50th British Academy Film Awards
Appearance
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 Academy 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 was voted Outstanding British Film. 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.[1][2][3]
Winners and nominees
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Brenda_Blethyn.jpg/150px-Brenda_Blethyn.jpg)
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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 (28 April 1997). "'English Patient' in the best of health". The Independent.
- ^ Lister, David (29 April 1997). "Triple triumph for Mike Leigh comedy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012.
- ^ Lister, David (30 April 1997). "Mike Leigh's secret is revealed". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
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