outstanding British Film.[1][2] Geoffrey Rush won for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Shine and Brenda Blethyn won for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Secrets & Lies, respectively.
Winners and nominees[]
The English Patient – Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella
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Joel Coen – Fargo
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Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott
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Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
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Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
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Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana
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Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh
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The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
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The English Patient – John Seale
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The English Patient – Walter Murch
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The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
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The English Patient – Gabriel Yared
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Shine – Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope
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Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry Labounta and Habib Zargarpour
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Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
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Ridicule – Frederic Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand and Patrice Leconte
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The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Bernard La Joie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet
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Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) – Carole Scotta and David Fourier
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Statistics[]
Nominations | Film |
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13 | The English Patient |
9 | Shine |
8 | Evita |
7 | Secrets & Lies |
6 | Fargo |
5 | Richard III |
3 | Brassed Off |
2 | The Crucible |
Hamlet | |
Independence Day | |
Michael Collins | |
The Nutty Professor |
Awards | Film |
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6 | The English Patient |
3 | Secrets & Lies |
2 | Richard III |
Shine |
See also[]
- 69th Academy Awards
- 22nd César Awards
- 2nd Critics' Choice Awards
- 49th Directors Guild of America Awards
- 10th European Film Awards
- 54th Golden Globe Awards
- 8th Golden Laurel Awards
- 17th Golden Raspberry Awards
- 1st Golden Satellite Awards
- 11th Goya Awards
- 12th Independent Spirit Awards
- 2nd Lumières Awards
- 23rd Saturn Awards
- 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 49th Writers Guild of America Awards
References[]
- ^ Lister, David (29 April 1997). "Triple triumph for Mike Leigh comedy". The Independent.
- ^ Lister, David (30 April 1997). "Mike Leigh's secret is revealed". The Independent.
- British Academy Film Awards
- 1996 film awards
- 1997 in British cinema
- April 1997 events in the United Kingdom
- 1997 in London