British Academy Film Awards 1998

The 51st British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London on April 18, 1998 . The film prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 20 categories, plus four special or honorary award categories, including for the first time the audience award Orange Film of the Year .

Award winners and nominations

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)

Movie	N	A.
All or nothing	11	3
LA Confidential	11	2
Titanic	10	0
Your Majesty Mrs. Brown	8th	3
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet	7th	4th
Wings of the Dove - The wings of the dove	6th	2
Nile by Mouth	4th	2
Boogie Nights	2	0
The ice storm	2	1
A case for the borrowers	2	0
Oscar Wilde	2	0

Favorite All or nothing was one of the winners of the evening with three prizes out of eleven nominations. Only William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet was more successful, receiving four prizes out of seven nominations. With twelve nominations, but only two awards, LA Confidential was considered one of the big losers of the evening. Titanic came away empty-handed with ten nominations. The Academy's handling of the film Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Film , which was extremely successful with £ 137 million at the box office, but received no nomination for a BAFTA, had caused criticism in advance .

Best movie

All Or Not (The Full Monty) - Director: Peter Cattaneo

Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown) - Director: John Madden

LA Confidential - Director: Curtis Hanson

Titanic - Director: James Cameron

Best British Film

Nil by Mouth - Director: Gary Oldman

A case for the Borger (The Borrowers) - Director: Peter Hewitt

All Or Not (The Full Monty) - Director: Peter Cattaneo

Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown) - Director: John Madden

Twenty Four Seven - Director: Shane Meadows

Best director

Baz Luhrmann - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

James Cameron - Titanic

Peter Cattaneo - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Curtis Hanson - LA Confidential

Best Actor

Robert Carlyle - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Billy Connolly - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Kevin Spacey - LA Confidential

Ray Winstone - Nile by Mouth

Best main actress

Judi Dench - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Kim Basinger - LA Confidential

Helena Bonham Carter - Wings of the Dove (Wings of the Dove)

Kathy Burke - Nile by Mouth

Best supporting actor

Tom Wilkinson - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Mark Addy - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Rupert Everett - The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding)

Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

The best supporting actress

Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm (The Ice Storm)

Lesley Sharp - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Jennifer Ehle - Oscar Wilde (Wilde)

Zoë Wanamaker - Oscar Wilde (Wilde)

Best original script

Gary Oldman - Nile by Mouth

Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights

Simon Beaufoy - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Jeremy Brock - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Best adapted script

Baz Luhrmann , Craig Pearce - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Hossein Amini - Wings of the Dove - Wings of the Dove

Curtis Hanson , Brian Helgeland - LA Confidential

James Schamus - The Ice Storm (The Ice Storm)

Best camera

Eduardo Serra - Wings of the Dove - The Wings of the Dove

Russell Carpenter - Titanic

Donald M. McAlpine - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Dante Spinotti - LA Confidential

Best production design

Catherine Martin - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Martin Childs - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Peter Lamont - Titanic

Jeannine C. Oppewall - LA Confidential

Best costumes

Deirdre Clancy - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Ruth Myers - LA Confidential

Sandy Powell - Wings of the Dove (The Wings of the Dove)

Deborah Lynn Scott - Titanic

Best mask

Jan Archibald , Sallie Jaye - Wings of the Dove (Wings of the Dove)

Janis Clark , Scott H. Eddo , John M. Elliott - LA Confidential

Tina Earnshaw , Kay Georgiou , Simon Thompson - Titanic

Lisa Westcott - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

Best film score

Craig Armstrong , Marius de Vries , Nellee Hooper - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Anne Dudley - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Jerry Goldsmith - LA Confidential

James Horner - Titanic

Best cut

Peter Honess - LA Confidential

David Freeman , Nick Moore - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Jill Bilcock - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)

Conrad Buff IV , James Cameron , Richard A. Harris - Titanic

Best tone

Anna Behlmer , Kirk Francis , John Leveque , Andy Nelson , Terry Rodman , Roland N. Thai - LA Confidential

Alistair Crocker , Adrian Rhodes , Ian Wilson - All Or Not (The Full Monty)

Tom Johnson , Gary Rydstrom , Gary Summers , Mark Ulano - Titanic

Roger Savage , Gareth Vanderhope , Rob Young - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Best visual effects

Neil Corbould , Nick Dudman , Nick Allder , Karen E. Goulekas , Mark Stetson - The Fifth Element (The Fifth Element)

Rick Baker , Eric Brevig , Peter Chesney , Rob Coleman - Men in Black

Peter Chiang - A Case for the Borrowers

Thomas L. Fisher , Michael Kanfer , Mark A. Lasoff , Robert Legato - Titanic

Best animated short film

Stage Fright - Steve Box , Helen Nabarro , Michael Rose

El caminante - Jeremy Moorshead , Debra Smith

Flatworld - Daniel Greaves , Nigel Pary , Patrick Veale

TRANSIT - Iain Harvey , Piet Kroon

Best short film

The Deadness Of Dad - Philippa Cousins , Mandy Sprague , Stephen Volk

Crocodile Snap - James Greville , Joe Wright

Gasman - Gavin Emerson , Lynne Ramsay

Little Sisters - Andy Goddard , Nic Murison

Best Non-English Language Film

Love and Lies (L'appartement) , France / Spain / Italy - Georges Benayoun and Gilles Mimouni

Lucie Aubrac , France - Claude Berri

My life in Rosarot (Ma vie en rose) , France / Belgium / Great Britain - Alain Berliner and Carole Scotta

Tango Fever (The Tango Lessons) , Great Britain / France / Argentina / Germany / Netherlands - Sally Potter and Christopher Sheppard

Prizes of honor

Academy Fellowship

• Sean Connery , British actor
• Bill Cotton , British television producer and director

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

• Michael Roberts - Cinematographer ( The Killing Fields , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade )

Special Award

• Cornel Lucas

Audience award

• All or nothing (The Full Monty)

Web links

• Winners and nominees on bafta.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Not including the audience award that the film won.
2. ^ Stars shine for British film awards . news.bbc.co.uk, April 18, 1998.