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The 64th British Academy Film Awards sponsored by Orange are getting underway in London tonight and we’ll be updating you live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden which plays host to the awards, as well as bringing you photos of the red carpet arrivals.
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21.23 -Sir Christopher Lee’s gracious and warm acceptance speech is the perfect way to end the ceremony tonight. It was an excellent year for The King’s Speech and to have Chris Morris celebrated was something I didn’t expect but was wonderful to see. Ok – some great speeches, some bizarre autocue problems but it was a great night. We’ll have our pictures from the red carpet up soon and then all the fun of the afterparty which is kicking off in a short while.
Thanks to all those who came along and joined us for the fun – hope you enjoyed our coverage. Same time next year?
21.13 – Final award tonight and one very richly deserved. Tim Burton is on stage to present the BAFTA Fellowship to Sir Christopher Lee.
News that Sir Christopher Lee was to be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship was met with a huge wave of endorsement from the public. The man is a icon of cinema, one of the few men whose life and career is known all over the world, and each of you will have your favourite role of his. I had the pleasure of hearing him read Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky as part of the promotion for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and it was a moment I will never forget.
As he takes to the stage I’ve collected a few videos for you to enjoy – the last one in particular is a treat…
For starters here’s the trailer for The Wicker Man – if you’ve not seen it buy it now…
Here’s some of his Dracula,
Christopher Lee sings!
And here’s the man giving out some very good advice re: Timewarping,
21.11 – So pleased for The King’s Speech – let’s hope it gets people out in their droves to see it again. It’s a worthy winner tonight and the reception for the awards it has won tonight, though unsurprising, was genuine and warm. I spoke with Tom Hooper about the film here, so take a look when you have time for the story behind the film.
21.08 – And the award goes to The King’s Speech crowning what is a great night for Tom Hooper and his team. Sorry about the ‘crowning’ bit there – just preempting the morning’s front pages.
21.07 – The only man who could is on stage to present the BAFTA for Best Film – Mr. Samuel. L. Jackson.
Nominees
• BLACK SWAN Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
• INCEPTION Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
• THE KING’S SPEECH Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
• TRUE GRIT Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Many have already called this award for The King’s Speech and it’s an incredibly strong year with perhaps only The Social Network able to interrupt The King’s Speech, but the best thing is that you get to enjoy them all and if the wisdom of crowds is worth anything and the Oscar will end up going to The Social Network then this could be where the two awards divide and Tom Hooper’s film is given the nod. Time’s up – let’s see who wins…
21.03 Colin Firth wins it. As Radiohead have it – No Surprises but the audience cheered for this award more than any other. I think it’s about time to set some sort of campaign for Sir Colin Firth right here. Despite the fact that the result was never in any real doubt it is still gratifying to see Colin Firth up there on stage, he is charming and graceful. Bravo.
21.01 – Amy Adams is presenting the BAFTA for Leading Actor
Nominees
• JAVIER BARDEM Biutiful
• JEFF BRIDGES True Grit
• JESSE EISENBERG The Social Network
• COLIN FIRTH The King’s Speech
• JAMES FRANCO 127 Hours
The Colin Firth award for Best Actor will surely go to The King’s Speech. It’s almost a foregone conclusion for the actor to follow up his win last year for A Single Man with the award tonight. It’s a strong line up though with James Franco and Jesse Eisenberg doing amazing work in their respective films. Will we be surprised?
20.59 – The award goes to Natalie Portman for Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky is on stage to collect the award and he is saying some very nice things about her, which is just as well because her performance is stunning.
20.56 – Gerard Butler presents the Leading Actress award, THIS IS BAFTA!
Nominees
• ANNETTE BENING The Kids Are All Right
• JULIANNE MOORE The Kids Are All Right
• NATALIE PORTMAN Black Swan
• NOOMI RAPACE The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• HAILEE STEINFELD True Grit
Many people, though not the UK marketers for True Grit it seems, have Hailee Steinfeld’s name on their lips, and there’s no doubt she’s in great company here. The popular opinion is that Natalie Portman will run away with the award which would be fine with me, as I thought her performance was a career best. Though I can’t argue with the two nominations for The Kids Are All Right it would be nice to have five separate films from which to draw Best Actress, perhaps Made in Dagenham could have been given the nod this time? Anyhoo, time for the envelope to be neatly parted and the chosen name to hit the air.
20.54 – David Fincher wins for The Social Network! Good call – and we get to see Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg on stage to collect the award.
