'Queen' leads BAFTA contest

'Babel,' 'Departed,' 'Sunshine' make strong bids

By ADAM DAWTREY

LONDON — "The Queen" leads the nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards, but that's the most predictable aspect of a list that honors an unexpectedly rich and varied blend of British, American and international talent.

"The Queen," with 10 nods, is competing for best film against "Babel" (seven), "The Departed" (six), "Little Miss Sunshine" (six) and "The Last King of Scotland" (five).

Other heavily nominated pics include "Casino Royale" (nine), "Pan's Labyrinth" (eight) and "United 93" (six). "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" received five apiece.

An eclectic best actor race pitches Daniel Craig's impersonation of James Bond in "Casino Royale" against Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," Leonardo DiCaprio's undercover cop in "The Departed," Richard Griffiths as a schoolmaster in "The History Boys" and Peter O'Toole's decrepit actor in "Venus."

The best actress list has a more predictable air, with hometown favorites Helen Mirren ("The Queen"), Judi Dench ("Notes on a Scandal") and Kate Winslet ("Little Children") running against Penelope Cruz ("Volver") and Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada").

The Alexander Korda Award for best British film is a contest between "Casino Royale," "The Queen," "Notes on a Scandal," "The Last King of Scotland" and "United 93."

Paul Greengrass, director of "United 93," is also in the running for the David Lean Award for achievement in direction, against Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu ("Babel"), Martin Scorsese ("The Departed"), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Stephen Frears ("The Queen").

The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a debut Brit filmmaker also threw up some surprises, with the hotly-tipped directors Andrea Arnold ("Red Road") and Paul Andrew Williams ("London to Brighton") nominated alongside the less familiar names of director Julian Gilbey ("Rollin' with the Nines"), doc director Gary Tarn ("Black Sun") and producer Christine Langan ("Pierrepoint").

That was actually one of two nominations for Langan, who also got a nod in the best film category as the producer of "The Queen."

The nominees for non-English-language film are "Apocalypto," "Black Book," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Volver" and, in another surprise, the Bollywood pic "Rang de Basanti."

BAFTA's new animated film category is a contest between "Cars," "Happy Feet" and "Flushed Away."

For supporting actor, the nominees are Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), James McAvoy ("The Last King of Scotland"), Jack Nicholson ("The Departed"), Leslie Phillips ("Venus) and Michael Sheen ("The Queen").

The supporting actress section includes Emily Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada"), Abigail Breslin and Toni Colette (both from "Little Miss Sunshine"), Frances de la Tour ("The History Boys") and Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls").

That was one of only two nominations (the other being music) in a disappointing showing for "Dreamgirls." Other pics that might have hoped to do better include "Volver" (two nods) and "Children of Men" (three).

"Marie Antoinette" took three nods in the craft categories, while "Superman Returns" picked up one for visual effects.

Pics that figured on BAFTA's longlists but failed to make it through to the nominations include "Bobby," "Miss Potter," "Borat," "Flags of our Fathers," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," "Infamous," "Breaking and Entering" and "Blood Diamond."

This year's awards will be held on Feb. 11 at the Royal Opera House in London.

BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS NOMINEES

FILM
"Babel," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin
"The Departed," Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King
"The Last King of Scotland," Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel
"Little Miss Sunshine," Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa*
"The Queen," Tracey Seaward, Christine Langan, Andy Harries

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
"Casino Royale," Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Martin Campbell, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
"The Last King of Scotland," Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel, Kevin Macdonald, Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock
"Notes on a Scandal," Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, Richard Eyre, Patrick Marber
"The Queen," Tracey Seaward, Christine Langan, Andy Harries, Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan
"United 93," Tim Bevan, Lloyd Levin, Paul Greengrass

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER IN THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILM
Andrea Arnold (director), "Red Road"
Julian Gilbey (director), "Rollin' With the Nines"
Christine Langan (producer), "Pierrepoint"
Gary Tarn (director), "Black Sun"
Paul Andrew Williams (director), "London to Brighton"

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
"Babel," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
"The Departed," Martin Scorsese
"Little Miss Sunshine," Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
"The Queen," Stephen Frears
"United 93," Paul Greengrass

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Babel," Guillermo Arriaga
"Little Miss Sunshine," Michael Arndt
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Del Toro
"The Queen," Peter Morgan
"United 93," Paul Greengrass

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Casino Royale," Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
"The Departed," William Monahan
"The Devil Wears Prada," Aline Brosh McKenna
"The Last King of Scotland," Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock
"Notes on a Scandal," Patrick Marber

