MBN: THE MONTE BUBBLES NETWORK

Feb 11

"The Queen" clinching best film and Helen Mirren best actress for her portrayal of the monarch, while "The Last King of Scotland" scooped three awards.

In contrast, the latest James Bond movie failed to shake or stir, picking up just one of the nine BAFTA nominations it received -- winning the sound quality category.

The other main victor of the night was "Pan's Labyrinth," a fantasy set just after the end of the Spanish Civil War which also picked up three awards.

Forest Whitaker won best actor for playing the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."

"The Last King of Scotland" also clinched best British film and the adapted screenplay awards.

The Spanish-language "Pan's Labyrinth" scooped best non-English language movie as well as best costume design and make-up and hair.

The race to be best director was won by Paul Greengrass for his fact-based September 11 drama "United 93."

Best Supporting Actor went to Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), and Best Supporting Actress was won by Jennifer Hudson for her role in "Dreamgirls."

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.

THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS IN 2007

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The Queen has received 10 nominations for The Orange British Academy Film

Awards.

Casino Royale has received 9 nominations

and Pan’s Labyrinth has received 8.

Babel has 7 and The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine and United 93 have 6

nominations each.

The Last King of Scotland, The Devil Wears Prada and Pirates of the Caribbean:

Dead Man’s Chest all received 5 nominations.

The Queen has been nominated in the categories

Best

Film,

The

Alexander

Korda

Award

for

the

Outstanding

British

Film

of

the

Year,

The

David

Lean

Award

for

Achievement

in

Direction

for

Stephen

Frears,

Original

Screenplay,

The

Anthony

Asquith

Award

for

Achievement

in

Film

Music,

Editing,

Costume

Design

and

Make-Up &

Hair.

Helen

Mirren

has

been

nominated

for

Actress

in a

Leading

Role

and

Michael

Sheen

has

been

nominated

for

Actor

in a

Supporting

Role.

Casino

Royale

has

received

nominations

for

British

Film,

Adapted

Screenplay,

Film

Music,

Cinematography,

Editing,

Production

Design,

Sound

and

Achievement

in

Special

Visual

Effects,

with

Daniel

Craig

nominated

for

Actor

in a

Leading

Role.

Pan’s

Labyrinth

has

been

nominated

for

Original

Screenplay,

Film

Not

in

the

English

Language,

Cinematography,

Production

Design,

Costume

Design,

Sound,

Special

Visual

Effects,

and

Make-Up &

Hair.

Babel

has

been

nominated

for

Best

Film,

Direction

for

Alejandro

González

Iñárritu,

Original

Screenplay,

Film

Music,

Cinematography,

Editing

and

Sound.

Martin

Scorsese

has

been

nominated

for

Achievement

in

Direction

for

The

Departed,

which

has

also

been

nominated

for

Best

Film,

Adapted

Screenplay

and

Editing.

Leonardo

DiCaprio

has

received a

nomination

for

Actor

in a

Leading

Role

and

Jack

Nicholson

for

Actor

in a

Supporting

Role.

Three

performance

nominations

have

been

received

by

Little

Miss

Sunshine

for

Alan

Arkin

for

Actor

in a

Supporting

Role

and

Abigail

Breslin

and

Toni

Colette

for

Actress

in a

Supporting

Role.

The

film

was

also

nominated

for

Best

Film,

Original

Screenplay

and

Direction

for

Jonathan

Dayton

and

Valerie

Faris.

Paul

Greengrass

has

been

nominated

for

British

Film,

Direction

and

Original

Screenplay

for

United

93.

The

film’s

other

nominations

are

Cinematography,

Editing

and

Sound.

The

Last

King

of

Scotland

was

nominated

for

Best

Film,

British

Film

and

Adapted

Screenplay;

it

also

received

the

performance

nominations

of

Actor

in a

Leading

Role

for

Forest

Whitaker

and

Actor

in a

Supporting

Role

for

James

McAvoy.

