BAFTA 2009 Full List Of Nominees
The BAFTA longlists included 15 contenders in each category, from which the five nominees were chosen in the second round of voting. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Frost/Nixon” led in the British Academy Film Awards’ longlists revealed last week, with 14 mentions each.
But the full list of nominees was announced and Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” lead now with 11 nominations each. This full or short list were announced by Gemma Arterton and Hayley Atwell.
“Slumdog Millionaire” took four awards – Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score at 66th Golden Globe Awards.
Next best after “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” are “The Dark Knight” with nine nominations, including a posthumous recognition for supporting actor Heath Ledger and Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” with eight.
“Frost/Nixon” has six nominations, “The Reader” has five and “In Bruges,” “Milk” and “Revolutionary Road” all boast four.
Kate Winslet has two nominations in the actress category for her “Revolutionary Road” and “The Reader.” She already picked up prizes for both roles at this year’s Golden Globes.
The nominees for the Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature are producers Simon Chinn (”Man on Wire“), Solon Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter (both “Of Time and the City“) and Judy Craymer (”Mamma Mia!“), writer Garth Jennings (”Son of Rambow“) and writer/director Steve McQueen (”Hunger“).
“The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” collected nine mentions at the BAFTA longlist but missed out on any nominations.
Here’s the full list of nominees for the 2009 BAFTA Film Awards, which will be hosted by Jonathan Ross for the third year, will take place on February 8, 2009 at London’s Royal Opera House.
BEST FILM
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean 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
DIRECTOR
“Changeling” — Clint Eastwood
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — David Fincher
“Frost/Nixon” — Ron Howard
“The Reader” — Stephen Daldry
“Slumdog Millionaire” — Danny Boyle
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
