The BAFTA's

[Akash]

As April will be approaching the first anniversary of her disappearence I don't see why postponing the release of Gone Baby Gone to then helps anybody. Yet another ridiculous case of political correctness gone mad.

Ah yes. Sometimes, the British really are our cousins!

[rudeboy]

Gone Baby Gone was postponed for theatrical release in the UK due to the similar headline-grabbing news of missing girl Madeline McCaine (sp???). It will be released on April.

The Madeleine McCann case has been by far the big story of the last year in the UK... it dominated the TV, radio and front pages for months. As April will be approaching the first anniversary of her disappearence I don't see why postponing the release of Gone Baby Gone to then helps anybody. Yet another ridiculous case of political correctness gone mad.

[Big Magilla]

Did anyone but me notice that the big glaring (but not surprising to me anyway) omission of Sweeney Todd is Picture and Director shortlists? It made it onto others, so it was released, but it couldn't manage a slot in the two big BAFTA categories...

Yes, it was kind of glaring.

[Big Magilla]

Gone Baby Gone was postponed for theatrical release in the UK due to the similar headline-grabbing news of missing girl Madeline McCaine (sp???). It will be released on April.

Persepolis will also be released on April.

Thanks for the reminder, anonymous. I forgot about that.

[OscarGuy]

Did anyone but me notice that the big glaring (but not surprising to me anyway) omission of Sweeney Todd is Picture and Director shortlists? It made it onto others, so it was released, but it couldn't manage a slot in the two big BAFTA categories...

[anonymous1980]

Gone Baby Gone was postponed for theatrical release in the UK due to the similar headline-grabbing news of missing girl Madeline McCaine (sp???). It will be released on April.

Persepolis will also be released on April.

[Big Magilla]

BJ, give it a rest. We all know how you feel about the year's most egregious example of category slumming.

Anyway, the BAFTAs stopped having separate awards for British and non-British films a few years ago. I belive it's the London Film Critics who continue to make the distinction.

[The Original BJ]

Amy Ryan is missing. Was Gone Baby Gone not eligible?

I bet for sure Gone Baby Gone is on the shortlist for Best British Film.

At least it should be. I mean, Ben is more British than Casey is Supporting, right?

[Big Magilla]

Amy Ryan is missing. Was Gone Baby Gone not eligible?

I also would have likeed to see Irfan Khan and Tabu in The Namesake and Max von Sydow in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly make the short list. Otherwise an excellent set of contenders to choose from, at least in the top six categories.

[cam]

That's the best collection of films and performers, directors and screenwriters that I have ever seen in one year. 2007 was a helluva year.

[matthew]

hmmm...The Assassination of Jesse James couldn't even get shortlisted for Cinematography??

[anonymous1980]

The shortlist:

BEST FILM
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum
"Charlie Wilson's War
"Control"
"Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Eastern Promises"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Lives of Others"
"Lust, Caution"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

LEADING ACTOR
Christian Bale (Dan Evans) - "3:10 to Yuma"
Daniel Day-Lewis (Daniel Plainview) - "There Will Be Blood"
Denzel Washington (Frank Lucas) - "American Gangster"
Emile Hirsch (Chris McCandless) - "Into the Wild"
George Clooney (Michael Clayton) - "Michael Clayton"
James McAvoy (Robbie Turner) - "Atonement"
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Josh Brolin (Llewelyn Moss) - "No Country for Old Men"
Matt Damon (Jason Bourne) - "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Russell Crowe (Ben Wade) - "3:10 to Yumav
Sam Riley (Ian Curtis) - "Control"
Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson) - "Charlie Wilson's War"
Tommy Lee Jones (Hank Deerfield) - "In the Valley of Elah"
Ulrich Muhe (Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler) - "The Lives of Others"
Viggo Mortensen (Nikolai) - "Eastern Promises"

