Baftas 2014: 'Gravity' Pulls In The Nominations While Chiwetel Ejiofor Stands A Great Chance
The Bafta nominations didn’t really throw up any surprises, with many of the year’s top actors, directors and films being recognised. The constant metronome of: ‘Gravity,’ ’12 Years a Slave’ and ‘American Hustle’ still chimes away; the Oscar favourites are set to do battle.
So 'Gravity' leads the way with 11 nominations; it’ll go up against '12 Years a Slave' in the Best Film Category as well as 'American Hustle', 'Captain Phillips' and 'Philomena', a film the Alfonso Cuaron space thriller must also beat to win Outstanding British Film gong. 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom', 'Rush', 'Saving Mr. Banks' and 'The Selfish Giant' make up that category.
Chiwetel Ejiofor is considered to be a frontrunner for the Best Actor award, a category he shares with Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Hanks. Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench and Emma Thompson comrise a supremely talented Actress category.
You read our review of Gravity here. And watch the trailer here.
Barkhad Adbi, who playes the desperate, sinister Somali pirate who takes over Captain Phillips’ ship gets a nod in Best Supporting Actor alongside Daniel Bruhl, Bradley Cooper, Matt Damon and Michael Fassbender. Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong’o, Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey are all in line for Supporting actress.
Check out the trailer for 12 Years a Slave.
The director category sees Alfonso Cuaron, Paul Greengrass, Steve McQueen, David O Russell and Martin Scorsese in line. Will McQueen take it for his emotive, often hard-to-watch slave drama, or will the sheer magnitude of Cuaron’s visual festival that was Gravity see him lift the gong?
Amanda Berry, chief executive of Bafta, said: “It is a fantastic year, and what's really great is to see British talent throughout the nominations. Whether its British directors, actors or behind the camera talent. It really shows the strength of the industry at the moment.”
Here are the nominations in full, including the ones I didn’t have time to work into fancy pros for you:
Best film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Actor
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo Dicaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Actress Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Supporting actor
Barkhad Adbi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Supporting actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)
Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
David O Russell (American Hustle)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Adapted screenplay
12 Years a Slave
Behind the Candelabra
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Original screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Animated film
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
Documentary
The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer
We Steal Secrets
Foreign film
The Act of Killing
Blue is the Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila Wadjda
Cinematography
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Costume design
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr Banks
Editing
12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips
Gravity Rush
The Wolf of Wall Street
Make-up and hair
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Music
12 Years a Slave
The Book Thief
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Saving Mr Banks
Production design
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Sound
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush
Visual effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Short animation
Everything I Can See From Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping with the Fishes
Short film
Island Queen
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson (writers, Good Vibrations)
Kieran Evans (writer-director, Kelly + Victor)
Scott Graham (writer-director, Shell)
Kelly Marcel (writer, Saving Mr Banks)
Paul Wright. Polly Stokes (writer-director and producer, For Those in Peril)
Rising Star award
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong'o
Will Poulter
Lea Seydoux