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Baftas 2012: The Artist biggest winner with seven awards including best film

12 February 2012 4:18 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Silence is golden for French film, while Meryl Streep wins best actress and John Hurt honoured for oustanding contribution

There were no spoken words, vibrant colours, impressive special effects, sophisticated plotlines or indeed anything at all that audiences expect in a modern film, and that was all very much in its favour as The Artist emerged triumphant at the 2012 Baftas.

The French silent film had been the bookies' favourite to sweep all before it and it did not disappoint, winning seven awards including best film, best director, best original screenplay, original music, best costume design, best cinematography.

The Artist's tally of Baftas equalled the number given to The King's Speech last year and Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid still holds the record with nine, followed by The Killing Fields with eight.

Picking up the screenplay award, The Artist's director, Michel Hazanavicius, said: "I'm very surprised, »

- Mark Brown

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A-List Stars Head To The BAFTAs

12 February 2012 3:36 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

London — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.

Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the French homage to old Hollywood over a homegrown favorite, espionage thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."

"The Artist," a black-and-white picture that has charmed audiences around the world since its Cannes debut in May, was named best film, and its rubber-limbed star Jean Dujardin took the male acting prize. Its filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, won prizes for directing and his original screenplay.

Dujardin said it was "incroyable" – incredible – to win a prize in the homeland of acting titan Laurence Olivier, William Webb Ellis – the inventor of rugby – "and Benny Hill."

Hazanavicius thanked presenter Brad Pitt for pronouncing his name correctly – and academy voters for recognizing that his silent film even had a screenplay.

"So many people thought there was no script because there was no dialogue, »

- AP

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Baftas 2012: Live blog

12 February 2012 2:01 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

• The Artist wins seven awards including the best picture, director and actor prizes

• The Iron Lady, Hugo, Senna and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy take two apiece

Xan Brooks's report from the 65th British Academy film awards at London's Royal Opera House.

• The 2012 shortlist of nominations

• Baftas 2012: Our critics' predictions

6.05pm: Welcome to the freeze-dried heart of wintry London for tonight's Bafta film awards, the latest stop on the awards circus as the whole shebang picks up speed on the way to the Oscars. Tonight's grand showdown looks (on paper at least) to be a three-way tussle between The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Hugo, which lead the field with 12, 11 and nine nominations respectively. The Artist's run towards the crowning best film Oscar looks all but unstoppable but Tinker Tailor may well step in to spoil the party here this evening. Having been completely shut out at the Golden Globes, »

- Xan Brooks

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Michael Fassbender, Harry Potter, We Need To Talk About Kevin among winners at London Evening Standard British Film Awards 2012

7 February 2012 4:20 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Although excluded from the Oscars race and unsuccessful with its one nomination for best actress at the Golden Globes, director Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin triumphed at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards.

The drama - about a woman's attempt to come to terms with her son's involvement in an American high school massacre - won the trophy for best film at last night's ceremony. However, it lost out in the best actress and best technical categories in which it had also been nominated.

Also up for best film were Archipelago, Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Tyrannosaur.

Michael Fassbender (above) picked up the best actor award for his portrayal of a sex addict in Shame and his role in Jane Eyre, while Olivia Colman won the best actress award, beating three Oscar winners - Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Weisz and Tilda Swinton - to the prize. »

- David Bentley

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Frederick Treves obituary

3 February 2012 11:15 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

A familiar face on stage and screen, he often played authority figures

In an acting career that lasted for well over half a century, Frederick Treves, who has died aged 86, specialised in playing men in positions of authority – senior police officers, peers, admirals, colonels and scientists. He was a tall man with a heavily jowled, amiable face, a hawk-like profile and a patrician bearing. A regular National Theatre player, he supported many television dramas, including The Regiment (1973), a BBC series set in India; Destiny, David Edgar's 1978 Play for Today; The Jewel in the Crown (1984); The Invisible Man (1984); Poirot (1991); Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1997); and The Rector's Wife (1994). In all of these disparate productions, he played a colonel.

Treves was the great-nephew of Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon who rescued Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (he also had a role as an alderman in David Lynch's 1980 film about the case). He was born in Margate, »

- Gavin Gaughan

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John Hurt To Be Honoured With Bafta For Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema

27 January 2012 1:35 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

It actually comes as no surprise that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced the legendary John Hurt, will receive an achievement award at this years forthcoming ceremony. In fact, for all Hurt’s incredible work over the years, it actually seems long overdue.

With countless iconic performances in his 50 year career, (that shows no sign of stopping anytime soon – even at the age of 72 ) John Hurt will be rewarded with the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Here is the full official press release by BAFTA.

Universally acclaimed for his acting talent, Hurt’s vast range of distinguished performances has shaped an impressive career spanning six decades.

The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, introduced in 1978, is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon. Previous recipients include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Mary Selway, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title Films and Lewis Gilbert. »

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John Hurt To Receive BAFTA Award For Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema

27 January 2012 11:44 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce that John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 12 February. Universally acclaimed for his acting talent, Hurt’s vast range of distinguished performances has shaped an impressive career spanning six decades.

The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, introduced in 1978, is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon. Previous recipients include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Mary Selway, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title Films and Lewis Gilbert. Last year’s recipient was the Harry Potter series of films.

Hurt has starred in a variety of remarkable film roles working alongside some of the most important figures in the industry including Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and Steven Spielberg. The legendary characters he has portrayed include Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, »

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John Hurt to Receive Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at BAFTAs

27 January 2012 10:03 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »

John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at this year's BAFTAs, to be held on February 12 at London's Royal Opera House.  Hurt is already a BAFTA veteran, having won two Best Actor awards during his career, one for the TV film "The Naked Civil Servant" and another for "The Elephant Man," as well as a Best Supporting Actor award for "Midnight Express."  He has also received four other BAFTA nominations, and has been nominated for the Academy Award twice. Throughout his career, Hurt has played iconic roles such as Winston Smith in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and Rich in "A Man for All »

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John Hurt Receives BAFTA Award for Contribution to British Cinema

27 January 2012 8:11 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce that John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday February 12. Universally acclaimed for his acting talent, Hurt's vast range of distinguished performances has shaped an impressive career spanning six decades.

The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, introduced in 1978, is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon. Previous recipients include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Mary Selway, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title Films and Lewis Gilbert. Last year's recipient was the Harry Potter series of films.

Hurt has starred in a variety of remarkable film roles working alongside some of the most important figures in the industry including Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and Steven Spielberg. The legendary characters he has portrayed include Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, »

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John Hurt to Recieve BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

27 January 2012 1:38 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

BAFTA have just sent over a press release alerting us to the fact that the legendary veteran actor, John Hurt is to be he recipient of the 2012 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Hurt has been acting since 1962 when he appeared in TV series Z Cars. More recently he has appeared in the likes of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Harry Potter franchise where he appeared as Ollivander, the wand expert.

I’ve placed the press release below but this award is so deserved and massive congrats John Hurt!

Ohn Hurt To Receive BAFTA Award For Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema

London, 27 January 2012:  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce that John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 12 February. Universally acclaimed for his acting talent, »

- David Sztypuljak

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