The nominations were announced for the 2003 BAFTAs at 9am on Monday 27th January, at BAFTA headquarters in Piccadilly, London. Here are the nominees:
BEST FILM
Nominees: "Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", "The Hours", "The Pianist"
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the outstanding British Film of the Year
Nominees: " "Bend it Like Beckham", "Dirty Pretty Things", "The Hours", "The Magdalene Sisters", "The Warrior"
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for the most promising newcomer to British Film
Nominees: " Simon Bent (writer, "Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry"), Lucy Darwin (producer, "Lost in La Mancha"), Asif Kapadia (director, "The Warrior"), Duncay Roy (writer/director, "AKA") "
THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for achievement in Direction
Nominees: Stephen Daldry ("The Hours"), Peter Jackson ("The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"), Rob Marshall ("Chicago"), Roman Polanski ("The Pianist"), Martin Scorsese ("Gangs of New York")
SCREENPLAY (Original)
Nominees:
"Dirty Pretty Things", "Gangs of New York", "Talk to Her", "The Magdalene Sisters", "Y Tu Mamá También",
SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Nominees:
"About a Boy", "Adaptation.", "Catch Me If You Can", "The Hours", "The Pianist"
PERFORMANCE by an ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Nominees:
Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Salma Hayek ("Frida"), Nicole Kidman ("The Hours"), Meryl Streep ("The Hours"), Renée Zellweger ("Chicago")
PERFORMANCE by an ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Nominees:
Adrien Brody ("The Pianist"), Michael Caine ("The Quiet American"), Nicolas Cage ("Adaptation."), Daniel Day-Lewis ("Gangs of New York"), Jack Nicholson ("About Schmidt")
PERFORMANCE by an ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominees:
Toni Collette ("About a Boy"), Queen Latifah ("Chicago"), Julianne Moore ("The Hours"), Meryl Streep ("Adaptation."), Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago")
PERFORMANCE by an ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominees:
Chris Cooper ("Adaptation."), Ed Harris ("The Hours"), Alfred Molina ("Frida"), Paul Newman ("Road to Perdition"), Christopher Walken ("Catch Me If You Can")
THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for achievement in Film Music
Nominees:
"Catch Me If You Can", "Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "The Hours", "The Pianist"
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Nominees:
"City of God" (Brazil),
"Devdas" (India), "Talk to Her" (Spain), "The Warrior" (UK),
"Y Tu Mamá También" (Mexico)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees:
"Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "Road to Perdition",
"The Pianist", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nominees:
"Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Road to Perdition", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
COSTUME DESIGN
Nominees:
"Catch Me If You Can", "Chicago", "Frida", "Gangs of New York", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
EDITING
Nominees:
"Chicago", "City of God", "Gangs of New York", "The Hours", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
SOUND
Nominees:
"Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "The Pianist", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Nominees:
"Gangs of New York", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets",
"Minority Report", "Spider-Man", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
MAKE UP/HAIR
Nominees:
"Chicago", "Frida", "Gangs of New York", "The Hours", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
SHORT FILM
Nominees:
"Bouncer", "Candy Bar Kid", "Good Night", "The Most Beautiful Man in the World", "My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117", "Rank",
SHORT ANIMATION
Nominees:
"The Chub Chubs", "The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside", "Fish Never Sleep", "Sap", "Wedding Espresso"
MAIN NOMINATION TOTALS:
12 "Gangs of New York"
12 "Chicago"
11 "The Hours"
9 "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
7 "The Pianist"
4 "Adaptation."
4 "Catch Me If You Can"
4 "Frida"
3 "Road to Perdition"
The 2003 Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 23rd February at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London.
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AND IN OTHER NEWS...
PETER O'TOOLE will receive an Honorary Oscar - AKA Award For Still Being Alive - at this year's ceremony. The 70-year-old Irish thesp has received seven best actor nominations, but never got his hands on a Golden Baldie. Expect the "Lawrence of Arabia" star to give a self-deprecating, possibly abusive, speech on 23rd March.
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THE INDIE-FLAVOURED Sundance Film Festival has announced its winners, and shut up shop for another year. The grand jury prize for dramatic movie went to "American Splendor", a bittersweet tale about a comic book creator. Best documentary was picked up by "Capturing the Friedmans" - a laugh-a-minute look at a family torn apart by allegations of child abuse. Expect to see both at your local multiplex soon, no doubt.
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"SPIDER-MAN" WRITER David Koepp is to direct Johnny Depp in an adaptation of Stephen King's "Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden".
Koepp will script himself, spinning a story about a divorced writer trapped by a nutter who reckons he plagiarised his work. Sounds like misery. Sorry, "Misery"
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WANT SOME DVDS, GUV? Cos pirated copies of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Gangs of New York" are doing the rounds in the UK. The dodgy copies have been lifted from 'screener' discs sent to members of the Motion Picture Association of America, so they can give the movies Oscar consideration.
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"A BEAUTIFUL MIND" co-star Adam Goldberg has lined up a top-drawer indie cast for his second directorial outing. Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente, Vince Vaughn, Joshua Jackson and Jason Lee all have roles in "I Love Your Work", a drama about the mental breakdown of a movie star.
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THE WRITER of cross-cultural romantic-comedy "The Guru" is following the old "If it ain't broke... etc" adage with her next project. Tracey Jackson told BBCi Films her plans: "I'm starting a new film in India. It's another transglobal love story. It's between an Indian girl who works in a call centre and a young guy in New York."
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JIM CAVIEZEL'S GOT some acting coach: God. The Catholic star of Mel Gibson's Jesus flick "The Passion" has found shooting the Crucifixion particularly draining, but says the man upstairs has lent a hand. "There's an immense amount of suffering on this. Fortunately, God is helping me," he told Time magazine.
Gibson, meanwhile, is sticking to his plan to show the movie (shot in Aramaic and Latin) without subtitles, saying, "The audience will have to focus on the visuals. But they had silent films before talkies arrived, and people went to see them."
