As predicted, it was all about Slumdog Millionaire at last night’s BAFTA awards. The British/Indian movie picked up seven awards, including the essential Best Sound gong. We jest of course — Best Film and Best Director were among its booty haul. Overall, the night was slick and glam and just this side of deeply uncontroversial. Thank heavens then, for Mickey Rourke, who on winning his Best Actor award for The Wrestler turned in a funny and foul-mouthed acceptance speech.
“I f****** up my career for 15 years … I’d like to thank my publicist for having the hardest job in showbusiness, telling me where to go, what to do, when to do it, what to eat, how to dress, what to f***,” he growled, going on to lech at co-star Marisa Tomei, saying, “It was very brave of her to take her clothes off all the time and I enjoyed looking at her.”
Kate Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader and managed to “gather” herself by almost hyperventilating in her efforts not to cry. Bravo! After the jump, the full list of winners on the night. [Photos: Getty Images]
Best film
Slumdog Millionaire
Director
Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle
Leading Actor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Leading Actress
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Original Screenplay
In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Academy fellowship
Terry Gilliam
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
Pinewood Studios/ Shepperton Studios
Outstanding British Film
Man on Wire
The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
Steve McQueen
Director/Writer – Hunger
Film not in the English language
I’ve Loved You So Long
Animated Film
WALL-E
Music
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
Production Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo
Costume Design
The Duchess – Michael O’Connor
Make Up & Hair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan
Sound
Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp
Special Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams
Short Animation
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker
Short Film
September – Stewart le Maréchal / Esther May Campbell
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Noel Clarke
