British Academy Film Awards 2000
The 53rd British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on April 9, 2000 at Odeon Leicester Square , London . The film awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 21 categories, plus three categories of honorary awards. The Academy Fellowship was awarded to Michael Caine and Peter Bazalgette this year . The American film director Stanley Kubrick , who died in March 1999, received the award posthumously . The event was hosted by the Scottish presenter Jack Docherty .
Award winners and nominations
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| American Beauty | 14th | 6th |
| The end of an affair | 10 | 1 |
| The talented Mr. Ripley | 7th | 1 |
| East is East | 6th | 1 |
| matrix | 5 | 2 |
| Topsy-Turvy - turned upside down | 5 | 1 |
| The Sixth Sense | 4th | 0 |
| Everything about my mother | 3 | 2 |
| Being John Malkovich | 3 | 2 |
| Buena Vista Social Club | 3 | 0 |
| My mother's ashes | 3 | 0 |
| A perfect husband | 3 | 0 |
| Sleepy Hollow | 3 | 2 |
| Notting Hill | 2 | 0 |
| Ratcatcher | 2 | 1 |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 2 | 0 |
| Mussolini tea | 2 | 1 |
Sam Mendes ' American Beauty was the big favorite of the event with 14 nominations and ultimately received the most awards of the evening with six awards. With ten nominations but only one award, The End of an Affair was a loser of the evening.
Best movie
American Beauty - Director: Sam Mendes
- The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair) - Director: Neil Jordan
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley) - Director: Anthony Minghella
- East is East - Director: Damien O'Donnell
- The Sixth Sense - Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Best British Film
East is East - Leslee Udwin and Damien O'Donnell
- Notting Hill - Duncan Kenworthy and Roger Michell
- Onegin - A love in St. Petersburg (Onegin) - Ileen Maisel , Simon Bosanquet and Martha Fiennes
- Ratcatcher - Gavin Emerson and Lynne Ramsay
- Topsy-Turvy (Topsy-Turvy) - Simon Channing-Williams and Mike Leigh
- Wonderland - Michele Camarda , Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom
Best director
Pedro Almodóvar - All about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
- Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Sam Mendes - American Beauty
- Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
- M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Best Actor
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
- Jim Broadbent - Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down (Topsy-Turvy)
- Russell Crowe - Insider (The Insider)
- Ralph Fiennes - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Om Puri - East is East
Best main actress
Annette Bening - American Beauty
- Linda Bassett - East is East
- Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Emily Watson - My Mother 's Ashes (Angela's Ashes)
Best supporting actor
Jew Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
- Wes Bentley - American Beauty
- Michael Caine - God's Work & Devil's Contribution (The Cider House Rules)
- Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill
- Timothy Spall - Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down (Topsy-Turvy)
The best supporting actress
Maggie Smith - Tea with Mussolini (Tea with Mussolini)
- Thora Birch - American Beauty
- Cate Blanchett - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
- Cameron Diaz - Being John Malkovich
- Mena Suvari - American Beauty
Best adapted script
Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Ayub Khan-Din - East is East
- Oliver Parker - A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Best original script
Charlie Kaufman - Being John Malkovich
- Pedro Almodóvar - All about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
- Alan Ball - American Beauty
- Mike Leigh - Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down (Topsy-Turvy)
- M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Best camera
Conrad L. Hall - American Beauty
- Bill Pope - Matrix (The Matrix)
- Roger Pratt - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- John Seale - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
- Michael Seresin - My Mother 's Ashes (Angela's Ashes)
Best production design
Rick Heinrichs - Sleepy Hollow
- Geoffrey Kirkland - My Mother 's Ashes (Angela's Ashes)
- Owen Paterson - Matrix (The Matrix)
- Anthony Pratt - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Naomi Shohan - American Beauty
Best costumes
Colleen Atwood - Sleepy Hollow
- Anna Anni , Jenny Beavan , Alberto Spiazzi - Tea with Mussolini (Tea with Mussolini)
- Caroline Harris - A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- Sandy Powell - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
Best mask
Christine Blundell - Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down (Topsy-Turvy)
- Christine Beveridge - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Peter Swords King - A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- Tania McComas , Carol A. O'Connell - American Beauty
Best film score
Thomas Newman - American Beauty
- Ry Cooder and Nick Gold - Buena Vista Social Club
- Michael Nyman - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Gabriel Yared - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Best cut
Tariq Anwar , Christopher Greenbury - American Beauty
- Andrew Mondshein - The Sixth Sense
- Zach Staenberg - Matrix (The Matrix)
- Eric Zumbrunnen - Being John Malkovich
Best tone
David E. Campbell , Dane A. Davis , John T. Reitz , David Lee , Gregg Rudloff - Matrix (The Matrix)
- Bob Beemer , Scott Martin Gershin , Scott Millan , Richard Van Dyke - American Beauty
- Tom Bellfort , Ben Burtt , Tom Johnson , John Midgley , Shawn Murphy , Gary Rydstrom - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
- Jerry Boys , Martin Müller - Buena Vista Social Club
Best visual effects
Steve Courtley , John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs , Jon Thum - Matrix (The Matrix)
- John Andrew Berton Jr. , Chris Corbould , Daniel Jeannette , Ben Snow - Die Mumie (The Mummy)
- Sharon Calahan , Eben Ostby , Bill Reeves , Rick Sayre - A Bug's Life (A Bug's Life)
- Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , Scott Squires - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
- Paddy Eason , Jim Mitchell , Joss Williams , Kevin Yagher - Sleepy Hollow
Best animated short film
The Man with the Beautiful Eyes - Jonathan Bairstow, Jonathan Hodgson
- The wig maker - Annette Schäffler , Steffen Schäffler
- Jolly Roger - Claire Jennings, Mark Baker , Neville Astley
- The Old Man and the Sea - Bernard Lajoie, Tatsuo Shimamura, Alexander Petrow
Best short film
Who's My Favorite Girl - Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston, Adrian McDowall
- Bait - Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Tom Shankland, Jane Harris
- Perdie - Rachel Shadick, Faye Gilbert
- The Tale Of The Rat That Wrote - Ruth Kenley-Letts, Lisa-Marie Russo, Billy O'Brien, Murilo Pasta
Best young talent
- Justin Kerrigan - Human Traffic
- Ayub Khan-Din - East is East
- Kirk Jones - Long Live Ned Devine! (Waking Ned)
Best Non-English Language Film
Everything about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre) , Spain / France - Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar
- Buena Vista Social Club , Germany / USA / Great Britain / France / Cuba - Ulrich Felsberg , Deepak Nayar and Wim Wenders
- Das Fest (Festen) , Denmark - Birgitte Hald and Thomas Vinterberg
- Lola rennt , Germany - Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer
Prizes of honor
Academy Fellowship
- Michael Caine , British actor
- Stanley Kubrick , American film director, producer and screenwriter
- Peter Bazalgette , British media expert
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Joyce Herlihy - Production Manager ( The Victor's Hour , The Last Emperor )
Audience award
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ All right on the night . theguardian, April 7, 2000.
- ↑ Not including the audience award that the film won.
- ↑ Buena Vista Social Club in the Internet Movie Database (English)