Three films fight for eight Bafta awards
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January 22, 2010, Friday
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SCI-FI extravaganza "Avatar," Iraq drama "The Hurt Locker" and coming-of-age story "An Education" earned eight nominations apiece yesterday in the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
The three films are up for best picture alongside "Up in the Air" and "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire."
The British awards, known as Baftas, are handed out two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood and considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success.
South African alien thriller "District 9" received seven Bafta nominations, while Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" got six each.
The nominations boost the Oscar hopes of James Cameron's "Avatar," an astronomically expensive eco-adventure that has already taken more than US$1.6 billion at the global box office. "Avatar" - Cameron's first narrative feature since the Oscar-sweeping "Titanic" in 1997 - has already won Golden Globes.
At the British awards, Cameron is competing for best director against his ex-wife, "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow. The other director nominees are Neill Blomkamp for "District 9," Lone Scherfig for "An Education" and Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds."
The best actor race pits George Clooney, for "Up in the Air," against "The Hurt Locker" star Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart," Colin Firth for "A Single Man" and Andy Serkis for playing musician Ian Dury in "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll."
Meryl Streep received her 13th nomination for "Julie & Julia." Other nominees are Carey Mulligan for "An Education," Audrey Tautou, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe.
The three films are up for best picture alongside "Up in the Air" and "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire."
The British awards, known as Baftas, are handed out two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood and considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success.
South African alien thriller "District 9" received seven Bafta nominations, while Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" got six each.
The nominations boost the Oscar hopes of James Cameron's "Avatar," an astronomically expensive eco-adventure that has already taken more than US$1.6 billion at the global box office. "Avatar" - Cameron's first narrative feature since the Oscar-sweeping "Titanic" in 1997 - has already won Golden Globes.
At the British awards, Cameron is competing for best director against his ex-wife, "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow. The other director nominees are Neill Blomkamp for "District 9," Lone Scherfig for "An Education" and Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds."
The best actor race pits George Clooney, for "Up in the Air," against "The Hurt Locker" star Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart," Colin Firth for "A Single Man" and Andy Serkis for playing musician Ian Dury in "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll."
Meryl Streep received her 13th nomination for "Julie & Julia." Other nominees are Carey Mulligan for "An Education," Audrey Tautou, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe.
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