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'Hurt Locker' tops BAFTA Awards with six wins
"The Hurt Locker" isn't feeling any pain right now.Following on the heels of an original screenplay prize at the Writers Guild of America awards, "The Hurt Locker" took an impressive six awards home from the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards, the British equivalent of the Oscars, on Sunday (Feb. 21).
The Iraq war drama won for best film, best director for Kathryn Bigelow, original screenplay for Mark Boal, cinematography, editing and sound.
"The Hurt Locker" has been on a roll lately. Besides the WGA, the Directors Guild of America also recognized Bigelow with their top prize. With the Oscars just around the corner, it bodes well for "The Hurt Locker."
Of interest to the "Twilight" fans is Kristen Stewart's win for the Orange Rising Star Award. Stewart, who plays Bella in the "Twilight" saga and stars in the Sundance hits "The Runaways" and "Welcome to the Rileys," beat out Carey Mulligan, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholas Hoult and Tahar Rahim for the prize.
The full list of BAFTA Awards:
Best Film
"The Hurt Locker" - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Director
"The Hurt Locker" - Kathryn Bigelow
Leading Actress
"An Education" - Carey Mulligan
Leading Actor
"A Single Man" - Colin Firth
Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on 'Push' a novel by Sapphire"
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"
Outstanding British Film
"Fish Tank" - Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Duncan Jones for "Moon"
Non-English Language Film
"A Prophet" - Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
Animated Film
"Up" - Pete Docter
Original Screenplay
"The Hurt Locker" - Mark Boal
Adapted Screenplay
"Up in the Air" - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
The Orange Rising Star Award
Kristen Stewart
Production Design
"Avatar" - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Hair and Makeup
Jenny Shircore - "The Young Victoria"
Costume Design
Sandy Powell - "The Young Victoria"
Special Visual Effects
"Avatar" - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
Cinematography
"The Hurt Locker" - Barry Ackroyd
Editing
"The Hurt Locker" - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Sound
"The Hurt Locker" - Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson
Music
"Up" - Michael Giacchino
Short Animation
"Mother of Many" - Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
Short Film
"I Do Air" - James Bolton, Martina Amati
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Hopefully the Oscars will follow suit. Kathryn tried to make that movie as realistic as possible without throwing in the politics. Just a day-in-the-life-of type thing.
The Hurt Locker is a fantastic film. For those who say it failed at the box office in the U.S. my response is: it didn't play anywhere in the U.S. I certainly would have seen it in a theater if I could have.
Same goes for An Education and A Single Man. When distributers do not allow these movies to play to a wider audience how are they to make money.
Thank God for DVD.
@Lynn- Here in my small town in North Carolina, the Hurt Locker played in one theater for 2 weeks, then it was gone. Surprised it lasted even that long because there was NO advertisement.
and...The Hurt Locker played in multiple cities, just like the movie "Moon" with Sam Rockwell (you should really check that one out). That's the problem with limited releases, only the really good, artistic films are limited because of Hollywood spoiling the public with their crappy moneymakers.