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
"Apocalypto," Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey
"Black Book" (Zwartboek), Teun Hilte, San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Paul Verhoeven
"Pan's Labyrinth," Alfonso Cuaron, Bertha Navarro, Frida Torresblanco, Guillermo Del Toro
"Rang De Basanti" (Paint It Yellow), Ronnie Screwvala, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
"Volver," Agustin Almodovar, Pedro Almodovar

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Cars," John Lasseter
"Flushed Away," David Bowers, Sam Fell
"Happy Feet," George Miller

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Craig, "Casino Royale"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
James McAvoy, "The Last King of Scotland"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
Leslie Phillips, "Venus"
Michael Sheen, "The Queen"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Toni Colette, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Frances de la Tour, "The History Boys"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM MUSIC
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla
"Casino Royale," David Arnold
"Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger
"Happy Feet," John Powell
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Babel," Rodrigo Prieto
"Casino Royale," Phil Meheux
"Children of Men," Emmanuel Lubezki
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Navarro
"United 93," Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
"Babel," Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise
"Casino Royale," Stuart Baird
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker
"The Queen," Lucia Zucchetti
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson

PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Casino Royale," Peter Lamont, Simon Wakefield
"Children of Men," Geoffrey Kirkland, Jim Clay, Jennifer Williams
"Marie Antoinette," K. K. Barrett, Veronique Melery
"Pan's Labyrinth," Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl A. Carasik

COSTUME DESIGN
"The Devil Wears Prada," Patricia Field
"Marie Antoinette," Milena Canonero
"Pan's Labyrinth," Lala Huete
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Penny Rose
"The Queen," Consolata Boyle

SOUND
"Babel," Jose Garcia, Jon Taylor, Chris Minkler, Martin Hernandez
"Casino Royale," Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell, Mark Taylor
"Pan's Labyrinth," Martin Hernandez, Jamie Bashkt
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Paul Massey, Lee Orloff
"United 93," Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Douglas Cooper, Oliver Tarney, Eddy Joseph

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
"Casino Royale," Steve Begg, Chris Corbould
"Children of Men," Frazer Churchill, Tim Webber, Michael Eames, Paul Corbould
"Pan's Labyrinth," Edward Irastorza, Everett Burrell
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson
"Superman Returns," Mark Stetson

MAKEUP & HAIR
"The Devil Wears Prada," Nicki Ledermann, Angel De Angelis
"Marie Antoinette," Jean-Luc Russier, Desiree Corridoni
"Pan's Labyrinth," Jose Quetglas, Blanca Sanchez*
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
"The Queen," Daniel Phillips

SHORT ANIMATION FILM
"Dreams and Desires, Family Ties," Les Mills, Joanna Quinn
"Guy 101," Ian Gouldstone
"Peter and the Wolf," Hugh Welchman, Alan Dewhurst, Suzie Templeton

SHORT FILM
"Care," Rachel Bailey, Corinna Faith
"Cubs," Lisa Williams, Tom Harper
"Do Not Erase," Asitha Ameresekere
"Hikikomori," Karley Duffy, Paul Wright
"Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored," David Smith, Jim Mcroberts

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Emily Blunt
Eva Green
Naomie Harris
Cillian Murphy
Ben Whishaw

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Craig up for Best Actor Bafta

DANIEL CRAIG has already won over fans and critics for his role as JAMES BOND - and now the Bafta panel have recognised his success too.

The star has been nominated as Best Actor for his performance in the movie, his first major awards nod for playing 007.

He is up against LEONARDO DICAPRIO for The Departed, RICHARD GRIFFITHS for The History Boys, FOREST WHITAKER for The Last King Of Scotland and veteran PETER O'TOOLE for Venus.

Casino Royale has been nominated in nine categories in total, including Outstanding British Film Of The Year.

But it is The Queen which tops the list with 10 nominations. It is up for Best Film and star DAME HELEN MIRREN should walk off with the Best Actress prize.

The other nominees are DAME JUDI DENCH for Notes On A Scandal, KATE WINSLET for Little Children, PENELOPE CRUZ for Volver and MERYL STREEP for The Devil Wears Prada.

The best film nominees are Babel, The Departed, The Last King Of Scotland, Little Miss Sunshine and The Queen.

Best director is between ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU for Babel, MARTIN SCORSESE for The Departed, JONATHAN DAYTON/VALERIE FARIS for Little Miss Sunshine, STEPHEN FREARS for The Queen and PAUL GREENGRASS for United 93.

