50th British Academy Film Awards

50th British Academy Film Awards
Date	April 29, 1997
Highlights
Best Film	The English Patient
Best British Film	Secrets & Lies
Best Actor	Geoffrey Rush Shine
Best Actress	Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies
Most awards	The English Patient (6)
Most nominations	The English Patient (13)

The 50th BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 29 April 1997, honoured the best films of 1996.

Anthony Minghella's The English Patient won the award for Best Film. Secrets & Lies won the "Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film". Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Leading Actor for his role in Shine and Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
*The English Patient* Fargo Secrets & Lies Shine	**Fargo - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen** The English Patient - Anthony Minghella Secrets and Lies - Mike Leigh Shine - Scott Hicks
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Geoffrey Rush - Shine Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient Ian McKellen - Richard III Timothy Spall - Secrets and Lies	Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies Frances McDormand - Fargo Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Paul Scofield - The Crucible John Gielgud - Shine Edward Norton - Primal Fear Alan Rickman - Michael Collins	**Juliette Binoche - The English Patient** Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces Shine - Lynn Redgrave Secrets and Lies - Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
**Secrets and Lies - Mike Leigh** Shine - Jan Sardi Lone Star - John Sayles Fargo - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Brassed Off - Mark Herman	**The English Patient - Anthony Minghella** The Crucible - Arthur Miller Richard III - Ian McKellen Evita - Alan Parker, Oliver Stone
Best Cinematography	Outstanding British Film
**The English Patient - John Seale** Fargo - Roger Deakins Evita - Darius Khondji Michael Collins - Chris Menges	*Secrets & Lies* Carla's Song Richard III Brassed Off
Best Original Music	Best Sound
**The English Patient - Gabriel Yared** Shine - David Hirschfelder Brassed Off - Trevor Jones Evita - Andrew Lloyd Webber	*Shine* Independence Day Evita The English Patient
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
**Richard III - Tony Burrough** The English Patient - Stuart Craig Hamlet - Tim Harvey Evita - Brian Morris	*Twister* Independence Day Toy Story Nutty Professor
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
*Richard III* - Shuna Harwood The English Patient - Ann Roth Hamlet - Alexandra Byrne Evita - Penny Rose	**The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker** Evita - Sarah Monzani 101 Dalmatians - Lynda Armstrong The English Patient - Nigel Booth
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
**The English Patient - Walter Murch** Fargo - Roderick Jaynes Shine - Pip Karmel Evita - Gerry Hambling	*Ridicule* Antonia Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud Kolya (Kolja)

Award breakdown

Winners (minimum one win)

6 / 13 The English Patient: Best Cinematography, Editing, Film, Film Music, Screenplay - Adapted and Supporting Actress
3 / 6 Secrets & Lies: Best Actress, British Film and Screenplay - Original
2 / 5 Richard III: Best Costume and Production Design
2 / 9 Shine: Best Actor and Sound
1 / 1 Twister: Best Visual Effets
1 / 2 The Crucible: Best Supporting Actor
1 / 2 The Nutty Professor: Best Makeup & Hair
1 / 6 Fargo: Best Director

Losers (minimum two nominations)

0 / 2 Michael Collins
0 / 8 Evita

References

British Academy Film Awards

Current Awards	Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup & Hair Music Production Design Screenplay: Adapted Screenplay: Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Rising Star Visual Effects

Special awards	Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

Retired awards	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay British Screenplay British Actor Foreign Actor British Actress Foreign Actress

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