
While we were busy handing out Grammys last night, the folks across the pond held their own star-studded award ceremony: the BAFTA Awards. In keeping with many of the awards ceremonies thus far, Atonement and No Country for Old Men were warmly recognized, though the picture with the most wins was La Vie en rose. Marion Cotillard was reportedly "visibly shocked" to receive the Leading Actress award.
Atonement took top honors with the Best Picture award, though the Coen Bros. nabbed the prize for Best Director. Diablo Cody took home the award for her Juno screenplay, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won for Adapted Screenplay. Many of the acting awards were to be expected (Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis), though Tilda Swinton's win against Cate Blanchett and Samantha Morton was a bit of a surprise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, however, the Orange Rising Star Award — which is decided by the public — was given to Shia Labeouf. He was up against Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Tom Riley and Tang Wei. Shia was not present to claim his award.
To see a full listing of this year's BAFTA recipients, including The Bourne Ultimatum and The Golden Compass, read more.
2008 BAFTA Winners:
BEST FILM:
Atonement
BEST BRITISH FILM:
This Is England
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD:
(For special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film)
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) — Control
DIRECTOR:
No Country For Old Men — Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Juno — Diablo Cody
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly — Ronald Harwood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
The Lives of Others
ANIMATED FILM:
Ratatouille
LEADING ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTRESS:
Marion Cotillard — La Vie En Rose
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton
MUSIC:
La Vie En Rose — Christopher Gunning
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
No Country for Old Men — Roger Deakins
EDITING:
The Bourne Ultimatum — Christopher Rouse
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Atonement — Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
COSTUME DESIGN:
La Vie En Rose — Marit Allen
SOUND:
The Bourne Ultimatum — Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/Dave Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Golden Compass – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Woods
MAKE UP & HAIR:
La Vie En Rose – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD:
Shia Labeouf

















Temperley London
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"Marion Cotillard was reportedly "visibly shocked" to receive the Leading Actress award."
She was.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MS7jtGSzm38
Best Film not in the English language went to "The Lives of Others" though, not "The Kite Runner.
1Sightly off topic:
2I had no idea Marion Cotillard's dating Guillaume Canet! That is so cute!
Mädchen — That's true. The list I was referencing this morning mistakenly had The Kite Runner as the winner in that category. Thanks.
3You're welcome.
4Marion Cotillard was visibly shocked, but it was so sweet and endearing. Also, Daniel Day Lewis was such a wonderful gentleman and gracious in accepting his award and commenting that Marion deserved his award as well for her courage ( I'm paraphrasing, but that's the just of it
). I have the You Tube link below - its really cute!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2unfwix0guY
5I was just as chocked and happy, when Marion won, as she was herself! Loved her acceptance
6I loved Marion in La Vie En Rose...I'm glad she's receiving awards for the part
7And this is one reason I wish I had BBC America.
8UrbanBohemian, you can actually watch the whole show on YouTube:
9http://youtube.com/user/filmcritique08
Marion Cotillard was brilliant in La Vie En Rose. And, Lives of Others is such a deserving winner.
10marion was too cute when she gave her speech. i love to see her win at the Oscar. as for mr. day-lewis, the man just gives some of the best speeches i've heard in a long time....forest whitaker should take notes from him.
11I was soo happy for Marion Cottilard also, she just seemed so stunned and happy.
12I'm kinda gutted Shia won rising star, I was hoping for a Sam Riley win. Even worse that Shia wasn't there to collect the award.
Altogether, I thought the winners were a nice even spread - a lot of the films nominated deserved an award and the majority got something.
What about Marion Cotillard's dress?
13OH, that's such a great picture. They all look so happy! And Marion's dress was absolutely amazing, not many could pull that off like she did.
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