Slumdog Millionaire dominated the just concluded 2009 British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) by bagging 7 trophies. BAFTA 2009 Winners (with asterisk) and nominees
Best film
* Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Best British film
* Man On Wire
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Slumdog Millionaire
Leading actor
* Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Leading actress
* Kate Winslet - The Reader
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristen Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Supporting actor
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Supporting actress
* Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams - Doubt
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Director
* Danny Boyle - Slumdog Milllionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Original screenplay
* In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
I’ve Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
Changeling - J Michael Straczynski
Adapted screenplay
* Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
The Curious case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe
Film not in the English language
* I’ve Loved You So Long
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Gomorrah
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
Animated film
* Wall-E
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
The Carl Foreman award for special achievement
* Steve McQueen (Director/Writer) - Hunger
Simon Chinn (Producer) Man On Wire
Judy Craymer (Producer) - Mamma Mia!
Garth Jennings (Writer) - Son of Rambow
Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter (Producers) - Of Time And The City
Music
* Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
Wall-E - Thomas Newman
Cinematography
* Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
Editing
* Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
Changeling - Joel Cox, Gary D Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
In Bruges - Jon Gregory
Production design
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J Zolfo
Changeling - James J Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby, Michelle Day
Costume design
* The Duchess - Michael O’Connor
Changeling - Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight - Lindy Hemming
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky
Sound
* Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
Changeling - Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
Quantum Of Solace - Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
Wall E - Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
Special visual effects
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
The Dark Knight - Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Pablo Helman
Iron Man - Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
Quantum Of Solace - Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
Make-up and hair
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight - Peter Robb-King
The Duchess - Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon - Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
Milk - Steven E Anderson, Michael White
Short animation
* Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
Codswallop - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
Varmints - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
Short film
* September - Stewart le Marechal, Esther May Campbell
Kingsland #1 The Dreamer - Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
Love You more - Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
Ralph - Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
Voyages D’Affaires (The Business Trip) - Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
* Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
The 2009 BAFTA was held at the London’s Royal Opera House.
Slumdog Millionare is the story of an 18-year-old Indian quiz contestant suspected of cheating based on the best-selling novel by Vikas Swarup entitled “Q and A”.
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