British Academy Film Awards 1991
The 44th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in 1991. The film prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 19 categories, plus three special or honorary award categories. Films from 1990 were honored.
Award winners and nominations
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| Cinema Paradiso | 11 | 5 |
| Dick Tracy | 7th | 2 |
| Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia | 7th | 5 |
| Crimes and other trifles | 6th | 0 |
| Ghost message from Sam | 4th | 1 |
| Miss Daisy and her chauffeur | 4th | 1 |
| Pretty woman | 4th | 0 |
| The fabulous Baker Boys | 3 | 1 |
| Greetings from Hollywood | 3 | 0 |
| Hunt for Red October | 3 | 0 |
| Born on July 4th | 2 | 0 |
| Sky over the desert | 2 | 1 |
With eleven nominations, Giuseppe Tornatores Cinema Paradiso was considered the favorite in advance and finally received five awards. Martin Scorsese's Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia , who had received seven nominations in advance , won just as many prizes . The losers of the evening were Woody Allen's crimes and other trifles, as well as the comedy film Pretty Woman , which received six and four nominations respectively.
Best movie
Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas) - Director: Martin Scorsese
- Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy) - Director: Bruce Beresford
- Pretty Woman - Director: Garry Marshall
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors) - Director: Woody Allen
Best director
Martin Scorsese - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
- Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- Bruce Beresford - Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy)
- Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
Best Actor
Philippe Noiret - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- Sean Connery - The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- Tom Cruise - Born on 4 July (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Robert De Niro - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
Best main actress
Jessica Tandy - Miss Daisy and her Chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy)
- Shirley MacLaine - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
- Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
Best supporting actor
Salvatore Cascio - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- Alan Alda - Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- John Hurt - The field (The Field)
- Al Pacino - Dick Tracy
The best supporting actress
Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
- Anjelica Huston - Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- Shirley MacLaine - Steel Magnolias (Steel Magnolias)
- Billie Whitelaw - The Krays (The Krays)
Best adapted script
Nicholas Pileggi , Martin Scorsese - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellay)
- Carrie Fisher - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
- Ron Kovic , Oliver Stone - Born on 4 July (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Michael J. Leeson - The War of the Roses (The War of the Roses)
- Alfred Uhry - Miss Daisy and her chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy)
Best original script
Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- JF Lawton - Pretty Woman
- Bruce Joel Rubin - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
Best camera
Vittorio Storaro - Heaven over the Desert (The Sheltering Sky)
- Michael Ballhaus - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
- Freddie Francis - Glory
- Blasco Giurato - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
Best production design
- Andrea Crisanti - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema paradiso)
- Terence Marsh - Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- Gianni Silvestri - The Sheltering Sky (The Sheltering Sky)
Best costumes
Richard Bruno - Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
- Beatrice Bordone - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- Milena Canonero - Dick Tracy
- Marilyn Vance - Pretty Woman
Best mask
John Caglione, junior , Doug Drexler - Dick Tracy
- Christine Beveridge , Jim Henson - Witches witches (The Witches)
- Ben Nye, junior - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
- Maurizio Trani - Cinema Paradiso (Nouvo cinema Paradiso)
Best film score
Andrea Morricone , Ennio Morricone - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- George Fenton - Memphis Belle
- Dave Grusin - The Fabulous Baker Boys (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Carly Simon - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
Best cut
Thelma Schoonmaker - Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (Good Fellas)
- Richard Marks - Dick Tracy
- Mario Morra - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema paradiso)
- Susan E. Morse - Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
Best tone
Gary Alexander , Doug Hemphill , Chris Jenkins , J. Paul Huntsman , Stephan von Hase - Die fabelbaren Baker Boys (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Doug J. Bassman , Richard Bryce Goodman , Cecilia Häll , George Watters II - Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- David E. Campbell , Thomas Causey , Dennis Drummond , Doug Hemphill , Chris Jenkins - Dick Tracy
- Jon Huck , Richard Hymns , David Parker , Randy Thom - Wild at Heart - The Story of Sailor and Lula (Wild at Heart)
Best visual effects
Entire Effects Team - Honey, I shrunk the kids (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
- Entire Effects Team - Dick Tracy
- Entire effect team - Total Recall - Total Recall (Total Recall)
- Entire Effects Team - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
Best animated short film
- Deadsy - David Anderson
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (Konec stalinismu v Čechách) - Jan Švankmajer
Best short film
Say goodbye - Michele Camarda , John Roberts
- At the border - Michael Drexler , Max Linder
- Chicken - Julian Nott , Jo Shoop
- Dear Rosie - Peter Cattaneo , Barnaby Thompson
Best Non-English Language Film
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) , Italy - Franco Cristaldi and Giuseppe Tornatore
- A comedy in May (Milou en mai) , France / Italy - Louis Malle
- Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) , Canada / France - Denys Arcand , Roger Frappier and Pierre Gendron
- Milk and Chocolate (Romuald et Juliette) , France - Philippe Carcassonne , Jean-Louis Piel and Coline Serreau
Special and honorary awards
Academy Fellowship
- Louis Malle , French film director
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Jeremy Thomas - Film Producer ( The Last Emperor , Heaven Over The Desert )
Special Award
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the Academy website, four films were also nominated for a documentary film prize, but no prize was awarded, cf. BAFTA website .