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BAFTA nominations 2004
Cold Montain, Return of the King, Lost In Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring clear up.
Added 19 Jan 2004 by Scott Morris@theoneliner.com


Once again the primary purpose of the BAFTAs is to fuel Oscar speculation, but they're hardly worthless trinkets in their own right. Big time recognition for Cold Mountain with thirteen nominations, with the astonishing Return of the King netting twelve. Girl with a Pearl Earring is mystifyingly given ten nominations, presumably in the 'dullest film' categories. There's not to many things to quibble over in their selections, and it shows just what a strong year last was in terms of filmic entertainment. We'll suffer through Stephen Fry's presentation on Sunday 15th February for the list of the winners so you don't have to, unless you're feeling particularly masochistic.

FILM
BIG FISH Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Richard D Zanuck
COLD MOUNTAIN Sydney Pollack, William Horberg,
Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING

Barrie M Osborne, Fran Walsh,
Peter Jackson
LOST IN TRANSLATION Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

 Samual Goldwyn Jr, Peter Weir,
Duncan Henderson

The Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British film of the year
COLD MOUNTAIN Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Anthony Minghella
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker,
Peter Webber
IN THIS WORLD Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland,
Michael Winterbottom
LOVE ACTUALLY Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Richard Curtis
TOUCHING THE VOID John Smithson, Kevin MacDonald

The Carl Foreman Award FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR/PRODUCER OR WRITER IN THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILM
SERGIO CASCI Writer (for American Cousins)
JENNY MAYHEW Writer (for To Kill A King)
PETER WEBBER
 Director (for Girl With A Pearl Earring)
EMILY YOUNG Director/Writer (for Kiss of Life)

The David Lean Award for achievement in Direction
BIG FISH Tim Burton
COLD MOUNTAIN Anthony Minghella

THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING

 Peter Jackson
LOST IN TRANSLATION Sofia Coppola
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD		 Peter Weir

Screenplay (Original)
21 GRAMS Guillermo Arriaga
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (LES INVASIONS BARBARES) Denys Arcand
FINDING NEMO Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson,
David Reynolds
LOST IN TRANSLATION Sofia Coppola
THE STATION AGENT Tom McCarthy

Screenplay (Adapted)
BIG FISH John August
COLD MOUNTAIN Anthony Minghella
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Olivia Hetreed
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
MYSTIC RIVER Brian Helgeland

film not in the english language
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (LES INVASIONS BARBARES) Denise Robert, Daniel Louis,
Denys Arcand
BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS Didier Brunner, Sylvain Chomet
ÊTRE ET AVOIR Gilles Sandoz, Nicolas Philibert
GOOD BYE LENIN! Stefan Arndt, Wolfgang Becker
IN THIS WORLD Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland,
Michael Winterbottom
SPIRITED AWAY Toshio Suzuki, Hayoa Miyazaki

Actor in a Leading Role
BENICIO DEL TORO 21 Grams
BILL MURRAY Lost In Translation
JOHNNY DEPP Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl
JUDE LAW Cold Mountain
SEAN PENN 21 Grams
SEAN PENN Mystic River

Actress in a leading Role
ANNE REID The Mother
NAOMI WATTS 21 Grams
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Girl With A Pearl Earring
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Lost In Translation
UMA THURMAN Kill Bill Vol. 1

Actor in a Supporting Role
ALBERT FINNEY
 Big Fish
BILL NIGHY Love Actually
IAN MCKELLEN The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King
PAUL BETTANY Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
TIM ROBBINS Mystic River

Actress in a supporting role
EMMA THOMPSON Love Actually
HOLLY HUNTER Thirteen
JUDY PARFITT Girl With A Pearl Earring
LAURA LINNEY Mystic River
RENEacute;E ZELLWEGER Cold Mountain

the anthony asquith award for achievenment in film music
COLD MOUNTAIN
 Gabriel Yared
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Alexandre Desplat
KILL BILL VOL. 1 The RZA
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Howard Shore
LOST IN TRANSLATION Kevin Shields

Cinematography
COLD MOUNTAIN John Seale
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Eduardo Serra
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Andrew Lesnie
LOST IN TRANSLATION Lance Acord
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD 		Russell Boyd

editing
21 GRAMS Stephen Mirrione
COLD MOUNTAIN Walter Murch
KILL BILL VOL. 1 Sally Menke
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Jamie Selkirk
LOST IN TRANSLATION Sarah Flack

production design
BIG FISH Dennis Gassner
COLD MOUNTAIN Dante Ferretti
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Ben van Os
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Grant Major
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD		 William Sandell

costume design
COLD MOUNTAIN Ann Roth, Carlo Poggioli
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Dien van Straalen
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING 		Ngila Dickson/Richard Taylor
MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD 		Wendy Stites
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL		 Penny Rose

sound
COLD MOUNTAIN
KILL BILL VOL. 1
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

achievement in special visual effects
BIG FISH
KILL BILL VOL. 1
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

make up & hair
BIG FISH Jean A Black, Paul Le Blanc
COLD MOUNTAIN Paul Engelen, Ivana Primorac
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Jenny Shircore
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING		 Richard Taylor, Peter King, Peter Owen
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL		 Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

Short Animation
DADS DEAD
 Maria Manton, Chris Shepherd
DEAR SWEET EMMA John Cernak
JOJO IN THE STARS Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
NIBBLES Ron Diamond, Chris Hinton
PLUMBER
 Randi Yaffa, Andy Knight,
Richard Rosenman

Short film
BROWN PAPER BAG Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson,
Michael Baig Clifford, Geoff Thompson
BYE CHILD Andrew Bonner, Bernard McLaverty
NITS George Issac, Harry Wootliff
SEA MONSTERS Matt Delargy, Mark Walker, Raphael Smith
TALKING WITH ANGELS Janey de Nordwall, Michael Knowles,
Yousaf Ali Khan

Orange film of the year
The shortlist for the Orange Film of the Year, for the ten most popular films of 2003 is: Bruce Almighty, Calendar Girls, Finding Nemo, Love Actually, Johnny English, Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl, Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines, X2 - X Men United, The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King and The Matrix Reloaded.