LEADING ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie (Mariane Pearl) - "A Mighty Heart"
Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth I) - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Charlize Theron (Emily Sanders) - "In the Valley of Elah"
Ellen Page (Juno MacGuff) - "Juno"
Halle Berry (Audrey Burke) - "Things We Lost in the Fire"
Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs Lovett) - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Julie Christie (Fiona Andersson) - "Away From Her"
Katherine Heigl (Alison Scott) - "Knocked Up"
Keira Knightley (Cecilia Tallis) - "Atonement"
Marion Cotillard (Edith Piaf) - "La Vie en Rose"
Marketa Irglova (Girl) - "Once"
Martina Gedeck (Christa-Maria Sieland) - "The Lives of Others"
Naomi Watts (Anna) - "Eastern Promises"
Nikki Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad) - "Hairspray"
Tang Wei (Wong Chai Chi/Mak Tai Tai) - "Lust, Caution"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (Young Hassan) - "The Kite Runner"
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Semyon) - "Eastern Promises"
Casey Affleck (Robert Ford) - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Huey Lucas) - "American Gangster"
Clive Owen (Sir Walter Raleigh) - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Geoffrey Rush (Sir Francis Walsingham) - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Hal Holbrook (Ron Franz) - Into the Wild"
Javier Bardem (Anton Chigurh) - "No Country for Old Men"
John Travolta (Edna Turnblad) - "Hairspray"
Paul Dano (Eli Sunday/Paul Sunday) - "There Will Be Blood"
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Gust Avrakotos) - "Charlie Wilson's War"
Russell Crowe (Detective Richie Roberts) - "American Gangster"
Tom Wilkinson (Arthur Edens) - "Michael Clayton"
Tommy Lee Jones (Ed Tom Bell) - "No Country for Old Men"
Vincent Cassel (Kirill) - "Eastern Promises"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff) - "Juno"
Brenda Blethyn (Grace Turner) - "Atonement"
Cate Blanchett (Jude) - "I'm Not There"
Catherine Keener (Jan Burres) - "Into the Wild"
Joan Allen (Pamela Landy) - "The Bourne Ultimatum
Julia Roberts (Joanne Herring) - "Charlie Wilson's War"
Kelly MacDonald (Carla Jean Moss) - "No Country for Old Men"
Michelle Pfeiffer (Lamia) - "Stardust
Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma Von Tussle) - "Hairspray"
Romola Garai (Briony Tallis - aged 1Cool - "Atonement"
Samantha Morton (Debbie Curtis) - "Control"
Samantha Morton (Mary Stuart) - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Saoirse Ronan (Briony Tallis - aged 13) - "Atonement"
Tilda Swinton (Karen Crowder) - "Michael Clayton"
Vanessa Redgrave (Older Briony) - "Atonement"

DIRECTOR
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Control"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Eastern Promises"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Lives of Others"
"Lust, Caution"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Brick Lane"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
"Control"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"Into the Wild"
"The Kite Runner
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
"Lust, Caution"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"American Gangster"
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
"Eastern Promises"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Hot Fuzz"
"In the Valley of Elah"
"Juno"
"Knocked Up"
"The Lives of Others"
"Michael Clayton"
"Once"
"Ratatouille"
"Things We Lost in the Fire"
"This is England"
"La Vie en Rose"

MAKE UP & HAIR
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
"Control"
"Eastern Promises"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"The Golden Compass"
"Hairspray"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"Lust, Caution"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Stardust"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
"300"
"Atonement"
"Beowulf"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"The Golden Compass"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Spider-Man 3"
"Stardust"
"Sunshine"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Transformers"

SOUND
"300"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Control"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Hairspray"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"

EDITING
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Control"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Eastern Promises"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Into the Wild"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Lives of Others"
"Lust, Caution"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

COSTUME DESIGN
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"The Golden Compass"
"Hairspray"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"Lust, Caution"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Stardust"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"

PRODUCTION DESIGN
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"The Golden Compass"
"Hairspray"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Lives of Others"
"Lust, Caution"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Control"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Into the Wild"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Lives of Others"
"Lust, Caution"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"

ANIMATED FILM
"Bee Movie"
"Beowulf"
"Ratatouille"
"Shrek the Third"
"The Simpsons Movie"

MUSIC
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Control"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Hairspray"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lust, Caution"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Once"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"La Vie en Rose"