It came, it saw, but unsuccessful to conquer. James Cameron"s Avatar, that has taken some-more income at the box bureau than any alternative movie in the story of motion picture came afar tonight with usually dual Bafta awards in an dusk dominated by arthouse drive-in theatre finished on a fragment of the budget.
The undisguised leader at the London rite was The Hurt Locker, destined by Cameron"s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. It won 6 awards together with majority appropriate film, director, strange screenplay, editing, cinematography and sound.
British success came in the behaving awards with Carey Mulligan declared majority appropriate singer for An Education and Colin Firth majority appropriate singer for A Single Man.
The Hurt Locker, a grittily picturesque work of art of US armed forces explosve ordering men in post-invasion Iraq, has been around a prolonged time, entertainment gait and commend on the movie legal holiday circuit. It initial premiered in foe at Venice eighteen months ago and has been seen by usually a small fragment of those who have seen Avatar: it took $17.6m at the box office, compared with Avatar"s mind-boggling $2bn.
Nevertheless, the movie has been expensively praised as a brilliantly achieved square of tense, well-crafted drama.
Bigelow, majority appropriate well known for her macho movement dramas such as Point Break and K-19: The Widowmaker, said: "The tip to directing is collaborating and I was so, so propitious to have an implausible expel and crew. This is extraordinary and humbling."
She dedicated the endowment to never abandoning the need for a assent fortitude and is anticipating to repeat her success by being the initial lady to win a majority appropriate executive Oscar.
It was a miserable night for Cameron and Avatar, a movie discharged as hyped and derivative unsteadiness by the detractors, or the stately destiny of motion picture by the fans. It did, though, win majority appropriate special visible goods and majority appropriate prolongation design.
Firth won his initial Bafta for his description of a happy college highbrow violation down after his partner dies in a car accident. Firth paid reverence to executive Tom Ford, the conform designer, who had additionally finished him "better neat and some-more fragrant".
"What Tom Ford doesn"t know is I have the email revelation him I could not presumably do this," Firth said. "I was about to send it when a man came to correct my refrigerator … so I would similar to to appreciate the refrigerator guy."
Many had sloping An Education to win majority appropriate British film, as a satisfaction prize, perhaps, to majority appropriate film. Instead, Andrea Arnold"s operative difficulty Essex play Fish Tank took the endowment for superb British film.
Mulligan"s feat had been at large predicted. The film, formed on a schoolday discourse by publisher Lynn Barber, tells how, in 1962, she was seduced by an comparison Bristol-driving charmer. It was a career-making opening that has resulted in the 24-year-old apropos a prohibited Hollywood property. One of her subsequent purposes will be this spring"s supplement to Wall Street in that she plays Gordon Gekko"s disloyal daughter.
"I unequivocally didn"t pattern this at all so I didn"t think of anything to say," she said. "Thank you so majority Bafta. I was here a year ago and I didn"t suppose in a million years that this would happen. I instruct I could do a debate similar to Colin Firth and speak about fridges, but I can"t."
She said: "My hermit and my father are right up there. My silent is there. I love them. Thank you so much."
Christoph Waltz had been odds-on to win majority appropriate ancillary singer for his purpose as the unhinged Nazi "Jew hunter" in Inglourious Basterds. He called the endowment "beautiful and terrific." He said: "Supporting or supported? From the impulse that predestine forsaken me in front of Quentin Tarantino everyone has upheld me."
Similarly, Mo"Nique had been prime in the majority appropriate ancillary singer difficulty for her description of a grievous mom in Lee Daniels"s Precious. It will be startling if she right away fails to win the Oscar.
It was a great night as well for The Young Victoria, that won for dress pattern and makeup hair.
The Orange Rising Star endowment – selected by the open – went to Twilight"s Kristen Stewart. The first-timer endowment for an superb entrance by a British writer, executive or writer was won by Duncan Jones – David Bowie"s son – for his space drama, Moon. Slightly overcome by emotion, he pronounced he had attempted a lot of jobs, but: "Finally, I think I"ve found what I love doing."
Perhaps the majority zeitgeisty movie was Up in the Air, in that George Clooney plays a small axe man who flies around the US creation people redundant. It won in the majority appropriate blending screenplay category.
The arguments go on to fury about how great a year it had essentially been for English denunciation films. Some disagree that the majority appropriate movies came from Germany (The White Ribbon), Sweden (Let the Right One In) and France (A Prophet). The latter, a brutal, retaining jail drama, won the endowment for majority appropriate unfamiliar denunciation film.
The last award, the Bafta fellowship, was presented by the new Bafta president, Prince William, to Vanessa Redgrave. Accepting her award, Redgrave said: "Oh dear, you"ve positively finished me in." She additionally paid reverence to Prince William"s father, Prince Charles, praising him for his "intelligence, piety and kindness".
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