41st British Academy Film Awards

41st British Academy Film Awards
41st British Academy Film Awards
Date	20 March 1988
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted by	Michael Aspel
Highlights
Best Film	Jean de Florette
Best Actor	Sean Connery; The Name of the Rose
Best Actress	Anne Bancroft; 84 Charing Cross Road
Most awards	Jean de Florette (4)
Most nominations	Hope and Glory (13)
	← 40th; BAFTA Awards; 42nd →;

The 41st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 20 March 1988 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1987. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1987.^[1]^[2]

Claude Berri's Jean de Florette won the award for Best Film.^[3] Sean Connery and Anne Bancroft took home Best Actor and Actress, whilst Daniel Auteuil and Susan Wooldridge won in the supporting categories.

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Ingmar Bergman

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Monty Python

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Jean de Florette – Claude Berri Cry Freedom – Richard Attenborough Hope and Glory – John Boorman Radio Days – Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen	Best Direction Oliver Stone – Platoon Claude Berri – Jean de Florette John Boorman – Hope and Glory Richard Attenborough – Cry Freedom
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Sean Connery – The Name of the Rose* as William of Baskerville** Gary Oldman – Prick Up Your Ears as Joe Orton Gérard Depardieu – Jean de Florette as Jean Cadoret Yves Montand – Jean de Florette as Cesar Soubeyran	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road* as Helene Hanff** Emily Lloyd – Wish You Were Here as Lynda Mansell Julie Walters – Personal Services as Christine Painter Sarah Miles – Hope and Glory as Grace Rowan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Daniel Auteuil – Jean de Florette* as Ugolin** Ian Bannen – Hope and Glory as Grandfather George John Thaw – Cry Freedom as Jimmy Kruger Sean Connery – The Untouchables as Jimmy Malone	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Susan Wooldridge – Hope and Glory* as Molly** Dianne Wiest – Radio Days as Aunt Bea Judi Dench – 84 Charing Cross Road as Nora Doel Vanessa Redgrave – Prick Up Your Ears as Peggy Ramsay
Best Original Screenplay Wish You Were Here – David Leland Hope and Glory – John Boorman Personal Services – David Leland Radio Days – Woody Allen	Best Adapted Screenplay Jean de Florette – Claude Berri and Gérard Brach 84 Charing Cross Road – Hugh Whitemore Little Dorrit – Christine Edzard Prick Up Your Ears – Alan Bennett
Best Cinematography Jean de Florette – Bruno Nuytten Cry Freedom – Ronnie Taylor Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot Platoon – Robert Richardson	Best Costume Design Radio Days – Jeffrey Kurland Hope and Glory – Shirley Ann Russell Little Dorrit – Sands Films The Untouchables – Marilyn Vance
Best Editing Platoon – Claire Simpson Cry Freedom – Lesley Walker Hope and Glory – Ian Crafford Radio Days – Susan E. Morse	Best Makeup and Hair The Name of the Rose – Hasso Von Hugo The Fly – Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis Hope and Glory – Anna Dryhurst Jean de Florette – Michele Dernelle and Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Best Original Music The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone Cry Freedom – George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa Hope and Glory – Peter Martin Wish You Were Here – Stanley Myers	Best Production Design Radio Days – Santo Loquasto Hope and Glory – Anthony D. G. Pratt Jean de Florette – Bernard Vezat The Untouchables – William A. Elliott
Best Sound Cry Freedom – Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys Full Metal Jacket – Nigel Galf, Edward Tise and Andy Nelson Hope and Glory – Ron Davis, Peter Handford and John Hayward Radio Days – Bob Hein, James Sabat and Lee Dichter	Best Special Visual Effects The Witches of Eastwick – Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones and Bruce Walters The Fly – Chris Walas, Jon Berg, Louis Craig and Hoyt Yeatman Full Metal Jacket – John Evans Little Shop of Horrors – Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge, Lyle Conway and Richard Conway
Best Documentary Baka – People of the Rainforest – Phil Agland Forty Minutes: Home from the Hill – Molly Dineen Fourteen Days in May – Paul Hamann Man-Eating Tigers / Saving the Tiger – Naresh Bedi	Best Film Not in the English Language The Sacrifice – Anna-Lena Wibom and Andrei Tarkovsky Jean de Florette – Claude Berri Manon des Sources – Claude Berri My Life as a Dog – Waldemar Bergendahl and Lasse Hallström
Best Short Animation The Reluctant Dragon – Bridget Appleby Fireman Sam – Ian Frampton and John Walker The Shoe People – Tony Barnes and Clennell Rawson The Wind in the Willows – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall	Best Short Film Artisten – Jonas Grimås After Maria – Jean-Claude Robert The Short and Curlies – Mike Leigh Treacle – Peter Chelsom

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
13	Hope and Glory
10	Jean de Florette
7	Cry Freedom
7	Radio Days
4	The Untouchables
3	84 Charing Cross Road
	Platoon
	Prick Up Your Ears
	Wish You Were Here
2	The Fly
	Full Metal Jacket
	Little Dorrit
	The Name of the Rose
	Personal Services

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Jean de Florette
2	The Name of the Rose
	Platoon
	Radio Days

References

^ Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.
^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[1] Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.

[2] "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

[3] Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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