49th British Academy Film Awards

49th BAFTA Awards
April 23, 1995----Best Film:
Sense and Sensibility
and
The Usual Suspects----Best British Film:
The Madness of King George

The 49th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April, 1996, honored the best films of 1995.

Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" and Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" both won the award for Best Film. "Sense and Sensibility" also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). "Il postino (The Postman)" of director Michael Radford won the awards for Best Film not in the English Language, Director and Film Music. Nigel Hawthorne was voted Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Madness of King George". The same film was voted Best British Film of the Year. Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Archibald Cunningham" in "Rob Roy".

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

"' Nigel Hawthorne - "The Madness of King George"
*Nicolas Cage - "Leaving Las Vegas"
*Jonathan Pryce - "Carrington"
*Massimo Troisi - "The Postman (Il postino)"

Best Actress

"' Emma Thompson - "Sense and Sensibility"
*Nicole Kidman - "To Die For"
*Helen Mirren - "The Madness of King George"
*Elisabeth Shue - "Leaving Las Vegas"

Best Cinematography

"' "Braveheart" - John Toll
*"Apollo 13" - Dean Cundey
*"The Madness of King George" - Andrew Dunn
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Michael Coulter

Best Costume Design

"' "Braveheart"
*"The Madness of King George"
*"Restoration"
*"Sense and Sensibility"

Best Director

"' Michael Radford - "The Postman (Il postino)"
*Mel Gibson - "Braveheart"
*Nicholas Hytner - "The Madness of King George"
*Ang Lee - "Sense and Sensibility"

Best Editing

"' "The Usual Suspects"
*"Apollo 13"
*"Babe"
*"The Madness of King George"

Best Film

"' "Sense and Sensibility"
"' "The Usual Suspects"
*"Babe"
*"The Madness of King George"

Best Film - British

"' "The Madness of King George"
*"Carrington"
*"Land and Freedom"
*"Trainspotting"

Best Makeup and Hair

"' "The Madness of King George"
*"Braveheart"
*"Ed Wood"
*"Sense and Sensibility"

Best Music

"' "The Postman (Il postino)" - Luis Enríquez Bacalov
*"Braveheart" - James Horner
*"The Madness of King George" - George Fenton
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Patrick Doyle

Best Production Design

"' "Apollo 13"
*"Braveheart"
*"The Madness of King George"
*"Sense and Sensibility"

Best Screenplay - Adapted

"' "Trainspotting" - John Hodge
*"Babe" - George Miller and Chris Noonan
*"Leaving Las Vegas" - Mike Figgis
*"The Madness of King George" - Alan Bennett
*"The Postman (Il postino)" - Furio and Giacomo Scarpelli
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Emma Thompson

Best Screenplay - Original

"' "The Usual Suspects" - Christopher McQuarrie
*"Bullets Over Broadway" - Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath
*"Muriel's Wedding" - P.J. Hogan
*"Se7en" - Andrew Kevin Walker

Best Sound

"' "Braveheart"
*"Apollo 13"
*"GoldenEye"
*"The Madness of King George"

Best Special Effects

"' "Apollo 13"
*"Babe"
*"GoldenEye"
*"Waterworld"

Best Supporting Actor

"' Tim Roth - "Rob Roy"
*Ian Holm - "The Madness of King George"
*Martin Landau - "Ed Wood"
*Alan Rickman - "Sense and Sensibility"

Best Supporting Actress

"' Kate Winslet - "Sense and Sensibility"
*Joan Allen - "Nixon"
*Mira Sorvino - "Mighty Aphrodite"
*Elizabeth Spriggs - "Sense and Sensibility"

Awards breakdown

Winners
*3 / 14 "The Madness of King George": Best Actor, British Film & Makeup and Hair
*3 / 12 "Sense and Sensibility": Best Actress, Film & Supporting Actress
*3 / 7 "Braveheart": Best Cinematography, Costume Design & Sound
*3 / 5 "The Postman (Il postino)": Best Director, Foreign Language Film & Music
*3 / 3 "The Usual Suspects": Best Editing, Film & Original Screenplay
*1 / 2 "Trainspotting": Best Adapted Screenplay Losers
*0 / 2 "GoldenEye"
*0 / 4 "Babe"

References

[http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1996&category=false&award=false BAFTA Database]