53rd British Academy Film Awards

The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999.

Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; went on to win the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Maggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing. East Is East was voted Best British Film.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Kevin Spacey - American Beauty

• Jim Broadbent - Topsy-Turvy
• Russell Crowe - The Insider
• Ralph Fiennes - The End of the Affair
• Om Puri - East Is East

Best Actress

Annette Bening - American Beauty

• Linda Bassett - East Is East
• Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair
• Emily Watson - Angela's Ashes

Best Cinematography

American Beauty

• Angela's Ashes
• The End of the Affair
• The Matrix
• The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Costume Design

Sleepy Hollow

• The End of the Affair
• An Ideal Husband
• Tea with Mussolini

Best Director

Pedro Almodóvar - All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

• Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair
• Sam Mendes - American Beauty
• Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense

Best Editing

American Beauty

• Being John Malkovich
• The Matrix
• The Sixth Sense

Best Film

American Beauty

• East Is East
• The End of the Affair
• The Sixth Sense
• The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Film - British

East Is East

• Notting Hill
• Onegin
• Ratcatcher
• Topsy-Turvy
• Wonderland

Best Film - Not in the English Language

All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

• Buena Vista Social Club
• The Celebration (Festen)
• Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)

Best Film Music

"American Beauty" - Thomas Newman

• "Buena Vista Social Club" - Ry Cooder and Nick Gold
• "The End of the Affair" - Michael Nyman
• "The Talented Mr. Ripley" - Gabriel Yared

Best Makeup & Hair

Topsy-Turvy

• American Beauty
• The End of the Affair
• An Ideal Husband

Best Production Design

Sleepy Hollow

• American Beauty
• Angela's Ashes
• The End of the Affair
• The Matrix

Best Screenplay - Adapted

The End of the Affair - Neil Jordan

• East Is East - Ayub Khan-Din
• An Ideal Husband - Oliver Parker
• The Talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella

Best Screenplay - Original

Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman

• American Beauty - Alan Ball
• The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
• Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) - Pedro Almodóvar
• Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh

Best Sound

The Matrix

• American Beauty
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Best Supporting Actor

Jude Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley

• Wes Bentley - American Beauty
• Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
• Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill
• Timothy Spall - Topsy-Turvy

Best Supporting Actress

Maggie Smith - Tea with Mussolini

• Thora Birch - American Beauty
• Cate Blanchett - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Cameron Diaz - Being John Malkovich
• Mena Suvari - American Beauty

Best Visual Effects

The Matrix

• A Bug's Life
• The Mummy
• Sleepy Hollow
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Awards breakdown

Winners

• 6 / 14 American Beauty: Best Film, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Editing and Film Music
• 2 / 3 Sleepy Hollow: Best Costume Design and Production Design
• 2 / 3 Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother): Best Director and Foreign Language Film
• 2 / 5 The Matrix: Best Sound and Visual Effects
• 1 / 2 Tea with Mussolini: Best Supporting Actress
• 1 / 3 Being John Malkovich: Best Original Screenplay
• 1 / 5 East Is East: Best British Film
• 1 / 5 Topsy-Turvy: Best Makeup & Hair
• 1 / 7 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 10 The End of the Affair: Best Adapted Screenplay

Losers (minimum two nominations)

• 0 / 2 Notting Hill
• 0 / 2 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• 0 / 3 Angela's Ashes
• 0 / 3 An Ideal Husband
• 0 / 4 The Sixth Sense

References

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/707592.stm Recap of all winners
• http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1999
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/662167.stm List of all nominess
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/apr/10/baftas2000.baftasfilm BAFTA choice scorn Oscar Line