50th British Academy Film Awards

50th British Academy Film Awards
Date	29 April 1997
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 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 for Best Film, while Secrets & Lies won the "Alexander Korda Award for Best 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.

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
The English Patient Fargo Secrets & Lies Shine	Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen The English Patient – Anthony Minghella Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh Shine – Scott Hicks
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Geoffrey Rush – Shine Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient Ian McKellen – Richard III Timothy Spall – Secrets & Lies	Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies Frances McDormand – Fargo Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Paul Scofield – The Crucible John Gielgud – Shine Edward Norton – Primal Fear Alan Rickman – Michael Collins	Juliette Binoche – The English Patient Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies Lynn Redgrave – Shine
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh Brassed Off – Mark Herman Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Lone Star – John Sayles Shine – Jan Sardi	The English Patient – Anthony Minghella The Crucible – Arthur Miller Evita – Alan Parker and Oliver Stone Richard III – Ian McKellen
Best Cinematography	Outstanding British Film
The English Patient – John Seale Evita – Darius Khondji Fargo – Roger Deakins Michael Collins – Chris Menges	Secrets & Lies Brassed Off Carla's Song Richard III
Best Original Music	Best Sound
The English Patient – Gabriel Yared Brassed Off – Trevor Jones Evita – Andrew Lloyd Webber Shine – David Hirschfelder	Shine The English Patient Evita Independence Day
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
Richard III – Tony Burrough The English Patient – Stuart Craig Evita – Brian Morris Hamlet – Tim Harvey	Twister Independence Day Nutty Professor Toy Story
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
Richard III – Shuna Harwood The English Patient – Ann Roth Evita – Penny Rose Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne	The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker 101 Dalmatians – Lynda Armstrong The English Patient – Nigel Booth Evita – Sarah Monzani
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
The English Patient – Walter Murch Evita – Gerry Hambling Fargo – Roderick Jaynes Shine – Pip Karmel	Ridicule Antonia Kolya (Kolja) Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Award breakdown

Winners (minimum one win)

• 6 / 13 The English Patient: Best Cinematography, Editing, Film, Film Music, Screenplay – Adapted and Supporting Actress
• 3 / 6 Secrets & Lies: Best Actress, British Film and Screenplay – Original
• 2 / 5 Richard III: Best Costume and Production Design
• 2 / 9 Shine: Best Actor and Sound
• 1 / 1 Twister: Best Visual Effets
• 1 / 2 The Crucible: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 2 The Nutty Professor: Best Makeup & Hair
• 1 / 6 Fargo: Best Director

Losers (minimum two nominations)

• 0 / 2 Michael Collins
• 0 / 8 Evita

References

• http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60ENGLISH+PATIENT'+LEADS+BAFTA+PACK.-a083857474
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/triple-triumph-for-mike-leigh-comedy-1270073.html
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/mike-leighs-secret-is-revealed-1259005.html