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Hello and welcome to the Royal Opera House in London's Covent

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Garden for the annual British Academy Film Awards. As ever, it

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promises to be a sparkling night. I'm Jane Hill live on the red

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carpet for the next hour-and-a-half. With me tonight, Lee zo Mzimba, you

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will be talking to the stars as they arrive. What are we expecting?

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George Clooney nominated for Best Actor, Brad Pitt nominated for

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Moneyball, Kenneth Brannagh, Meryl Streep, some of the biggest

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Holyrood heavyweights around. more from Lizo as soon as the stars

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begin to arrive. In terms of the Best Picture category, it certainly

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in terms of pure number of nominations is a fight between The

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Artist, that wonderful French black-and-white sigh sent film and

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the classic, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Who will win out?

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We'll know by the end of the evening. But first, let's remind

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ourselves of all the run, and riders in the category of Best

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

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Face me. I need to see you square I got to come up with the questions

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too?! You rang my house. Just on the off chance you were back from

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Berlin. What did you say?, Hello, it's Jerry from the office. That

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there had been a bit of a crisis, Anne said you wasn't back yet and

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that was it. And we saw The Help there listed as

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one of the films in the category. I'm told that Jessica Chastain has

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just arrived at the start of the red carpet, the first of the big

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stars to arrive here this evening, she is nominated in the category

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best supporting actress for her role in that drama set in

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Mississippi at the beginning of the civil rights era. With me to

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discuss the nominees who should and should not win, as ever, Mark

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Kermode, great to have you back with us. It's not raining... Yet.

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That's the result so far! In terms of Best Picture, everyone seems

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captivated by The Artist and I love the story that it was made quietly

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small, people don't even realise it's a French film, but then it was

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taken under the wing of a big Holyrood promoter? Absolutely. The

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interesting thing about it was that recently, the star won an award at

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the London Film Critics Awards and he said when he was first talking

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to Michel Hazanlavicius about it he said that he told him he was mad

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for wanting to make a silent flil. Who would have sat down and said,

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you know what, make a black-and- white silent film. It's wonderful,

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everybody who sees it is captivated but it because it's a really good

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story, well told and works for audiences young and old and it's

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charming. I have yet to meet anyone who really doesn't get it. So many

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people said I didn't want to see it because I thought it would be

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black-and-white silent film how good can it be, the answer is very

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good indeed. I'm not sure I believe the stories about people demanding

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their money back from the cinema because they didn't know it was

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silent? Afrpblgts A cinema manager did hand seem money back I believe,

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but whether that was a publicity stunt, I don't know. You should pay

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more money to seekm transformers III, because there's lots of colour

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and action but one of the worst films. I just watched every frame

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of The Artist thinking, never mind what you ask actors and actresses

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do, how do they get the dog to interact with him in that way?

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a lovely thing. Michel Hazanlavicius on stage with the dog

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and the gag is that rather than bring on the leading lady, he's

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crowd pleasing with the dog. The crowd in the cinema feel the same

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way, it's really good and not irritating an animal performance.

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It's like the thing from spaicks peer in love, a song, dance and a

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bit with a dog, that's what you get -- Shakespeare in love.

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George Clooney is nominated for Best Actor. I love the last film

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made by this director, Sideways, but I'm not getting this

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fascination with The Descendents? thought it was incidental, kind of

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like wait, but, as the film went on, it became more in some of its parts.

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When you get to the final shot I thought, actually, that's done

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something quite remarkable in terms of human drama. George Clooney's

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performance is terrific. I take issue with people who say he looks

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shlubby. He's doing a good portrait of a man coming to terms with his

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own inability to connect with his family. It's one of those the films

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that grows on you in the days after having seen it. I thought it meant

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a lot more to me a few days after the film finished than when I was

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watching it. When I watched it I thought as much as you did, it's OK

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but it's not great. I'm starting to think that it does incline towards

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greatness. It's the BAFTA Awards, we are being watched all over the

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world, but nonetheless, I would like to reflect on the British

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success story here because this is one of the knock out films of the

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last 12 months, visually stunning, a fantastic performance from a lot

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of people, but it's Gary Oldman who everybody is talking about? Well,

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the film that's got its due recognition

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here. It was snubbed at the Golden Globes, it does have some Oscar

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nods. Here at the BAFTAS, it's the second most nominated film after

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The Artist. I suspect Gary Oldman will win Best Actor. He does that

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very impressive thing that it's what he doesn't do, it's what he

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doesn't say and show. It's a film of tiny gestures, it's not a best-

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beating performance, it's a film in which und statement is the key and

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hats off to Colin Firth for playing a secondary supporting role so soon

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after having won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, a very smart

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move but I think Gary Oldman is fantastic in that film and I think

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it's his turn, it's his time. A very fantastic performance. Colin

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Firth is expected here tonight to present an aan award. The Help, we

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mentioned Jessica Chastain has already arrived. It made me cry, I

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think in a good way, beautifully acted. Yes. I think it's the acting

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that saves it from being a bit of a schlock film but it's beautifully

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made? I don't know if it's an awards winner, it doesn't surprise

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me that it's turned up as a nomination, it doesn't strike me as

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a winner. When you compare that to Drive, Drive was not picked up by

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the Americans, but over here it's been recognised as a full-on really

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hard-hitting exploitation movie. The idea that that and The Help are

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nominated alongside o each other makes very interesting pairing.

