'The King's Speech' heard loud and clear at BAFTAs
The BAFTAs have concluded on the other side of the pond and The King's Speech clearly had home field advantage taking home seven awards including acting awards for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. The film also won Best Film and Outstanding British Film awards along with Original Screenplay and Original Music.
David Fincher took home the Best Director prize for The Social Network. It also garnished wins for Editing and Screenplay. Another big winner was Inception for the technical awards - Sound, Visual Effects and Production Design - and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo won in the 'most obvious category in the world and we still need to spell it out for you' category, best Film Not in the English Language.
Full list of winners after the break...
2011 BAFTA WINNERS
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
SHORT FILM
Until The River Runs Red, Paul Wright, Paul Kondeatis
SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag, Michael Please
SOUND
Inception, Lee Smith
EDITING
The Social Network, Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Alice In Wonderland, Vali O'Reilly, Paul Gooch
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland, Coleen Attwood
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception, Chris Courbold, Paul Franklin
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King's Speech
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King's Speech
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION
The Harry Potter franchise
ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3
ORANGE WEDNESDAY'S RISING STAR
Tom Hardy
SCREENPLAY
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit
DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network
ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
BEST FILM
The King's Speech
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