20.51 – The Sir David Lean award for Best Director, Tilda Swinton graces us with her presence. Hard one to call this award…
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Danny Boyle
• BLACK SWAN Darren Aronofsky
• INCEPTION Christopher Nolan
• THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher
I loved Tom Hooper’s work on The King’s Speech but I think this will be David Fincher’s year. The Social Network had so much going for it with an amazing script and a fantastic ensemble cast but holding it all together was Fincher whose assured direction made this one of the films of the decade. Christopher Nolan is also getting a lot of love for Inception and Danny Boyle may repeat the success of Slumdog Millionaire with another win. Oh, and Darren Aronofsky did wonderful things with Black Swan. So, hey – we’re all winners!
20.50 – Time to look at The Social Network. It is a fantastic film, but will it best The King’s Speech?
20.48 – The BAFTA is awarded to True Grit – the only film I’ve not seen. There were cheers here in the press room so I’m guessing it’s great.
20.47 – Cinematography awards time.
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
• BLACK SWAN Matthew Libatique
• INCEPTION Wally Pfister
• THE KING’S SPEECH Danny Cohen
• TRUE GRIT Roger Deakins
Danny Cohen did great things in The King’s Speech given the static nature of the action, and I loved Matthew Libatique’s work on Aronofskys Black Swan, and I’ve still not seen True Grit which is unforgivable I know, as Roger Deakins’ work is stunning and I’ve heard that his work with The Coens film was some of his best. I’m all ears for the announcement…
20.45 – Sorkin’s awards haul continues and with good reason as The Social Network wins. I’m a big fan of Sorkin’s work and he’s giving a great and gracious speech. This award was well deserved – I’m guessing the Oscar is next.
20.42 – Julianne Moore is great – and on stage to present the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK Aaron Sorkin
• TOY STORY 3 Michael Arndt
• TRUE GRIT Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Aaron Sorkin has already won a ton of awards for his adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires, and rightly so. Fans of his work on The West Wing will have warmed instantly with the rapid fire dialogue bursting with wit and life. Michael Arndt’s work on Toy Story 3 is also worthy of mention, as it managed to blend seamlessly with the world Pixar created with the first two films, never pandering to fans or dumbing down, instead delivering a script that is as funny and heartwarming as any this year. But I reckon this will be Sorkin’s night.
20.39 – Tom Hardy wins it, but isn’t around to bask in the spotlight. Hardy is clearly a very well loved star – his work in Inception would have inspired people to seek out his other roles. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Dark Knight Rises are in his future, so we’ll be watching.
20.35 – A Single Man director Tom Ford is on stage, sharp as a razor, for the Orange Wednesday Rising Star Award
Nominees
• GEMMA ARTERTON
• ANDREW GARFIELD
• TOM HARDY
• AARON JOHNSON
• EMMA STONE
Though the definition of Rising Star may be a little unclear, as most of the nominees have already risen in my most humble opinion, my feeling is that Tom Hardy has a lot of love out there amongst the fans, who were the ones voting here. Aaron Johnson’s Kick-Ass and Nowhere Boy were impressive and a lot of fun, but I reckon only Andrew Garfield and Hardy have the momentum which will carry them through. Last year Kristen Stewart won, and before that Noel Clarke picked up the award so it’ll be interesting to see who joins them in this select group of winners.
20.34 – On a personal aside here Toy Story 3 is on constant repeat in my house as my two year old has discovered the film, so I can honestly say that even after 214 viewing it’s still a great film.
20.33 – Even Neve Campbell’s announcement of Toy Story 3 had a weary sigh of resignation to it. But who cares – it’s Toy Story 3. And it’s all kinds of awesome. Pixar have never been better and it’s great to see them leading the way in animated films, especially if they push their competitors to do some amazing work too.
20.31 – Back to the awards – Nicholas Hoult and Neve Campbell say Hi! This is the Best Animated Film award…
Nominees
• DESPICABLE ME Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
• TOY STORY 3 Lee Unkrich
This is an obvious one – with Lee Unkrich’s film certain to walk away with the award. Closing off one of the most beloved and critically successful cinematic trilogies the third Toy Story film had more heart and charm than the entire output of the other animation studios, and caused grown men to tear up in their millions. New toys!
20.29 – The looooooong Harry Potter love in gives way to a look at another Best Film nominee – Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. It’s an amazing film.
20.18 – The wonderful Stephen Fry bounds on stage to talk all things Harry Potter for the Outstanding British Contribution award.
