Showing posts with label Faye Dunaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faye Dunaway. Show all posts

Friday, 4 August 2023

1968, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best British Film
Winner: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • ‘Accident’
  • ‘Blowup’
  • ‘The Deadly Affair’


Best Film from any Source
Winner: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • ‘Bonnie and Clyde’
  • ‘In the Heat of the Night’
  • ‘Un homme et une femme’


Best British Actor
Winner:  Paul Scofield as Thomas More in ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • Dirk Bogarde as Stephen in ‘Accident’
  • Dirk Bogarde as  Charlie Hook in ‘Our Mother's House’
  • James Mason as Charles Dobbs in ‘The Deadly Affair’
  • Richard Burton as Petruchio in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’


Best British Actress
Winner:  Edith Evans as Mrs. Ross in ‘The Whisperers’

Nominees:

  • Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom in ‘Ulysses’
  • Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’


Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Rod Steiger as Bill Gillespie in ‘In the Heat of the Night’

Nominees:

  • Orson Welles as Falstaff in ‘Campanadas a medianoche’
  • Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs in ‘In the Heat of the Night’
  • Warren Beatty as Clyde Chestnut Barrow in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’


Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Anouk Aimée as Anne Gauthier in ‘Un homme et une femme’

Nominees:

  • Bibi Andersson as Charlotte in ‘Syskonbädd 1782’
  • Bibi Andersson as Alma in ‘Persona’
  • Jane Fonda as Corie Bratter in ‘Barefoot in the Park’
  • Simone Signoret as Elsa Fennan in ‘The Deadly Affair’

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Elizabeth Parker in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and as Lou McDowell in ‘Hurry Sundown’

Nominees:

  • Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’
  • Milo O'Shea as Leopold Bloom in ‘Ulysses’
  • Peter Kastner as Bernard Chanticleer in ‘You're a Big Boy Now’

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Robert Bolt: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • Harold Pinter: ‘Accident’
  • Paul Dehn: ‘The Deadly Affair’
  • Frederic Raphael: ‘Two for the Road’


Best British Art Direction (Colour)
Winner: John Box: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • Carmen Dillon: ‘Accident’
  • Assheton Gorton: ‘Blow-Up’
  • Ken Adam: ‘You Only Live Twice’


Best British Cinematography - Black and White
Winner: Gerry Turpin: ‘The Whisperers’

Nominees:

  • David Watkin: ‘Mademoiselle’
  • Raoul Coutard: ‘The Sailor from Gibraltar’
  • Wolfgang Suschitzky: ‘Ulysses’

Best British Cinematography - Colour
Winner: Ted Moore: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • Carlo Di Palma: ‘Blow-Up’
  • Nicolas Roeg: ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
  • Freddie Young: ‘The Deadly Affair’

Best British Costume Design - Black and White
Winner: Jocelyn Rickards: ‘Mademoiselle’

Nominees:

  • Jocelyn Rickards: ‘The Sailor from Gibraltar’



Best British Costume Design - Colour
Winner: Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge: ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Nominees:

  • Julie Harris: ‘Casino Royale’
  • Alan Barrett: ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
  • Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge: ‘Half a Sixpence’

Sunday, 11 March 2012

1976, Film: Network

"Network",  an American film, was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1976. The film, about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS), and its struggle with poor ratings, was written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. The main cast are Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall.

Chayefsky's script was partly based on the on-air suicide of television news reporter Christine Chubbuck in Sarasota, Florida two years earlier. The anchorwoman suffered from depression and shot herself on camera on July 15, 1974.

William Holden and Peter Finch

The film tells the story of Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the long-time anchor of the UBS Evening News. One day news division president Max Schumacher (William Holden) tells him that he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings. The two old friends get drunk and lament the state of their industry. The following day, Beale announces on live television that he will commit suicide during next Tuesday's broadcast...

Faye Dunaway

Awards
  • Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Finch (1977)
  • Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Faye Dunaway (1977)
  • Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Beatrice Straight (1977)
  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Paddy Chayefsky (1977)
  • BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor: Peter Finch (1978)

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