George VI film reigns over race for awards
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January 19, 2011, Wednesday
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MADE-IN-ENGLAND favorite "The King's Speech" leads the race for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars, with 14 nominations, including best picture.
Colin Firth is odds-on favorite for a best actor trophy for his performance as stuttering monarch King George VI, with Geoffrey Rush nominated for best supporting actor as the unconventional speech therapist who treated him. Helena Bonham Carter is up for best supporting actress for playing the king's wife, Queen Elizabeth.
The list was announced yesterday. "The King's Speech" faces strong competition from psychosexual ballet thriller "Black Swan," which has 12 nominations, and mind-bending saga "Inception," with nine.
Endurance story "127 Hours" and Coen brothers Western "True Grit" have eight nominations each.
"The Social Network," the story of the founding of Facebook, has six nominations including best picture, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay and David Fincher's direction. Jesse Eisenberg received a best actor nomination for his turn as Facebook's college-student founder Mark Zuckerberg.
As well as "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network," the best-picture nominees are "Black Swan," "Inception" and "True Grit."
The British awards, known as BAFTAs, will be handed out on February 13, two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood. They are considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success.
Last year, Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" won six BAFTAs, including best picture - then repeated the feat at the Oscars.
Colin Firth is odds-on favorite for a best actor trophy for his performance as stuttering monarch King George VI, with Geoffrey Rush nominated for best supporting actor as the unconventional speech therapist who treated him. Helena Bonham Carter is up for best supporting actress for playing the king's wife, Queen Elizabeth.
The list was announced yesterday. "The King's Speech" faces strong competition from psychosexual ballet thriller "Black Swan," which has 12 nominations, and mind-bending saga "Inception," with nine.
Endurance story "127 Hours" and Coen brothers Western "True Grit" have eight nominations each.
"The Social Network," the story of the founding of Facebook, has six nominations including best picture, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay and David Fincher's direction. Jesse Eisenberg received a best actor nomination for his turn as Facebook's college-student founder Mark Zuckerberg.
As well as "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network," the best-picture nominees are "Black Swan," "Inception" and "True Grit."
The British awards, known as BAFTAs, will be handed out on February 13, two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood. They are considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success.
Last year, Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" won six BAFTAs, including best picture - then repeated the feat at the Oscars.
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