What more to say that Harry Potter and The Great British Institution? Casting a spell over audiences for almost a decade,as well as giving writers a slightly feckless cauldron of lazy metaphors to use on these occasions, but with the final film coming our way in a few months its time to look back over the years of magic the various directors and wealth of British talent have given cinema goers.
Everyone loves them some Potter don’t they? Here’s one of the 14,237,102 Harry Potter related videos on the interwebosphere to remind you of why it’s great.
20.14 – The King’s Speech wins the Bafta for Original Screenplay. David Seidler takes the stage and is charming the pants off the crowd. He picked out ‘Captain Tom Hooper’ and is giving a fantastic speech. Which is just right as he wrote it and he’s got a BAFTA and everything.
20.11 – An Education’s team of Rosamund Pike and Dominic Cooper take the stage to present the Original Screenplay award.
Nominees
• BLACK SWAN Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
• THE FIGHTER Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
• INCEPTION Christopher Nolan
• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
• THE KING’S SPEECH David Seidler
This is a hard one to call. I was a big fan of Black Swan, and would happily choose it over Inception and The Fighter, but I think David Seidler’s work with The King’s Speech may get the nod tonight. His script gave the trio of Hooper, Rush and Firth great scope to play with the ideas of paternal and regal duty and the complications of fear and family. I had a great time with it so I’m hoping it gets a look in.
20.07 – Geoffrey Rush wins it – success of The King’s Speech continues. Loved his work and the chemistry he had with Colin Firth was amazing to watch.
20.05- Jessica Alba is on stage now. So is the attention of everyone in the room. Best Supporting Actor is why she be there.
Nominees
• CHRISTIAN BALE The Fighter
• ANDREW GARFIELD The Social Network
• PETE POSTLETHWAITE The Town
• MARK RUFFALO The Kids Are All Right
• GEOFFREY RUSH The King’s Speech
I would love to see Pete Postlethwaite’s performance in The Town surprise people here tonight. He made a cliched role truly terrifying and elevated Ben Affleck’s film along with the work of Jeremy Renner. Geoffrey Rush made a great team with Colin Firth and had a lot to do with the success of Tom Hooper’s film. Andrew Garfield was rightly praised in The Social Network, which when combined with his turn in Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go points to an amazing year for the actor, but I feel this will be Christian Bale’s night.
20.04 -Tom Hooper is on stage. Lovely man who told me that he wanted to do a Bond film. Hmm. Colin Firth as villain? I’m game.
20.02 – Very, very happy about Chris Morris’s win in the previous category. Reminded of Duncan Jones’ win last year. Great, great talents both.
20.01 – The BAFTA goes to The King’s Speech. No, we’re not shocked either. But it is a brilliant film. Step up Mr Hooper.
19.59 – Why, hello Emma Watson. Present us an award for Outstanding British Film won’t you?
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
• ANOTHER YEAR Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
• FOUR LIONS Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
• THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
• MADE IN DAGENHAM Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
If The King’s Speech is the obvious choice for Best Film I wonder if the Academy will divert votes to another of the films on the list. As I’ve said I’d love to see Chris Morris take it home for Four Lions, but I loved Mike Leigh’s Another Year, one of his finest. Good to see Made in Dagenham making the cut here too alongside Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which has a far better chance of winning Best Actor for James Franco than for this film, but hey – what do I know. Let’s find out…
19.55 YES! Chris Morris wins it for Four Lions. Morris isn’t here tonight but here’s a video of him collecting another award so this will have to do.
19.52 – Kevin Spacey turns up on stage doing a Bill Clinton impression to introduce the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Nominees
• THE ARBOR Clio Barnard (Director), Tracy O’Riordan (Producer)
• EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP Banksy (Director), Jaimie D’Cruz (Producer)
• FOUR LIONS Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
• MONSTERS Gareth Edwards (Director/Writer)
• SKELETONS Nick Whitfield (Director/Writer)
For me Chris Morris’s amazing debut Four Lions was a highlight of last year, making good on the years of groundbreaking work on television with his move to the big screen. The Arbor was a very interesting film, which for me lost its narrative strand before picking it up towards the film’s end but with Gareth Edwards’ Monsters and Banksy’s stunning Exit Through the Gift Shop up for the award this is perhaps the strongest category this year and a testament to the talent working in the UK. (I’ve not seen Skeletons, but heard from Bleeding Cool’s Brendon Connelly that it’s great so let’s see if Nick Whitfield upsets the bafta cart). Awards time…
19.47 -Blimey. Helena Bonham Cater wins it. She was great – no doubt about it, I thought it would have been Amy Adams and Lesley Manville. Bonham Carter is a class act. Best speech of the night so far, do tune into the BBC broadcast to see it. I’d love to see Pin-headed Queen. Very pleased to see Tom Hooper’s film getting this award.
