51st British Academy Film Awards

51st BAFTA Awards
April 18, 1998

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Best Film:
The Full Monty

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Best British Film:
Nil by Mouth

The 51st BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 18 April 1998, honoured the best in film for 1997.

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film. Nil by Mouth from director Gary Oldman won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.

The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Robert Carlyle - The Full Monty

• Billy Connolly - Mrs. Brown
• Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential
• Ray Winstone - Nil by Mouth

Best Actress

Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown

• Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
• Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
• Kathy Burke - Nil by Mouth

Best Cinematography

The Wings of the Dove

• L.A. Confidential
• Romeo + Juliet
• Titanic

Best Costume Design

Mrs. Brown

• L.A. Confidential
• Titanic
• The Wings of the Dove

Best Director (David Lean Award for Direction)

Baz Luhrmann - Romeo + Juliet

• James Cameron - Titanic
• Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty
• Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential

Best Editing

L.A. Confidential

• The Full Monty
• Romeo + Juliet
• Titanic

Best Film

The Full Monty

• L.A. Confidential
• Mrs. Brown
• Titanic

Best Film - British (Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film)

Nil by Mouth

• 24 7: Twenty Four Seven
• The Borrowers
• The Full Monty
• Mrs. Brown
• Regeneration

Best Foreign Language Film

Ridicule • France

• Antonia • Netherlands
• Kolya (Kolja) • Czech Republic
• Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud) • France/Germany/Italy

Best Makeup and Hair

The Wings of the Dove

• L.A. Confidential
• Mrs. Brown
• Titanic

Best Music (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music)

"Romeo + Juliet" - Nellee Hooper

• "The Full Monty" - Anne Dudley
• "L.A. Confidential" - Jerry Goldsmith
• "Titanic" - James Horner

Best Production Design

Romeo + Juliet

• L.A. Confidential
• Mrs. Brown
• Titanic

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Romeo + Juliet - Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce

• The Ice Storm - James Schamus
• L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
• The Wings of the Dove - Hossein Amini

Best Screenplay - Original

Nil by Mouth - Gary Oldman

• Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy
• Mrs. Brown - Jeremy Brock

Best Sound

L.A. Confidential

• The Full Monty
• Romeo + Juliet
• Titanic

Best Special Effects

The Fifth Element

• The Borrowers
• Men in Black
• Titanic

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Wilkinson - The Full Monty

• Mark Addy - The Full Monty
• Rupert Everett - My Best Friend's Wedding
• Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

Best Supporting Actress

Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm

• Jennifer Ehle - Wilde
• Lesley Sharp - The Full Monty
• Zoë Wanamaker - Wilde

Award breakdown

Winners

• 4 / 7 Romeo + Juliet: Best Director, Film Music, Production Design and Screenplay - Adapted
• 3 / 11 The Full Monty: Best Actor, Film and Supporting Actor (+ the Audience Award)
• 2 / 9 Mrs. Brown: Best Actress & Costume Design

Losers (minimum 2 nominations)

• 0 / 10 Titanic

References

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/80525.stm Full Monty pulls it off at BAFTAs
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/80541.stm All Winners
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/montys-bafta-glory-leaves-rowan-without-a-bean-1149338.html
• http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KATE+LOSE-LET%3B+BAFTA+snub+for+Titanic+star+..but+Full+Monty+is+put+up...-a060686580
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/64107.stm Full Monty tops BAFTA list