The movie has grossed greater than $1 billion, already gained massive on the Golden Globes and Critics Alternative Awards and is now the clear frontrunner for Oscars glory.
It was Murphy’s first BAFTA, and he thanked Nolan for “seeing one thing in me I most likely did not see myself” when amassing the award on the ceremony in London’s Royal Competition Corridor.He later advised reporters the success was “mind-blowing”, including he was “thrilled and a bit of shocked”.
Regardless of boasting quite a few business successes similar to “Inception” and “The Darkish Knight”, Nolan had by no means gained the Finest Director BAFTA earlier than.
It was Downey Jr’s second BAFTA, having gained the Finest Actor gong 31 years in the past for taking part in Charlie Chaplin.
On accepting the award, the US star joked that Nolan suggested he try an understated method to the function of Lewis Strauss, a member of the US Atomic Power Fee, with the intention to restore “my dwindling credibility”.
– ‘Poor issues’ wins 5 –
It was additionally an excellent night time for surreal darkish comedy “Poor Issues”, which gained 5 awards together with Finest Actress for Emma Stone, who additionally gained the gong in 2017 for “La La Land”. Within the movie, Stone performs a Victorian reanimated corpse introduced again to life with the spirit of a kid by a mad scientist in a feminine “Frankenstein” story.
The US actress has already scooped Golden Globe and Critics Alternative Finest Actress awards for her no-holds-barred efficiency. She beat off competitors from “Barbie” star Margot Robbie, with each earlier hitting the purple carpet together with fellow Hollywood heavyweights Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper.
– ‘Barbenheimer’ –
In the most effective movie class, “Oppenheimer” gained out forward of French courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”, “The Holdovers” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
Each Scorsese and his historic epic’s main man Leonardo DiCaprio missed out on particular person BAFTA nods however the film amassed 9 nominations in whole, together with for Finest Movie.
Cooper’s bio-pic about US conductor Leonard Bernstein was additionally nominated for Authentic Screenplay (shared with screenwriter Josh Singer) and Finest Actor. Nonetheless, “The Hangover” star left the ceremony empty-handed.
The BAFTA shortlist was one other disappointment for “Barbie” — the opposite half of final summer season’s “Barbenheimer” field workplace phenomenon — which solely managed 5 nominations. Greta Gerwig’s movie, which turned nostalgia for the beloved doll into a pointy satire about misogyny and feminine empowerment, has to date did not seize the variety of prime prizes anticipated this awards season.
See the total winner’s checklist:
BEST FILM
Oppenheimer; Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
LEADING ACTRESS
Emma Stone; Poor Issues
LEADING ACTOR
Cillian Murphy; Oppenheimer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph; The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr.; Oppenheimer
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the general public)
Mia McKenna-Bruce
DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan; Oppenheimer
MAKE UP & HAIR
Poor Issues; Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston
COSTUME DESIGN
Poor Issues; Holly Waddington
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The Zone of Curiosity; Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Crab Day; Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Jellyfish and Lobster; Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Poor Issues; Shona Heath, James Value, Zsuzsa Mihalek
SOUND
The Zone of Curiosity; Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers
ORIGINAL SCORE
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Goransson
DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol; Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath, Michelle Mizner
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction; Twine Jefferson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Oppenheimer; Hoyte van Hoytema
EDITING
Oppenheimer; Jennifer Lame
CASTING
The Holdovers; Susan Shopmaker
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Zone of Curiosity; Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Earth Mama; Savanah Leaf (Author, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)
ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron; Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Poor Issues; Simon Hughes
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall; Justine Triet, Arthur Harari.
