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51st British Academy Film Awards

1998 film awards ceremony

1998 film awards ceremony

FieldValue
number51
awardBritish Academy Film Awards
date19 April 1998
siteGrosvenor House Hotel
hostRory Bremner
best_film***The Full Monty***
best_british***Nil by Mouth***
best_actor**Robert Carlyle**
best_actor_film*The Full Monty*
best_actress**Judi Dench**
best_actress_film*Mrs Brown*
most_wins***Romeo + Juliet*** (4)
most_nominations***L.A. Confidential*** (12)
last50th
next52nd

The 51st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 April 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1997. 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 1997.

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film, while Nil by Mouth, from writer/director Gary Oldman, was voted Outstanding British Film.

The nominations were announced on 9 March 1998. The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

  • Sean Connery

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

  • Michael Roberts

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

NominationsFilm
12*L.A. Confidential*
11*The Full Monty*
10*Titanic*
8*Mrs Brown*
7*Romeo + Juliet*
5*The Wings of the Dove*
4*Nil by Mouth*
2*Boogie Nights*
*The Borrowers*
*The Ice Storm*
*Wilde*
AwardsFilm
4*Romeo + Juliet*
3*The Full Monty*
2*L.A. Confidential*
*Mrs Brown*
*Nil by Mouth*
*The Wings of the Dove*

References

References

  1. Brownrigg, Sylvia. (30 April 1998). "No glitz please – we're British".
  2. (19 April 1998). "Winners of the 1998 Bafta film awards". [[BBC News]].
  3. (19 April 1998). "Full Monty pulls it off at Baftas". [[BBC News]].
  4. (10 March 1998). "Full Monty tops Bafta list". [[BBC News]].
  5. Boehm, Erich. (9 March 1998). "'Confidential' leads BAFTA noms". [[Variety (magazine).
  6. Watson-Smyth, Kate. (10 March 1998). "Monty's Bafta glory leaves Rowan without a bean". [[The Independent]].
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