50th British Academy Film Awards

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50th BAFTA Awards
April 29, 1997


Best Film:
The English Patient


Best British Film:
Secrets & Lies

The 50th BAFTA 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 the award for Best Film. Secrets & Lies won the "Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film". Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Leading Actor for his role in Shine and Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Contents

[edit] Winners and nominees

[edit] Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Shine

[edit] Best Actress

Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies

[edit] Best Film

The English Patient

[edit] Best British Film (Alexander Korda Award)

Secrets & Lies

[edit] Best Supporting Actor

Paul Scofield - The Crucible

[edit] Best Costume Design

Richard III - Shuna Hardwood

[edit] Best Editing

The English Patient - Walter Murch

[edit] Best Cinematography

The English Patient - John Seale

[edit] Best Production Design

Richard III - Tony Burrough

[edit] Best Sound

Shine

[edit] Best Adapted Screenplay

The English Patient - Anthony Minghella

[edit] Best Original Screenplay

Secrets and Lies - Mike Leigh

[edit] Best Supporting Actress

Juliette Binoche - The English Patient

[edit] Best Visual Effects

Twister

[edit] Best Director (David Lean Award)

Fargo - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

[edit] Best Makeup/Hair

The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker

[edit] Best Score (Anthony Asquith Award)

The English Patient - Gabriel Yared

[edit] Award breakdown

Winners (minimum one win)

Losers (minimum two nominations)

Languages