44th British Academy Film Awards
44th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 17 March 1991 |
Hosted by | Noel Edmonds |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Goodfellas |
Best Actor |
Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) |
Best Actress |
Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy |
Most awards | Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) & Goodfellas (5) |
Most nominations | Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (11) |
The 44th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1991, honoured the best films of 1990.
Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Costume Design. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Film not in the English Language, Actor (Philippe Noiret) and Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio).
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision)
- Driving Miss Daisy (Warner Home Video)
- Pretty Woman (Buena Vista Home Video)
Best Actor
Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (CIC Video)
- Robert De Niro in Goodfellas (Warner Home Video)
- Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October (CIC Video)
Best Actress
Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (Warner Home Video)
- Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys (MGM/UA Video)
- Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (Buena Vista Home Video)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Alan Alda in Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision)
- Al Pacino in Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video)
- John Hurt in The Field (High Fliers Video Distribution)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost (CIC Video)
- Anjelica Huston in Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision)
- Billie Whitelaw in The Krays (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
- Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
Best Direction
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video) - Martin Scorsese
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video) - Giuseppe Tornatore
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision) - Woody Allen
- Driving Miss Daisy (Warner Home Video) - Bruce Beresford
Best Original Screenplay
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video) - Giuseppe Tornatore
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision)
- Ghost (CIC Video)
- Pretty Woman (Buena Vista Home Video)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video) - Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
- Born on the Fourth of July (CIC Video)
- Driving Miss Daisy (Warner Home Video)
- Postcards from the Edge (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
- War of the Roses (CBS/Fox Video)
Best Cinematography
The Sheltering Sky (CBS/Fox Video) - Vittorio Storaro
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Glory (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
- Goodfellas (Warner Home Video)
Best Costume Design
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video) - Richard Bruno
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video)
- Pretty Woman (Buena Vista Home Video)
Best Sound
The Fabulous Baker Boys (MGM/UA Video) - J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, and Doug Hemphill
- Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video)
- The Hunt for Red October (CIC Video)
- Wild at Heart (Palace Video)
Best Editing
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video) - Thelma Schoonmaker
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Virgin Vision)
- Dick Tracy (Warner Home Video)
Best Special Visual Effects
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Buena Vista Home Video)
- Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video)
- Ghost (CIC Video)
- Total Recall (Guild Home Video)
Best Original Film Score
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video) - Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
- The Fabulous Baker Boys (MGM/UA Video)
- Memphis Belle (Warner Home Video)
- Postcards from the Edge (RCA/Columbia Pictures Video)
Best Short Film
Say Good-bye
Best Make Up Artist
Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video) - John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- Ghost (CIC Video)
- The Witches (Warner Home Video)
Best Production Design
Dick Tracy (Buena Vista Home Video) - Richard Sylbert
- Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)
- The Hunt for Red October (CIC Video)
- The Sheltering Sky (CBS/Fox Video)
Best Animated Film
Toxic
Best Film not in the English Language
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Palace Video)