19.45 – Everyone say Hello to James McAvoy as he takes the stage to introduce the Best Supporting Actress award
Nominees
• AMY ADAMS The Fighter
• HELENA BONHAM CARTER The King’s Speech
• BARBARA HERSHEY Black Swan
• LESLEY MANVILLE Another Year
• MIRANDA RICHARDSON Made in Dagenham
My money is on Lesley Manville’s staggering performance in Mike Leigh’s Another Year, which was painful and truly affecting – while Barbara Hershey in Black Swan didn’t go fully down the Piper Laurie/Carrie avenue, her performance was one of the best she’s given. Lot of love for Amy Adams in The Fighter, and David O. Russell’s film had some amazing work from the actors, with Christian Bale looking certain to pick up the corresponding award in the Best Supporting Actor category. Or will this be the first award which goes to The King’s Speech? Time to find out…
19.43 -Bit of a breather in the slew of awarding here with a look at The Coens True Grit. All the HeyUGuys coverage here. Love the Coens and you should to.
19.39 – The award goes to Inception. Ok. Obvious choice really. There was some great, great work with the Escheresque landscapes doing a lot. Still reminded me of Heavenly Creatures a touch though – that bit where the garden flourishes before their eyes.
19.38 – Special Effects awards time everyone.
Nominees
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas
• BLACK SWAN Dan Schrecker
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait’Hadi, Christian Manz
• INCEPTION Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
• TOY STORY 3 Guido Quaroni, Micheal Fong, David Ryu
It may seem that the more subtle work of Dan Schrecker will be overlooked in favour of Inception or Alice, the former of which certainly played into the anticipation for the film – you’ll remember the first time you saw that famous shot of Paris folding over. The work on Harry Potter was as good as it has ever been but perhaps didn’t offer anything particularly new.
19.36 -Inception won it. Of course it did. Not happy with the plucking of Black Swan so far tonight…
19.35 – Minnie Driver and Sam Claflin take the stage to present the Production Design award.
Nominees
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
• BLACK SWAN Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson
• INCEPTION Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
• THE KING’S SPEECH Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
• TRUE GRIT Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
We’re seeing these five films crop up a lot in the design stakes and for my money I loved the work done on The King’s Speech and Black Swan, but I fear they may be overlooked in the wake of Inception.
19.33 – Colleen Atwood wins it. Two for Alice in Wonderland. The costume design was pretty fantastic, such a shame that the film slightly soured my enthusiasm to return to it.
19.32 – Costume Design award time Cloth fans.
Nominees
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Colleen Atwood
• BLACK SWAN Amy Westcott
• THE KING’S SPEECH Jenny Beavan
• MADE IN DAGENHAM Louise Stjernsward
• TRUE GRIT Mary Zophres
It’s times like this I wish we had Clothes on Film on hand to talk knowledgeably about the costume design for the five films here. Black Swan’s muted tones gave the film a great look and in total opposition to the legendary Colleen Atwood’s work for Tim Burton’s Alice.
19.31 -The award is dedicated to (amongst other) Noomi Rapace who is in the audience. ‘Hugs to all of you.’ I’m feeling it.
19.28 – It’s Lisbeth Salander’s night – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo conquers the BAFTAs. Is David Fincher remaking this film in 3D? I guess Dr Kermode would know.
19.26 -Mark Kermode takes the stage to introduce the award for Film Not in the English Language
Nominees
• BIUTIFUL Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
• I AM LOVE Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante
• OF GODS AND MEN Xavier Beauvois
• THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella
Of Gods and Men and I Am Love are in with a good chance here, but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo juggernaut may be making it’s stop at the Royal Opera House tonight. Biutiful has garnered some decent press but Javier Bardem seems to have be the cause of most of that and he’s up for Best Actor here. Time for the gold mask to get handed over…
19.23 – The BAFTA goes to Alice in Wonderland. Cant argue. The clip they played, of course, contained Helena Bonham Carter. Colleen Atwood got a shout out, and she may win her own for Best Costume Design.
19.22 – The awards are coming thick and fast here – Make Up and Hair now.
