Day-Lewis, Cotillard take UK film honors
London, England Daniel Day-Lewis gained the best thespian award at the British Academy Film Awards Sunday, cementinging his place as an Oscar favorite for his office as an epic oilman in “There Will be Blood.”
Marion Cotillard of France acquired the best actress prize for her portrait of songstress Edith Piaf, spell the literary tearjerker “Satisfaction” was called best picture.
Day-Lewis, an old Oscar victor for “My Left Foot” and a favorite to acquire best thespian at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in two hebdomads, paid testimonial to this year’s potent field of campaigners.
“It has existed a mighty twelvemonth and I am very majestic to be included,” he emphasised.
The night’s large surprise was the winner of French-language Piaf biopic “La Vie En Rose,” that used up four prizes — euphony, costume design, war paint and the moving award for Cotillard’s searing performance as the tragical songstress.
“Wow, wow, wow!” expressed a tremblinging, overwhelmed Cotillard. “It has existed the most unbelievable adventure. I loved every single second of the shot.”
Joel and Ethan Coen occupied the guiding award for their black modern-day western “No Country for Old Men,” spell Spanish player Javier Bardem was called best backing up actor for his portrait of an unpitying killer in the same film. Roger Deakins acquired the picture photography prize for charming a stark Texan landscape in the picture show.
Tilda Swinton was called best backing up actress for effectual drama “Michael Clayton.”
Swinton, who had on the evening’s most horrific outfit — an elaborate gold-and-black John Galliano creative activity — articulated she was surprised to gain.
“Proof that I’m astounded — I would never have had on this skirt,” she informated.
Neophyte film writer Diablo Cody occupied the original screenplay prize for out teen-pregnancy clowning “Juno,” piece the original screenplay award travelled to Ronald Harwood for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”
The British awards — formally the Orange British Academy Film Awards but popularly known as BAFTAs — are considered an of import indicator of winner at the Oscars.
This year’s show was afforded extra excrescence by the Hollywood writers’ strike that torpedoeded last month’s Golden Globes blowout and threatenned the Feb. 24 Academy Awards. The Oscars ceremonial now looks likely to go ahead thanks to an order of payment agreement betwixt the Writers Guild of America and studio apartments that could end the work stoppage this hebdomad.
Hundreds of sports fans gathered under an unseasonably warm February sun to keep an eye on stars admitting Anthony Hopkins, Sylvester Stallone, Keira Knightley and “Harass Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe come at London’s Royal Opera House for the black-tie ceremonial occasion.
“Atonement,” that had got been nominative for 14 awards, gained just one former prize — product design.
“Transformers” star Shia LaBoeuf gained the lifting star award, distinct by public vote, spell Hopkins standard the Academy Fellowship for prominent contribution to the moving industry.
Shane Meadows’ hitting skinhead play “This is England” used up the prize for best British film.
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