It's Just Movies

— by KATHLEEN COLLINS —

The winners of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (better known as the BAFTAs) were announced tonight.

None of the winners seem all that shocking, but it is somewhat noteworthy that “The King’s Speech” took home the award for Best Film, while David Fincher won Best Director for “The Social Network.” Each movie won a prize for its screenplay, but it’s hard to see how the movie with the best director and a best screenplay win isn’t the best film. “The King’s Speech” did take home three of four acting award, though, so I guess the acting out-weighed the directing on this one.

BEST FILM – THE KING’S SPEECH Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM – THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER – FOUR LIONS Chris Morris

DIRECTOR – THE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – THE KING’S SPEECH David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – THE SOCIAL NETWORK Aaron Sorkin

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev

ANIMATED FILM – TOY STORY 3 Lee Unkrich

LEADING ACTOR – COLIN FIRTH The King’s Speech

LEADING ACTRESS – NATALIE PORTMAN Black Swan

SUPPORTING ACTOR – GEOFFREY RUSH The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – HELENA BONHAM CARTER The King’s Speech

ORIGINAL MUSIC – THE KING’S SPEECH Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY – TRUE GRIT Roger Deakins

EDITING – THE SOCIAL NETWORK Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN – INCEPTION Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

COSTUME DESIGN – ALICE IN WONDERLAND Colleen Atwood

SOUND – INCEPTION Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS – INCEPTION Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

MAKE UP & HAIR – ALICE IN WONDERLAND Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch

SHORT ANIMATION – THE EAGLEMAN STAG Michael Please

SHORT FILM -UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD – TOM HARDY

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