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JONATHAN ROSS TO HOST THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS AT
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN BAFTA’S SIXTIETH YEAR

The Orange British Academy Film Awards will be broadcast on Sunday 11th February 2007
at 21:00 on BBC ONE and worldwide. The Awards will be hosted by Jonathan Ross at
London’s Royal Opera House.

Confirmed attendees include Kate Winslet, Forest Whittaker, Sienna Miller, Penélope Cruz
and Daniel Craig, who is nominated in the Actor in a Leading Role category for Casino
Royale, the first time in the awards’ history that an actor has been nominated for a
portrayal of James Bond.

Other nominated actors also reflect an outstanding year for the film industry. They
include: Leonardo DiCaprio, Judi Dench, Forest Whitaker, Kate Winslet, Penélope Cruz,
Richard Griffiths, Peter O’Toole, Helen Mirren, and Meryl Streep. Nominees for Best
Film are: The Queen, Babel, The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine and The Last King of
Scotland.

David Parfitt, Chairman of the BAFTA Film Committee said: “We are delighted that
Jonathan Ross will be our master of ceremonies in the elegant surroundings of
The Royal
Opera House for what promises to be an outstanding celebration of cinema”.
BAFTA’s new nationwide short film competition, ‘60 Seconds of Fame’, sponsored by
Orange, will also be featured as part of the BBC ONE Broadcast.

Viewers can also get interactively involved via red button and be in with a chance to win
tickets to next year’s Film Awards.

The Awards show is produced by Whizzkid Productions for the BBC, with Katherine Allen
as Producer and Lisa Chapman as Executive Producer.

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"The Queen" takes on Bond at BAFTA

LONDON (Reuters) - James Bond takes on Her Majesty at the British film awards on Sunday, with "Casino Royale" up for nine BAFTA awards, just one behind frontrunner "The Queen".

Stephen Frears is on the Best Director shortlist for "The Queen", and Helen Mirren, an Oscar favourite in the leading role, is contending for Best Actress for her portrayal of a confused monarch at the time of Princess Diana's death in 1997.

Daniel Craig, the controversial choice to replace Pierce Brosnan as superspy James Bond in "Casino Royale", has been vindicated with a nomination for Best Actor.

"'Casino Royale' has got nine nominations, including Best Actor for Daniel Craig, which is really one in the eye for all those people who said he wasn't the right person for the job," film critic Mark Kermode told the BBC when the award contenders were revealed last month.

Craig is up against Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Departed", Richard Griffiths in "The History Boys", Peter O'Toole in "Venus" and Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland", where he portrays the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

Bookmaker William Hill made Whitaker the favourite, followed by O'Toole, DiCaprio and then Craig.

Griffiths is gracious about his outsider status.

"I am naturally thrilled to bits, as I have never been nominated for a movie award before," he said. "However, I will be astonished, dismayed and disappointed if it isn't awarded to Peter O'Toole."

William Hill also predicted "The Queen" would walk off with the Best Film statuette, and Mirren with a Best Actress award.

She is competing with Judi Dench, nominated for her role in the school sex drama "Notes on a Scandal", Penelope Cruz in "Volver", Meryl Streep in the fashion comedy "The Devil Wears Prada" and Kate Winslet in "Little Children".

"I'll be perfectly happy when I drop off the map as well," Mirren said of her new-found international fame.

"Win or lose, the bubble bursts and you're back to the nitty-gritty of working," the 61-year-old told Reuters by telephone from the United States last month.

"I'm honestly at my happiest in a cold rehearsal room with my polystyrene cup of tea."

OSCAR BAROMETER?

In 2001, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' annual awards were moved to before the Oscars, helping them to attract Hollywood stars hoping to generate last-minute buzz.

But the BAFTAs, with a bias towards British films, have only a patchy record of predicting who will pick up Academy Awards.

In the Best Film category, "The Queen" is joined by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel", "The Departed", directed by Martin Scorsese, "The Last King of Scotland" and the low-budget beauty pageant comedy "Little Miss Sunshine".

In the race to be Best Director, Frears takes on Scorsese, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ("Little Miss Sunshine"), Inarritu, and Paul Greengrass for his fact-based September 11 drama "United 93".

Best Supporting Actor nominations went to Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), James McAvoy ("The Last King of Scotland", Jack Nicholson ("The Departed"), Leslie Phillips ("Venus") and Michael Sheen ("The Queen").

Up for Best Supporting Actress are Emily Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada"), Abigail Breslin and Toni Collette ("Little Miss Sunshine"), Frances de la Tour ("The History Boys") and Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls").

"Pan's Labyrinth", a fantasy set just after the end of the Spanish Civil War, garnered eight BAFTA nominations, and "Babel", starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, gained seven.

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