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BAFTAs Go West
The gay cowboys have ridden to award show glory yet again.
Brokeback Mountain lassoed four top trophies at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in London Sunday night, gaining even more Oscar momentum in a ceremony that virtually shut out Britain's own home-grown movie fare.
The epic love story won for Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay, while Ang Lee picked up another Best Director nod and Jake Gyllenhaal picked up his first major award for Supporting Actor.
"I don't know what makes me so connect to you," Lee said of his win. "I'm pretty sure it's not the food."
But the biggest surprise of the night wasn't who took home the most awards, but who didn't. Brokeback bested British favorite The Constant Gardener--which went into the ceremony with a leading 10 nominations--in all major categories. Crash's Thandie Newton scored an upset win over Rachel Weisz in the Best Supporting Actress category, leaving the spy thriller with just one technical award for editing.
While U.S. films managed to dominate nearly every major category at the BAFTAs this year, the nods' past reliance on local cinema has made the ceremony an inaccurate predictor of Oscar voters.
Which may be good news for George Clooney. The actor went home empty-handed Sunday night despite three nominations, including Best Director for Good Night, and Good Luck, and two Supporting Actor nods, for his work in both the McCarthy-era newsroom drama and the politically charged Syriana. He lost out to Gyllenhaal.
"I've had a lot of people say to me after the film, to my surprise, 'Thank you for making it,' " the younger winner said of Brokeback Mountain. "It's made a social impression, and that social impression to me is the aftermath of an artistic expression, and so much more important."
Clooney, too, used his screen time to extol the social virtues of his work.
"In our country we hadn't talked about politics or anything interesting since Watergate," he said. "Now you go to a coffee shop and people are talking about politics. It's good."
The major acting nods went to the usual contenders, with Capote channeler Philip Seymour Hoffman racking up yet another Best Actor nod, beating out his primary competition Joaquin Phoenix for the award.
Phoenix's Walk the Line costar, the absent Reese Witherspoon, walked away with Best Actress.
The complete list of winners:
Best Film: Brokeback Mountain Alexander Korda Award for British Film of the Year: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Best Supporting Actress: Thandie Newton, Crash Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Film Not in the English Language: De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrete Original Screenplay: Crash Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain Carl Foreman Award for First Feature: Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music: Memoirs of a Geisha Cinematography: Memoirs of a Geisha Production Design: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Costume Design: Memoirs of a Geisha Editing: The Constant Gardener Sound: Walk the Line Visual Effects: King Kong Makeup & Hair: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Short Film: Antonio's Breakfast Short Animation: Fallen Art
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