'The Queen' Takes Top Honors at BAFTA Awards

Probably not a sign of things to come...

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Sunday, February 11th 2007 at 2:37 AM

Oddly enough The Queen is getting no Best Picture love when it comes to Oscar talk yet it has managed to crack the box-office top ten over the past four weeks. However, this isn't a trend that carried over to the Orange British Academy Film Awards as The Queen took top honors.

Other notable wins went to Paul Greengrass for director for United 93, Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland and of course Helen Mirren for Best Actress for The Queen, which is probably the only guaranteed lock for Oscar night even though Forest is pretty close for Best Actor among a few others.

The complete list of winners can be found below.

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Anne V Coates

THE MICHAEL BALCON AWARD for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Nick Daubeny

FILM
The Queen – Andy Harries/Christine Langan/Tracey Seaward

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
The Last King of Scotland – Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
Andrea Arnold (Director) – Red Road

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
United 93 – Paul Greengrass

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Last King of Scotland – Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Pan's Labyrinth – Alfonso Cuarón/Alvaro Augustin/Guillermo del Toro

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Happy Feet – George Miller

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Helen Mirren – The Queen

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki

EDITING
United 93 – Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Children of Men – Jim Clay/Geoffrey Kirkland/Jennifer Williams

COSTUME DESIGN
Pan's Labyrinth – Lala Huete

SOUND
Casino Royale – Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of ohe Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson/Allen Hall

MAKE UP & HAIR
Pan's Labyrinth – José Quetglas/Blanca Sànchez

SHORT ANIMATION FILM
Guy 101 – Ian Gouldstone

SHORT FILM
Do Not Erase – Asitha Ameresekere

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Eva Green