2006 Baftas

In the end the 2006 Baftas belonged to the cowboy film ‘Brokeback Mountain’. ‘The Constant Gardener’ lost out despite multiple nominations and four times nominated George Clooney went home with nothing on the night. The weather in London’s Leicester Square was a predicatable wash out; the delightful British weather combination of driving rain and bitter wind; the red carpet was soaked to the core but still the celebrities and celebrity hunters came out in their droves on one of the most important nights of the year for British film.

’Brokeback Mountain’ starring Health Ledger gathered an impressive four awards while ‘Memoirs Of A Geisha’ picked up three Baftas and ‘Crash’ took home another two. With its low budget more than a few executives will have taken note of how smaller productions like ‘Crash’ can just as readily take on the £100 million Hollywood blockbusters. Actress Reese Witherspoon and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman were also honoured for their leading roles in their respective nominated films.
The big question doing the rounds is of course is whether ‘Brokeback Mountain’ will be able to repeat its success at the Oscars in a just a couple of weeks time?

The full list of Bafta winners:

Best Film:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Capote
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
The Constant Gardener

Best Actor
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line
Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, CAPOTE
David Strathairn, Good Night, And Good Luck

Best Actress
Charlize Theron, North Country
Judi Dench, Mrs Henderson Presents
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
REESE WITHERSPOON, WALK THE LINE
Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs Of A Geisha

Best Director (David Lean Award)
ANG LEE, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, And Good Luck
Bennett Miller, Capote
Fernando Meirelles, The Constant Gardener

Best Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle, Crash
George Clooney, Syriana
George Clooney, Good Night, And Good Luck
JAKE GYLLENHAAL, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Matt Dillon, Crash

Best Supporting Actress
Brenda Blethyn, Pride & Prejudice
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Frances McDormand, North Country
Catherine Keener, Capote
THANDIE NEWTON, CRASH

Outstanding British Film Of The Year (Alexander Korda Award)
***censored*** And Bull Story
The Constant Gardener
Festival
Pride & Prejudice
WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE RABBIT

Best Original Screenplay
Cinderella Man
CRASH
Good Night, And Good Luck
Hotel Rwanda
Mrs Henderson Presents

Best Adapted Screenplay
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Capote
Constant Gardener
History Of Violence
Pride & Prejudice

The Chronicles Of Narnia
Special Achievement By Debut British Director/ Producer/ Writer (Carl Foreman Award)
David Belton (Producer), Shooting Dogs
Peter Fudakowski (Producer), Tsotsi
Annie Griffin (Director/Writer), Festival
Richard Hawkins (Director), Everything
JOE WRIGHT (DIRECTOR), PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Film Not In The English Language
DE BATTRE MON COEUR S’EST ARRETE (THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED)
Le Grand Voyage
Kung Fu Hustle
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)
Tsotsi

Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
March Of The Penguins
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Editing
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
March Of The Penguins

Sound
Batman Begins
Crash
King Kong
WALK THE LINE
The Constant Gardener

Achievement In Film Music (The Anthony Asquith Award)
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Mrs Henderson Presents
Walk The Line

Costume Design
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles Of Narnia
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice

Make-Up And Hair
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

Production Design
Batman Begins
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
King Kong
Memoirs Of A Geisha

Achievement In Special Visual Effects
Batman Begins
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
KING KONG

Short Film
ANTONIO’S BREAKFAST
Call Register
Heavy Metal Drummer
Heydar, An Afghan In Tehran
Lucky

Short Animation
FALLEN ART
Film Noir
Kamiya’s Correspondence
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello
Rabbit