Nominees
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch
• BLACK SWAN Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
• THE KING’S SPEECH Frances Hannon
• MADE IN DAGENHAM Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Black Swan has all the show, while The King’s Speech and Made in Dagenham have the period element to get right. Alice in Wonderland’s vibrant oddness may have caught some of the voter’s attention, but I still can’t warm to Johnny Depp’s psychotic ice-cream sellers pallor, but hey Helena Bonham Carter’s barnet was great fun, so let’s see…
19.21 – The award goes to The Social Network.
19.20 – Next award – Editing.
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Jon Harris
• BLACK SWAN Andrew Weisblum
• INCEPTION Lee Smith
• THE KING’S SPEECH Tariq Anwar
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
There’s a good chance Andrew Weisblum will take this for Black Swan, I was blown away by the work done on Aronofsky’s film, though Christopher Nolan’s man of choice Lee Smith may be walking away with it, despite some negative reaction from certain knowledgeable UK bloggers… Fun fact – Lee Smith was the Editor on Robocop 2.
19.19 – Inception wins Best Sound. Hmmm. It’s clear the Academy does not agree with me.
19.18 – Best Sound!
Nominees
• 127 HOURS Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
• BLACK SWAN Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
• INCEPTION Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
• THE KING’S SPEECH John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin
• TRUE GRIT Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell
It may seem that The King’s Speech has a good chance of picking this one up – given that this aspect is of such import in the story, Colin Firth’s glottal impotence is so fascinating. Black Swan’s seductive, tenebrous tones did much to evoke an incredibly ominous atmosphere so that’s my pick. Let’s see if the Academy agrees with me…
19.16 – Best Short Animation goes to Michael Please for The Eagleman Stag. He takes the stage. Says ‘Crikey.’ Love it.
19.15 – Wright and Kondeatis look so chuffed to be there. Good for them.
19.13 – Winner for Best Short Film is Until the River Runs Red – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis. I was right about that name then.
19.12 -Next two awards are Best Short Film and Best Short Animation.
Short Film
Nominees
• CONNECT Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
• LIN Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
• RITE Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie
• TURNING Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
• UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
Showing a level of ignorance unbecoming to a film website writer I’ve not seen the nominees for this award so I’ll pick a name from the hat and say Until the River Runs Red because of the name. Yeah, I know…
Short Animation
Nominees
• THE EAGLEMAN STAG Michael Please
• MATTER FISHER David Prosser
• THURSDAY Matthias Hoegg
Continuing my epic failure to see the nominees for this category I will say that I love that these categories exist to be shined upon by Bafta’s big spotlight – stars of the future right here. Just wonder if these will make it to the live broadcast, or will the Beeb deem them superfluous?
19.10 – Much deserved award there – Desplat makes a very gracious speech – Colin Firth is the man’s lucky charm.
19.09 – The award goes to – The King’s Speech.
19.07 – First Award is Best Music – Sir Paul McCartney takes the stage.
Best Music
Nominees
• 127 HOURS AR Rahman
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Danny Elfman
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON John Powell
• INCEPTION Hans Zimmer
• THE KING’S SPEECH Alexandre Desplat
It’s clear that there’s a lot of love for Hans Zimmer’s imposing score for Inception, though personally I enjoyed AR Rahman’s work with 127 Hours. I interviewed The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper and we spoke about the collaboration between him and Alexandre Despalt and how the composer sought to use the music in conjunction with the silences to really get the most out of Colin Firth’s performance and it worked wonders. John Powell’s How to Train Your Dragon was also lauded so it’s anyone’s guess…
19.05 – Just a few moments of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World in the opening montage reminds me to watch that film again.
19.02 – Jonathan Ross makes the obligatory ‘give his right arm’ joke for 127 Hours. Class act.
18.59 – After the Orange Gulliver’s Travels advert a man is breakdancing onstage to The Nutcracker Suite. We’re off!
18.57 – Almost there…
18.51 – Not long now until the ceremony begins. Our man Dave has taken his seat and can see this…
18.23 – Arrivals on the red carpet are slowing and the ceremony is not too far away – keep hitting refresh for all the awards as they happen…
It has been a very strong year for film and British film in particular with debuts from Chris Morris, Gareth Edwards and Banksy offering audiences something exciting and original. The main films in contention are Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, David Fincher’s The Social Network and Darren Aronofsky’s sublime psychological thriller Black Swan, but there are many more films looking to be honoured tonight.
Will this be the year for The King’s Speech, with Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush all being nominated for the acting awards, with Tom Hooper up for Best Director, or will Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours repeat the success of Slumdog Millionaire for the director?