Meryl

Streep

has

been

nominated

for

Actress

in a

Leading

Role

for

The

Devil

Wears

Prada,

which

also

received

nominations

for

Adapted

Screenplay,

Costume

Design,

Make-Up &

Hair

and

Actress

in a

Supporting

Role

for

Emily

Blunt.

Pirates

of

the

Caribbean:

Dead

Man’s

Chest

received

nominations

for

Production

Design,

Costume

Design,

Sound,

Special

Visual

Effects

and

Make-Up &

Hair.

Notes

on a

Scandal

has 3

nominations

for

British

Film,

Adapted

Screenplay

and

Actress

in a

Leading

Role

for

Judi

Dench.

Children

of

Men

also

has 3

in

the

categories

Cinematography,

Production

Design

and

Special

Visual

Effects.

Marie

Antoinette

has

received

nominations

for

Production

Design,

Costume

Design

and

Make-Up &

Hair.

Volver

has

received 2

nominations

for

Film

Not

in

the

English

Language

and

for

Penelope

Cruz

for

Actress

in a

Leading

Role.

Richard

Griffiths

and

Frances

de

la

Tour

have

received

Actor

in a

Leading

Role

and

Actress

in a

Supporting

Role

nominations

respectively

for

The

History

Boys;

Peter

O’Toole

has

been

nominated

for

Actor

in a

Leading

Role

and

Leslie

Phillips

has

been

nominated

for

Actor

in a

Supporting

Role

for

Venus.

Kate

Winslet

has

been

nominated

for

Actress

in a

Leading

Role

for

Little

Children

and

Jennifer

Hudson

for

Actress

in a

Supporting

Role

for

Dreamgirls,

which

has

also

received a

nomination

for

Achievement

in

Film

Music.

Cars,

Flushed

Away

and

Happy

Feet

are

the

nominees

for

the

new

Animated

Feature

Film

Award.

Happy

Feet

has

also

been

nominated

for

Film

Music.

Superman

Returns

has

been

nominated

for

Special

Visuals

Effects.

Joining

Pan’s

Labyrinth

and

Volver,

the

nominees

for

Film

Not

in

the

English

Language

are

Apocalypto,

Black

Book

(Zwartboek)

and

Rang

De

Basanti

(Paint

it

Yellow)

.

Andrea

Arnold

(Red

Road)

,

Julian

Gilbey

(Rollin’

with

the

Nines)

,

Christine

Langan

(Pierrepoint)

,

Gary

Tarn

(Black

Sun)

and

Paul

Andrew

Williams

(London

to

Brighton)

have

been

nominated

for

The

Carl

Foreman

Award

for

Special

Achievement

by a

British

Director,

Writer

or

Producer

in

their

First

Feature

Film.

The

Short

Film

and

Short

Animation

Award

nominations

were

also

announced.

The

Academy

Fellowship

and

The

Michael

Balcon

Award

for

Outstanding

British

Contribution

to

Cinema

will

be

announced

at

the

Film

Awards.

The

Orange

Rising

Star

Award

nominees,

announced

earlier

this

week,

are

Emily

Blunt,

Eva

Green,

Naomie

Harris,

Cillian

Murphy

and

Ben

Whishaw.

This

is

the

only

Award

voted

for

by

the

public;

it

is

presented

to a

young

actor

or

actress

who

has

demonstrated

exceptional

talent

and

ambition

and

who

has

captured

the

imagination

of

the

British

public

as a

film

star

in

the

making.

The

Awards

take

place

on

Sunday

11

February

at

The

Royal

Opera

House,

Covent

Garden,

London.

They

will

be

produced

by

Whizz

Kid

Entertainment

and

broadcast

on

BBC

ONE.

Freud

Communications

(PR

for

BAFTA)

Johanna

Fernihough

+44

(0)20

7291

6386;

johanna.fernihough@freud.com

12

January

2007

The

British

Academy

Award

is

based

on a

design

by

Mitzi

Cunliffe