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44th British Academy Film Awards

1991 film awards ceremony

1991 film awards ceremony

FieldValue
number44
awardBritish Academy Film Awards
date17 March 1991
siteGrosvenor House Hotel
hostNoel Edmonds
best_film***Goodfellas***
best_actor**Philippe Noiret**
best_actor_film*Cinema Paradiso*
best_actress**Jessica Tandy**
best_actress_film*Driving Miss Daisy*
most_wins***Cinema Paradiso* and *Goodfellas*** (5)
most_nominations***Cinema Paradiso*** (11)
last43rd
next45th

The 44th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 17 March 1991 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1990. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1990.

Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won five awards: Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Editing. Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Actor (Philippe Noiret), Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio) and Film Not in the English Language.

With its five wins, Cinema Paradiso achieved a new record for the most BAFTAs for a film not in the English language; this record was surpassed by the German language anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), which won seven BAFTAs in 2023.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

  • Louis Malle

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

  • Jeremy Thomas

BAFTA Special Award

  • Alistair Cooke, Deborah Kerr and Angela Lansbury

BAFTA Special Award for Craft

  • John Box

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

NominationsFilm
11*Cinema Paradiso*
7*Dick Tracy*
*Goodfellas*
6*Crimes and Misdemeanors*
4*Driving Miss Daisy*
*Ghost*
*Pretty Woman*
3*The Fabulous Baker Boys*
*The Hunt for Red October*
*Postcards from the Edge*
2*Born on the Fourth of July*
*The Sheltering Sky*
AwardsFilm
5*Cinema Paradiso*
*Goodfellas*
2*Dick Tracy*

References

References

  1. Morgan, David. (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
  2. (25 March 1991). "'Goodfellas' and 'Paradiso' Do Jolly Well in England". [[Deseret News]].
  3. Green, Alex. (20 February 2023). "''All Quiet on the Western Front'' breaks ''Cinema Paradiso''{{'}}s BAFTA record". [[The Independent]].
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