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09 February 2009
Slumdog Bags The BAFTAs
Well, most of them anyway

Slumdog Bags The BAFTAs

The Empire team let out a heartfelt cheer this evening as Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire romped to victory at the BAFTAs. Scooping a total of seven gongs, including Best Film, Best Director and best Adapted Screenplay. Coming in a distant second was The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, with three awards, but by any standard tonight was Slumdog's night.

Kate Winslet added yet another shiny ornament for her mantelpiece, scooping Best Actress. Nominated for both Revolutionary Road and The Reader, Winslet picked up the award for the latter, fears of a split vote proving unfounded. Penelope Cruz took Best Supporting Actor for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Mickey Rourke seemed genuinely humbled when he took the stage to accept Best Actor for The Wrestler and also won Empire's honorary award for best speech of the evening when he thanked Darren Aronofsky for taking a chance on him after he'd spent a great many years “fucking up” his career. Doctor Who veteran Noel Clark beat out the opposition to secure the Orange Rising Star Award  while, in the least surprising moment ever, Heath Ledger's phenomenal turn as The Joker in Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight was recognised as Ledger received a posthumous award for Best Supporting Actor.

Click here to see photos of the 2009 BAFTA winners and presenters.

The full list of winners:

BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HUNGER
IN BRUGES
MAMMA MIA!
MAN ON WIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN Milk
BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP Doubt
KATE WINSLET The Reader
KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI The Wrestler

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
SIMON CHINN Producer – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER Producer – Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS Writer – Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS / ROY BOULTER Producers – Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR
CHANGELING Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON David Fincher
FROST/NIXON Ron Howard
THE READER Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh
MILK Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON Peter Morgan
THE READER David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
GOMORRAH
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
PERSEPOLIS
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS
WALL•E
WALTZ WITH BASHIR 

MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Alexandre Desplat THE DARK KNIGHT Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman
WALL•E Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

EDITING
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
IN BRUGES
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

COSTUME DESIGN
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

SOUND
CHANGELING
THE DARK KNIGHT
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE
WALL•E

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
IRON MAN
QUANTUM OF SOLACE

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
FROST/NIXON
MILK

SHORT ANIMATION
CODSWALLOP
VARMINTS
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

SHORT FILM
KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER
LOVE YOU MORE
RALPH
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ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
MICHAEL CERA
NOEL CLARKE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
REBECCA HALL
TOBY KEBBELL 

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RE: RE:
L: bobthegrinch L: elab49 Giving it to a young, credible, actor/writer/director seems to be exactly the point of the award. Hall was a non-starter especially if, like me, you don't find her remotely impressive. Fassbender was impressive enough in Hunger, but his TV work has seen some pretty unremarkable attempts at acting (Hex and Devil's Whore, the Sherlock Holmes thing). Kebbell would have been, I think, the best choice - excellent in the films I've seen him in and absolutely superb... Read More

elab49 About me

23:28, 10 February 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Slum Dog Shit
Another load of shite as usual ... Read More

doncopey1 About me

21:29, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Slum Dog Shit
I thought it was a good show, tbh I haven't seen most of the films nominated but mostly read great buzz about all of them.   Think The Dark Knight was the outsider in all categories aside from Supporting Actor so I was a little disappointed that it didn't win anything else but not really surprised.   I would have said it was a fair bet for makeup (Joker/Two Face) or visual effects (Two Face/pyrotechnics/stunt work) if Benjamin Button wasn't nominated but the work done to chang... Read More

Marwood About me

16:36, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
BAFTAs DuffTAs more like
I agree with most of the awards except that Wall.E should have won for Best Sound and not Slumdog since Wall.E was basically a silent movie for the first half it needed the sound to create such an amazing atmosphere and lets face it Wall.E only speaks in sounds. Waltz with Bashir should have picked up Best Film in a Foreign Language, Kate Winslett was embarssing, clutching her hands acting all 'well done you'. I like her but as the years have gone by she's an award whore, she only does films now... Read More

Taz69 About me

16:34, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Slum Dog Shit
Ok.................your a huge sci fi fan thats great! there are loads of people out there that are, i am aswell! But dont come on here talking complete trash about two films you havent even seen! Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button are both works of genius and deserve the recognition that they are getting. No one on here cares if there not your cup of tea. There havent been any decent award worthy sci fi films in years! the last one which was BRILLIANT! was Sunshine, another Danny Boyle fi... Read More

Darren3 About me

15:54, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
Badly Disappointed.
Whats with the constant winning awards of Slumdog Millonare? It's not feel-good, it looks awful and I hate the fuss it's given. Boring! Glad that Kate Winset and Mickey Rouke won the actor and actress award but the real bummer was Michael Fassbender not wining Orange Rising Star. Who the hell was Noah Clarke? That bloke can act in Hunger and Eden Lake, he's got more films than that twat ever will. I'm sorry but I'm badly disappointed by that descion, demand a recount! ... Read More

joanna likes films About me

14:21, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Slum Dog Shit
L: Halo14 Well, I just have to say that Slumdog looks like dogshit to me. It looks fucken boring man. Maybe it's cause I'm a big sci-fi fan. Bring on the new Terminator!! Yeah baby. Bring on Watchmen. Bring on Avatar. Don't bore me with dogshit, and don't bore me with Benjiman Butt-Rash. sp; lovely ... Read More

waltham1979 About me

14:06, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
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Personally I never understood why they replaced the Best Film award by public vote. Rising Star seems totally pointless.   And besides Miss Hall should have won on account of being the fittest nominee! ... Read More

hughjass About me

13:37, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
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L: elab49 Giving it to a young, credible, actor/writer/director seems to be exactly the point of the award. Hall was a non-starter especially if, like me, you don't find her remotely impressive. Fassbender was impressive enough in Hunger, but his TV work has seen some pretty unremarkable attempts at acting (Hex and Devil's Whore, the Sherlock Holmes thing). Kebbell would have been, I think, the best choice - excellent in the films I've seen him in and absolutely superb in the best episode... Read More

bobthegrinch About me

13:28, 09 February 2009 | Report This Post
No prizes for Waltz with Bashir
To be honest I'm most disappointed that Waltz with Bashir didn't come away with the award for Best Foreign film. It's easily the best film I've seen this year and I'll be amazed if it doesn't win the Oscar it's nominated for later this month. ... Read More

P Wee About me

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