UNITED KINGDOM: THE LORD OF THE RINGS WINS FIVE AWARDS AT THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS

Record ID: 899313

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: THE LORD OF THE RINGS WINS FIVE AWARDS AT THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS
  • Date: 24th February 2002
  • Summary: LONDON, UK (FEBRUARY 24, 2002) (REUTERS) SCU BAFTA AWARDS BANNER (0.07) VARIOUS OF GUESTS ARRIVING ON SODDEN RED CARPET (0.14) SMV WET SPECTATORS (0.18) SLV GUESTS ARRIVING (0.23) SMV NICOLE KIDMAN ARRIVING (0.27) VARIOUS, KIDMAN MEETING WET FANS (0.33) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETER JACKSON, DIRECTOR, LORD OF THE RINGS SAYING, "Audience reaction, the best award that any filmmaker can have is just for somebody to come up and say I really loved your movie, that's what you do it for." (0.43) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) JIM BROADBENT, ACTOR, IRIS AND MOULIN ROUGE SAYING, "Ooh, am I hotly tipped, I am not aware of it really, but if I am hotly tipped I am very excited, because I can only be disappointed" (0.57) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOM WILKINSON, ACTOR, IN THE BEDROOM SAYING, "I suppose when your work is recognised as being good, and you hope that happens all the time, it's a nice feeling." (1.05) SMV , WET CROWD WRAPPED IN PLASTIC (1.10) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIR IAN McKELLEN, ACTOR, LORD OF THE RINGS SAYING, "I admire this attempt to beef them up and make them important, simply because these awards ceremonies encourage people to root out the movies that seem to be hot at the moment, and that is good for the industry as a whole, and it is a nice party." (1.27) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) JENNIFER CONNELLY, ACTRESS, A BEAUTIFUL MIND SAYING, "I don't know, it's so hard to choose, there are so many talented people here in all categories, I am looking forward to everyone being here to celebrate one another." (1.44) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) BJORK, SINGER SAYING, "I am presenting an award to the people who make music for the film, so I definitely think they need a bit of support." (1.51) SMV KEVIN SPACEY AND DAME JUDI DENCH TALKING TO REPORTERS (1.57) SMV CROWD (2.00) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAME JUDI DENCH, ACTRESS, IRIS, SAYING, "I am excited to be here" KEVIN SPACEY, ACTOR, THE SHIPPING NEWS, SAYING, "I am excited to be here with her." (2.04) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) RON HOWARD, DIRECTOR, A BEAUTIFUL MID SAYING, "It's a good drama, it's a powerful story. It's lead with tremendous performances, driven by them, Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, and that tends to indicate award recognition, and here we are." (2.17) WIDE OF SISSY SPACEK TALKING TO REPORTERS (2.25) WIDE OF CROWD HUDDLED UNDER PLASTIC (2.31) SLV GUESTS ARRIVING ON SODDEN RED CARPET (2.38) SCU ROBERT ALTMAN TALKING TO REPORTERS (2.45) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUGH BONNEVILLE, ACTOR, IRIS, SAYING, "Hello, gosh, you poor wet people, I am very excited to be here, I can't believe this weather though, it's hideous, it's going to be a good evening, looking forward to it" QUESTION - WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITES? "Amelie, and A Beautiful Mind I am very keen on, and I think Lord of the Rings is going to sweep the board frankly." (3.00) SLV VETERAN ACTOR SIR JOHN MILLS ARRIVING (3.19) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) KATE WINSLET, ACTRESS, IRIS, SAYING, "I am very, very excited about this evening, it's great to be here, and it's Bafta and it's Britain, and it's home, and it's really important to me...... Not particularly I have to say, it's an incredible category and my money is on other people and not really on me at all, but it's wonderful to be nominated." (3.40) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAZ LUHRMANN, DIRECTOR, MOULIN ROUGE SAYING, "What a year for diverse cinema, and just to be part of it whether we win anything or we don't, you must be part of it and celebrate, I mean goodness, we made a comic, tragic musical, and here we are at the British Academy's, we are going to be at the Academy Awards in the US, and we already won some Golden Globes, and Nicole Kidman sings and dances and dies, a great test for an actor, as far as we are concerned, we have nothing to complain about." (4.02) SLV WARREN BEATTY ARRIVING (4.12) VARIOUS, RUSSELL CROWE ARRIVING. (4.27)
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  • Location: LONDON, UK
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA64SMLXD8T3LGX6178ZI62LS4H
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  • Story Text: The Orange British Academy Film Awards went with a splash in London's Leicester Square as the bash billed as Britain's answer to the Oscars brought in stars to rival the Academy Awards, even if they couldn't compete on the weather front.
    "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
    scooped five prizes on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards and now the epic fantasy has its sights firmly set on next month's Hollywood Oscars.
    "The Lord of the Rings" which has already earned 13 Oscar nominations, was picked as Best Film at the British Awards, seen as an important indicator of how Hollywood will vote next month.
    The first in a $270 million trilogy of films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien classic landed awards for Direction, Special Effects and Make Up and Hair. The public also chose the film as the best of the year -- it picked up over 30,000 votes.
    Despite torrential rain in London, the stars turned out in force for the glittering awards ceremony -- and Russell Crowe and Judi Dench were rewarded with the top acting prizes.
    Crowe won his Best Actor award for playing mathematical genius and Nobel laureate John Forbes Nash Jr. in "A Beautiful Mind"
    which graphically depicts his struggle with schizophrenia.
    And the film did the double when Jennifer Connelly landed the Best Supporting Actress for her part in "A Beautiful Mind."
    Dench won her award for playing another damaged genius with her memorable portrayal of writer Iris Murdoch "sliding into the darkness" with Alzheimer's Disease in the poignant "Iris."
    Jim Broadbent, acclaimed for his role in "Iris" opposite Dench, ended up landing the Best Supporting Actor award for his memorable performance in "Moulin Rouge" which also landed the Best Music and Best Sound awards.
    Robert Altman's ebullient murder mystery "Gosford Park" was picked as British Film of the Year, defeating box office blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
    "Amelie," the quirky French comedy which has become an international hit, won the Best Original Screenplay Award.
    But in the Best Foreign Film category "Amelie" lost out to the Mexican movie "Amores Perros."
    American actor Warren Beatty was given an Academy Fellowship, along with the team behind many a costume drama Merchant Ivory Productions.
    The British film awards ceremony was switched last year to February and it immediately gained international status as a valuable industry pointer to who will win an Oscar, the ultimate glittering prize.
    The ceremony certainly seems to be on the star's list of unmissable events - over 80% of nominees were in attendance.
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