The Revenant and its director, Alejandro G Inarritu, completed a trifecta of awards at the Baftas.
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Australian director George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road has picked up four awards at British Academy Film Awards but Cate Blanchett missed out on winning best actress. It marked the thesp’s first BAFTA win after four noms (he was previously nominated for work on Martin Scorsese pics “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “The Departed” and “The Aviator”).
“Sorry Idris Elba, you’re making me a bit nervous”, she continued. Her previous wins were for “Sense and Sensibility” and “The Reader”.
Helmer Inarritu won best director, after being nominated in the category three times (he was previously nominated for “Birdman” and “Babel”). It also led the awards for cinematography and sound.
Brie Larson was named best actress for her leading role in claustrophobic drama Room.
The film’s director Steven Spielberg collected the award on his behalf as Rylance is performing in the off-Broadway play Nice Fish.
Brie Larson scored the Best Actress honor for Room, Mark Rylance won Best Supporting Actor for Bridge of Spies and Kate Winslet went home with the statuette for Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs. “All of this was not expected tonight”, he said. “I don’t know how you did this”.
Historical period drama “Brooklyn“, which is based on Colm Tóibín’s novel of the same name, won the outstanding British film.
Financial misdeeds movie The Big Short won for adapted screenplay while Spotlight, a film about a newspaper investigation into Catholic Church sex abuse, won original screenplay.
The actor was buzzing as he came off stage for his interview.
“I am overwhelmed”, said Inarritu as he accepted the award. “The world will be a better place for it”.
For many years, the BAFTAs was largely ignored by Oscar watchers. That combo has predicted several recent Oscar “upset” or “even-money” winners: best supporting actor Jim Broadbent for Iris (2001), best actress Nicole Kidman for The Hours (2002), best actress Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007), best actor Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011), best actress Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011) and best supporting actor Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012). It was certainly a starry line-up, with everyone from Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnson, to John Boyega and Saoirse Ronan.
The British awards, referred to as BAFTAs, are thought-about a portent of success at Hollywood’s February 28 Academy Awards. “And all of you, thank you for your warm embrace and this extraordinary moment and memory I shall cherish”.
“Sidney Poitier is the greatest example of what it means to live your life with integrity, power and grace”.
“I m shocked and amazed, honoured”. “He became a symbol of what was possible for an African-American in the United States”.
Stars featured in the event’s In Memoriam segment included Alan Rickman, Sir Christopher Lee, Maureen O’Hara, Omar Sharif and David Bowie.
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The award for outstanding British contribution to cinema was given to a British costume supplier which has provided clothes for some of the most successful films in history including Star Wars, Titanic and Lawrence Of Arabia.
