40th British Academy Film Awards
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| 40th British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 March 1987 |
| Hosted by | Ronnie Corbett Ronnie Barker |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | A Room with a View |
| Best Actor | Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa |
| Best Actress | Maggie Smith A Room with a View |
| Most awards | A Room with a View (5) |
| Most nominations | A Room with a View (14) |
The 40th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1987, honoured the best films of 1986.
James Ivory's A Room with a View won the awards for Best Film, Actress, Supporting Actress, Production Design and Costume Design. Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by Woody Allen, won two awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay-Original.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Actor
- Paul Hogan - Crocodile Dundee
- Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters
- Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa
- Simon Callow - A Room with a View
- Denholm Elliott - A Room with a View
Best Actress
Maggie Smith - A Room with a View
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Judi Dench - A Room with a View
- Rosanna Arquette - After Hours
- Barbara Hershey - Hannah and Her Sisters
- Rosemary Leach - A Room with a View
Best Direction
Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
Best Screenplay - Original
Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
- The Mission - Robert Bolt
- Mona Lisa - David Leland and Neil Jordan
- Crocodile Dundee - Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell
Best Screenplay - Adapted
- The Color Purple - Menno Meyjes
- A Room with a View - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Children of a Lesser God - Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff
- Ran - Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide
Best Cinematography
- The Mission - Chris Menges
- Ran - Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda
- A Room with a View - Tony Pierce-Roberts
Best Costume Design
A Room with a View - Jenny Beavan and John Bright
Best Sound
Out of Africa - Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins
Best Editing
Best Special Visual Effects
Aliens - Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson and Stan Winston
Best Score
Best Short Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup Artist
Ran - Chihako Naito, Noriko Takemizawa, Shohichiro Meda and Tameyuki Aimi
Best Production Design
A Room with a View - Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow