Filmchair goes to the BAFTAs

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the BAFTA awards.  Well not quite the award ceremony as such but I was treated to a space in a special pen on the Red Carpet where we got some great access to see all the going’s on of the build up to the ceremony.

For any of those watching Alison’s (big girl from an old Big Brother) report on This Morning, if you looked closely at the background you could see me on the right.

The evening started slow, with just people we didn’t recognise passing us by.  Then the cheers swept up the carpet like an audio mexican wave which meant the celebs were arriving.  

First we met Noel Clarke (who later went on the win the Orange Rising Star award), he didn’t seem nervous but wasn’t confident of a win either.  The Evening Standard asked him who he thought would win best picture and he correctly picked Slumdog millionaire, although he did say he was disappointed not to see any dogs in the movie as he’d assumed it was a sequel to All Dogs go to Heaven.

We weren’t allowed to take professional photos where we were so I’m afraid you’ll just have to make do with my unprofessional ones.  Here’s a pic of Noel (Click to make it bigger):

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Sheen swiftly walk passed after Noel and ignored us at first but then came back to do a bit of glad handing.

 

 

 

 

 

Dev Patel was clearly loving being at the awards.  He ran passed us at first, but then ran back signed a few autographs, went off and then dashed back again later.  He told The London Paper that he was having a great time and couldn’t believe that he was there considering he was only 18.

 

 

 

 

 

Christpoher Mintz-Plasse was there and came over to say hello even though his fans didn’t seem to know his name and were just shouting Fogell or McLovin.

 

 

 

 

Later we met Daniel Craig, Robert Downey Jnr and David Fincher and a few others who’s names escape me right now.  In fact one of my favourite moments was watching one of my fellow bloggers interviewing Colin Salmon even though they didn’t know who he was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So where were the major names I hear you ask?  Brad & Angelina, Micky Rourke, Meryl Streep?  Well they were there too but unfortunately by the time they got to us they were cold and wet and had had enough so we were snubbed.  I was stood right by one of the guys from Hecklerspray and he got some great footage of these big names dissing us, check it out.  

And that was that.  After the celebs were herded in we went into the theatre next door to watch the event on the big screen.

If you want some more professional interviews you can see Fearne Cotton interviewing a whole host of people on the Orange website. 

Here’s a complete run down of all the winners and losers from last night.

BEST FILM
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy/Frank Marshall/Ceán Chaffin
Frost/Nixon - Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Brian Grazer/Ron Howard
Milk - Dan Jinks/Bruce Cohen
The Reader - Anthony Minghella/Sydney Pollack/Donna Gigliotti/Redmond Morris
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Hunger - Laura Hastings-Smith/Robin Gutch/Steve McQueen/Enda Walsh
In Bruges - Graham Broadbent/Pete Czernin/Martin McDonagh
Mamma Mia! - Judy Craymer/Gary Goetzman/Phyllida Lloyd/Catherine Johnson
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson/Danny Boyle/Simon Beaufoy                                                    WINNER: Man On Wire - Simon Chinn/James Marsh

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD (for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film)
Simon Chinn - Producer - Man On Wire
Judy Craymer - Producer - Mamma Mia!
Garth Jennings - Writer - Son Of Rambow
WINNER: Steve McQueen - Director/Writer - Hunger
Solon Papadopoulos/Roy Boulter - Producers - Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR
Changeling - Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

LEADING ACTOR
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
WINNER: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
WINNER: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
WINNER: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Doubt
WINNER: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

ORANGE RISING STAR                                                                                                                               Michael Cera
WINNER: Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
Changeling - J Michael Straczynski
I’ve Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel
WINNER: In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Bernard Eichinger/Uli Edel
Gomorrah - Domenico Procacci/Matteo Garrone
WINNER: I’ve Loved You So Long - Yves Marmion/Philippe Claudel
Persepolis - Marc-Antoine Robert/Xavier Rigault/Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Parannaud
Waltz With Bashir - Serge Lalou/Gerhard Meixner/Yael Nahl Ieli/Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Parannaud
WINNER: WALL•E - Andrew Stanton
Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman

MUSIC
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - A R Rahman
WALL•E - Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges/Roger Deakins
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING
Changeling - Joel Cox/Gary D Roach
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter/Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill/Dan Hanley
In Bruges - Jon Gregory
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

SOUND
Changeling - Walt Martin/Alan Robert Murray/John Reit/Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg/Richard King/Ed Novick/Gary Rizzo
Quantum Of Solace - Eddy Joseph/Chris Munro/Mike Prestwood Smith/Mark Taylor
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle/Resul Pookutty/Richard Pryke/Tom Sayers/Ian Tapp
WALL•E - Ben Burtt/Tom Myers/Michael Semanick/Matthew Wood

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling - James J. Murakami/Gary Fettis
WINNER: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt/Victor J Zolfo
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley/Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea/Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby/Michelle Day

COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: The Duchess - Michael O’Connor
Changeling - Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight - Lindy Hemming
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Pablo Helman/Marshall Krasser/Steve Rawlins
Iron Man - Hal Hickel/Shane Patrick Mahan/John Nelson/Ben Snow
WINNER: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba/Craig Barron/Nathan McGuinness/Edson Williams
The Dark Knight - Chris Corbould/Nick Davis/Paul Franklin/Tim Webber Quantum Of Solace - Chris Corbould/Kevin Tod Haug

MAKE-UP AND HAIR
WINNER: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Jean Black/Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight - Peter Robb-King
The Duchess - Daniel Phillips/Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon - Edouard Henriques/Kim Santantonio
Milk - Steven E Anderson/Michael White

SHORT FILM
Love You More - Caroline Harvey/Anthony Minghella/Sam Taylor-Wood/Patrick Marber
Kingsland #1 The Dreamer - Kate Ogborn/Tony Grisoni
Ralph - Olivier Kaempfer/Alex Winckler
WINNER: September - Stewart le Maréchal/Esther May Campbell
Voyage D’Affaires (The Business Trip) - Celine Quideau/Sean Ellis

SHORT ANIMATION
WINNER: Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death - Steve Pegram/Nick Park/Bob Baker
Codswallop - Greg McLeod/Myles McLeod
Varmints - Sue Goffe/Marc Craste

Academy Fellowship
Terry Gilliam

Filmchair would like to thank Orange and Anna from M&C Saatchi for taking us last night.