Red carpet out for Baftas
10/02/2008 10:06  - (SA)  

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Writers reach tentative deal Stars welcome 'breakthrough' Atonement gets 14 Bafta nods

London - The glitz of the film industry comes to London on Sunday for the BAFTAs, Britain's showpiece movie awards, which have taken on extra significance this year.

The US writers' strike reduced the Golden Globes, traditionally the second biggest film awards after the Oscars, to a mere news conference, boosting the Baftas' importance.

Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie are tipped to extend their collection of awards in the leading actor categories.

Atonement, the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's award-winning novel about life and love in World War II, leads the way with 14 nominations.

The romantic drama is up for the best film and best British film gongs, with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy also up for best actress and actor.

Joe Wright is nominated for best director while Saoirse Ronan has a best supporting actress nomination.

Elsewhere, Joel and Ethan Coen's bleak No Country for Old Men, and Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, starring Day-Lewis as a ruthless oil baron, each have nine nominations.

The British Academy Film and Television Arts awards - which normally play second fiddle to the Golden Globes - could be seen as one of the film industry's main events of the year due to the industrial action by screenwriters in the US.

Striking Hollywood screenwriters said Saturday they had

The Bafta awards ceremony takes place at the Royal Opera House in central London.

Nominees:

Best film:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best director:
Joe Wright - Atonement
Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best leading actor:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Ulrich Muhe - The Lives of Others

Best leading actress:
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Ellen Page - Juno

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