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'The Artist' named best picture at UK film awards
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February 13, 2012, Monday
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SILENT movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about yesterday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.
Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the French homage to old Hollywood over a homegrown favorite, espionage thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
"The Artist," a black-and-white picture that has charmed audiences around the world since its Cannes debut in May, was named best film, and its rubber-limbed star Jean Dujardin took the male acting prize. Its filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, won prizes for directing and his original screenplay.
Dujardin said it was "incroyable" - incredible - to win a prize in the homeland of acting titan Laurence Olivier, William Webb Ellis - the inventor of rugby - "and Benny Hill."
Hazanavicius thanked presenter Brad Pitt for pronouncing his name correctly - and academy voters for recognizing that his silent film even had a screenplay.
Another homage to early cinema, Martin Scorsese's Parisian fantasy "Hugo," took prizes for sound and production design.
John le Carre adaptation "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" went into the ceremony with 11 nominations compared to 12 for "The Artist," but won just two prizes, for British film and for adapted screenplay.
As predicted, Meryl Streep was named best actress for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, in "The Iron Lady." The film also won a well-deserved prize for hair and makeup.
The British prizes, known as BAFTAs, are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards, to be held on February 26.
Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the French homage to old Hollywood over a homegrown favorite, espionage thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
"The Artist," a black-and-white picture that has charmed audiences around the world since its Cannes debut in May, was named best film, and its rubber-limbed star Jean Dujardin took the male acting prize. Its filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, won prizes for directing and his original screenplay.
Dujardin said it was "incroyable" - incredible - to win a prize in the homeland of acting titan Laurence Olivier, William Webb Ellis - the inventor of rugby - "and Benny Hill."
Hazanavicius thanked presenter Brad Pitt for pronouncing his name correctly - and academy voters for recognizing that his silent film even had a screenplay.
Another homage to early cinema, Martin Scorsese's Parisian fantasy "Hugo," took prizes for sound and production design.
John le Carre adaptation "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" went into the ceremony with 11 nominations compared to 12 for "The Artist," but won just two prizes, for British film and for adapted screenplay.
As predicted, Meryl Streep was named best actress for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, in "The Iron Lady." The film also won a well-deserved prize for hair and makeup.
The British prizes, known as BAFTAs, are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards, to be held on February 26.
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