50th British Academy Film Awards

1997 film awards ceremony

50th British Academy Film Awards

Date| 29 April 1997
Site| Royal Albert Hall
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)

* <- 49th
* BAFTA Awards
* 51st ->

The 50th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 29 April 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1996. 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 1998.

Anthony Minghella's The English Patient won the award for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture), while Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies was voted Outstanding 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.[1][2][3]

The ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Lenny Henry.

## Winners and nominees

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Joel Coen, Best Director winner Geoffrey Rush, Best Actor winner Brenda Blethyn, Best Actress winner Paul Scofield, Best Supporting Actor winner Juliette Binoche, Best Supporting Actress winner Mike Leigh, Best Original Screenplay winner and Outstanding British Film co-winner Patrice Leconte, Best Film Not in the English Language co-winner

### BAFTA Fellowship

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Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

* Woody Allen, Julie Christie, Oswald Morris and Harold Pinter

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

* Film4 Productions

### Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film

* The English Patient – Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella
* Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
* Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
* Shine – Jane Scott and Scott Hicks

Best Direction

* Joel Coen – Fargo
* Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
* Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
* Scott Hicks – Shine

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

* Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott
* Ian McKellen – Richard III as Richard III
* Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
* Timothy Spall – Secrets & Lies as Maurice Purley

Best Actress in a Leading Role

* Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
* Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
* Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
* Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

* Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
* Alan Rickman – Michael Collins as Éamon de Valera
* Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy
* John Gielgud – Shine as Cecil Parkes

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana
* Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
* Lynn Redgrave – Shine as Gillian
* Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch

Best Original Screenplay

* Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh
* Brassed Off – Mark Herman
* Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
* Lone Star – John Sayles
* Shine – Jan Sardi

Best Adapted Screenplay

* The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
* The Crucible – Arthur Miller
* Evita – Alan Parker and Oliver Stone
* Richard III – Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine

Best Cinematography

* The English Patient – John Seale
* Evita – Darius Khondji
* Fargo – Roger Deakins
* Michael Collins – Chris Menges

Best Costume Design

* Richard III – Shuna Harwood
* The English Patient – Ann Roth
* Evita – Penny Rose
* Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne

Best Editing

* The English Patient – Walter Murch
* Evita – Gerry Hambling
* Fargo – Roderick Jaynes
* Shine – Pip Karmel

Best Makeup and Hair

* The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
* 101 Dalmatians – Lynda Armstrong, Martial Corneville, Colin Jamison and Jean-Luc Russier
* The English Patient – Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth
* Evita – Sarah Monzani and Martin Samuel

Best Original Music

* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared
* Brassed Off – Trevor Jones
* Evita – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
* Shine – David Hirschfelder

Best Production Design

* Richard III – Tony Burrough
* The English Patient – Stuart Craig
* Evita – Brian Morris
* Hamlet – Tim Harvey

Best Sound

* Shine – Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope
* The English Patient – Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Chris Newman, David Parker and Ivan Sharrock
* Evita – Anna Behlmer, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Ken Weston and Nigel Wright
* Independence Day – Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Sandy Gendler, Val Kuklowsky and Jeff Wexler

Best Special Visual Effects

* Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry Labounta and Habib Zargarpour
* Independence Day – Tricia Ashford, Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil
* The Nutty Professor – Jon Farhat
* Toy Story – Eben Fiske Ostby and William Reeves

Outstanding British Film

* Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
* Brassed Off – Steve Abbott and Mark Herman
* Carla's Song – Sally Hibbin and Ken Loach
* Richard III – Lisa Katselas, Stephen Bayly and Richard Loncraine

Best Film Not in the English Language

* Ridicule – Frederic Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand and Patrice Leconte
* Antonia's Line – Hans de Weers and Marleen Gorris
* Kolya – Eric Abraham and Jan Svěrák
* Nelly and Mr. Arnaud – Alain Sarde and Claude Sautet

Best Short Animation

* The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Bernard La Joie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet
* Famous Fred – John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn
* The Saint Inspector – Richard Hutchinson and Mike Booth
* Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Joseph") – Elizabeth Babakhina and Aida Ziablikoua
* Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Moses") – Naomi Jones and Gary Hurst
* Trainspotter – Christopher Moll, Jeff Newitt and Neville Astley

Best Short Film

* Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) – Carole Scotta and David Fourier
* The Butterfly Man – Robin MacPherson and Barry Ackroyd
* Dual Balls – Laurence Bowen and Dan Zeff
* Everything Must Go – François Barat and Jean-Marc Moutout
* Machination – Alice Beckmann and Ralph Seiler

## Statistics

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Films that received multiple nominations Nominations  | Film

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13  | The English Patient
9  | Shine
8  | Evita
7  | Secrets & Lies
6  | Fargo
5  | Richard III
3  | Brassed Off
2  | The Crucible
Hamlet
Independence Day
Michael Collins
The Nutty Professor

Films that received multiple awards Awards  | Film

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6  | The English Patient
3  | Secrets & Lies
2  | Richard III
Shine

## See also

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* 69th Academy Awards
* 22nd César Awards
* 2nd Critics' Choice Awards
* 49th Directors Guild of America Awards
* 10th European Film Awards
* 54th Golden Globe Awards
* 8th Golden Laurel Awards
* 17th Golden Raspberry Awards
* 1st Golden Satellite Awards
* 11th Goya Awards
* 12th Independent Spirit Awards
* 2nd Lumière Awards
* 23rd Saturn Awards
* 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards
* 49th Writers Guild of America Awards

## References

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1. ^ Lister, David (28 April 1997). "'The English Patient' in the best of health". The Independent.
2. ^ Lister, David (29 April 1997). "Triple triumph for Mike Leigh comedy". The Independent.
3. ^ Lister, David (30 April 1997). "Mike Leigh's secret is revealed". The Independent.

## External links

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* Official website
* Film in 1997 at BAFTA
* BAFTA Awards (1997) at IMDb

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