On February 18, local time, the dust settled on the 77th British Academy Film Awards, known as the "British Oscars". Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" emerged as the biggest winner, winning seven of the 13 nominations, including key awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Editing, Cinematography and Score, and a sign that "Nolan finally won" is likely to make headlines again at next month's Oscars.
Christopher Nolan, ** photographed by his son Magnus.
In fact, the Directors Guild of America Awards announced earlier has already made the majority of ** and Nolan fans express such emotion. Prior to this, Nolan had been nominated for the Directors Guild Award four times for 2002's "The Year of the Dark Knight" and 2018's "Dunkirk", but each time he came home with a feather, leaving many people crying out for him. This year, he finally tasted victory with "Oppenheimer."
Similarly, in the past, at the British Academy Film Awards, his home court, Nolan also won a total of five nominations for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay for "Inception" and "Dunkirk", but lost to "The King's Speech", "The Social Network", "Three Billboards" and "The Shape of Water" respectively. Last night, after missing out on the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, he finally won the Best Picture and Best Director awards, which can be regarded as belated recognition from British film colleagues.
In the past, Nolan has also won a total of five Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Screenwriter for "Memory Fragments", "Inception" and "Dunkirk", but they have also received nothing. Will he have the last laugh at this year's Oscars? At the moment, it seems that the possibility is increasing.
Cillian Murphy won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer".
Eight of the last nine years have seen the BAFTA Best Picture not overlap with the Oscars (with the exception of Nomadland), which is somewhat bizarre given the nearly 500 jury members that have overlapped in the jury of nearly 500 people.
This year, however, the situation seems to be quite clear. "Oppenheimer" won the Oscar for Best Picture, and Nolan was once again ashamed, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time. This Oscar season initially showed that "Oppenheimer", "Barbie", "Killer of the Flower Moon" and "Poor Things" went hand in hand; With the successive release of various award results, "Oppenheimer" has almost become a standout. As the global box office champion in 2023, "Barbie" has always been difficult to gain universal recognition from industry insiders. At this British Academy Film Awards, it only received 5 nominations, but the result was nothing, and it is estimated that it will make many "Barbie" fans around the world feel disappointed and aggrieved.
Poor Thing" stills.
At present, it seems that the only thing that is most likely to pose a challenge to "Oppenheimer" is "Poor Thing" produced by Searchlight Pictures. Last night, the film won five of the 11 nominations, including Emma Stone's award for Best Actress, as well as awards for costume design, makeup and hair design, art direction, and visual effects.
In addition, Focus Pictures' "Staying in School" won the Best Supporting Actress and Best Casting Direction awards, and "America**" won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award.
"Flower Moon Killer", which received 9 nominations, and "**Master", which received 7 nominations, were also the same as "Barbie", and finally returned empty-handed. It is worth mentioning that "Killer of the Flower Moon" is from Apple, "*Master" is from Netflix, and "Sapent", which has received 5 nominations and no awards, is from Amazon, which can't help but make people wonder: Is it that the judges of the BAFTA Awards have any bias against the stream ** and the films it produces, or is it purely a coincidence?
The most surprising – and arguably the only surprising result of the night – was the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for America**. With that nomination alone, writer-director Cord Jefferson beat four rivals, Nolan, Andrew Hagrid, Jonathan Glaser and Tony McNamara — three of whom are British, and McNamara is from Australia — which is a bit of an incredible. Even Cod Jefferson himself said frankly after taking the stage that he did not prepare his acceptance speech at all, because he did not think that he had a chance to win the award. The 42-year-old originally worked in journalism before writing a TV series for "America" as his first feature film as a director.
United States**" poster.
"America" has also been nominated for this year's Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but compared to "Oppenheimer", "Area of Interest", "Poor Thing" and "Barbie", it is not very favorable. Taking advantage of the unexpected victory of the BAFTA Awards, it may bring another surprise at the Oscars.
This year's BAFTA Awards ceremony was hosted by British actor David Tennant, who is best known for "Doctor Who". In his opening remarks, he seized the opportunity to make a sarcastic remark on Donald Trump, who was running for the United States. "This year's BAFTA nomination for 'Poor Thing' is about putting a child's brain into an adult's body," Tennant quipped, "and later this year, there's a chance that such a poor thing will be voted ** again."
The 77th British Film Academy Awards].
Best Picture: "Oppenheimer".
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for "Oppenheimer".
Best Actress: Emma Stone "Poor Thing".
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy for "Oppenheimer".
Best Supporting Actress: Damien Joy Randolph for "The League to Stay in School".
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. "Oppenheimer".
Best Original Screenplay: "The Falling Trial."
Best Adapted Screenplay: "America**".
Best documentary: "20 Days in Mariupol".
Best Non-English Film: "Area of Interest".
Best Animated Film: "What kind of life do you want to live".
Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Best Visuals: "Poor Thing".
Best Sound: Zone of Interest
Best Art Direction: "Poor Thing".
Best Score: "Oppenheimer".
Best Editing: Oppenheimer
Best Costume Design: "Poor Thing".
Best Hair and Makeup Design: "Poor Thing".
Best Casting Coach: "Stay in School Alliance".
Best British Film: "Zone of Interest".
Best British Short Film: Jellyfish and Lobsters
Best British Animated Short Film: A Day in the Life of a Crab
Best British Debut: Savannah Reeve Shirley O'Connor Medif Raildon Mother Earth
Best Newcomer: Mia McKenna Bruce "The First Time".
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