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When it comes to the winners, it's going to be The Artist and Tinker,

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Tailor, Soldier, Spy. That is your prediction. Drive, we are seeing

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pictures of Carey Mulligan, nominated of course, a woman whose

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career has rocketed in the last few years but overall wa we take away

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from Drive is surely there has to be a cinematography award in there

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somewhere, the visuals of it are absolutely stunning? Yes, the

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director is very talented. It refers back to 07z movies, it has

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that beautiful visual sheen to it - - '70s. It has a great sound track

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too. When you look at the central performance, you kind of think that

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reminds you of the cool that James Dean had in the '50s. I think it's

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a really, really good cult movie and I was really pleased to see it

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getting proper serious nominations. It's the kind of film that people

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love but it often gets overlooked at awards ceremonies. Lots more to

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talk about. Out of the corner of my eye, Octavia Spencer is just

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arriving, nominated again in The Help, that drama set in Mississippi

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at the beginning of the civil rights movement. Just very slightly

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starting to go up here the decibels, a sure sign that the stars are

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starting to arrive. We have mentioned a few people in

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regards to the category of Best Actor because I think we've already

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established that Mark and I are of a mind in our love of Gary Oldman

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and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, but let's remind ourselves who else

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is in the running in that category I may lose my job. In which case

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I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma and a daughter I

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would like to be able to send to college. You are 25 years old, with

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a degree from Yale and a pretty impressive apprenticeship. I don't

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think you are asking the right question. I think the question we

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should be asking is, do you believe I want to talk about loyalty, Toby.

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He recruited you, didn't he? Found you starving in a museum in Vienna,

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a wanted man? What's up bro? Don't ever do that to me again. Get ready,

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we are going to go see your grandparents and auntie Esther's

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going to come watch you. Dad, Sid's coming with us, OK. This is a

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family matter. Sid's not interested in meeting your grandparents, he's

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going to be bored stiff. You come to restaurants, people sitting

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together and they don't speak to each other. They probably don't

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have to speak because they are connected. Or they're bored of one

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So Michael Fassbender there leading the final of the five in that

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category. It's a mark I think of, as we were saying, the extent to

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which BAFTA is increasingly taken seriously that all five of the

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actors will be here tonight. There is a very good turnout, I have to

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say, having seen the advance list of who is coming in terms of all

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the categories, picture, director, actor and actress. They'll all at

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some stage make their way up the red carpet behind me.

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Mark, maybe we should move away from Gary Oldman because we've kind

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of said our piece on that one. are rooting for him,, let's move on.

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Duchess of Cambridge Duchess of Jean Dujardin? It's a different

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discipline when you act silently. Singing in the Rain was one. Jean

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Dujardin has done broad comedy. This is an eye opening performance

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from him. The dancing is terrific. More to come. Let's just cross to

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Lizo. He had one of the key stars of the Help with him. I'm with

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Viola Davis, the star of the Help. Welcome to the BAFTAS. How much of

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an honour is it being nominated for this? Oh gosh, such an honour to be

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nominated for a baftafplt last time I told someone I wasn't nominated,

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I was the only cast member not nominated and I was like, I want to

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go to the BAFTAS, so this time it's been a real treat. I've always

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wondered what it would be like to be here and it's been a dream

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really. The films of civil rights themes

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and empourment seems to have touched audiences and critics --

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empowerment. Yes, I think that's a backdrop, The Real Story is a story

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of friendship despite everything that's happening surrounding the

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cultures. These friendships emerge that have touched everyone because

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I think everybody has shared that story. I think that is its appeal.

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You are thrilled to be nominate ford Best Actress, you must be

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equally pleased to see Jessica Chastain and and Octavia Spencer

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nominated? Absolutely thrilled. There was such a friendship that

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emerged from this film that's like nothing we have ever experienced,

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you know. So I'm just so thrilled for them. We all have each other's

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backs, you know. The only one I wish were here and nominated for

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director is our director Tate Taylor.

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Thank you very much and best of Her husband was trying to keep her

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warm. George Clooney has just arrived. A

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bit of screaming. I was talking to some of the crowd who had turned up

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early outside the Opera House and asked who they wanted to see. Guess

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what, quite a lot wanted to see George Clooney. He is still such a

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draw, not the only big Hollywood name, brad pit, Meryl Streep. --

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As the stars continued to turn in either side of the Royal Opera

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House, we are keeping an eye on the people stepping out onto the red

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carpet. We heard from Viola Davis. Let us reflect on who else is

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nominated in that category. As if we need to remind you, the category

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If she wants us to take her seriously, she must learn to calm

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down! If the right honourable gentleman

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could perhaps attend more closely to what I am saying, rather than

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how I am saying it. He may receive a valuable education in spite of

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himself. # We are having a heatwave, a

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tropical heatwave. The way that I You is kind, you is smart. You is

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important. You is kind. You is All five of those nominees will be

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here tonight. Julian Anderson has arrived, among those presenting an

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award this evening, signing an awful lot of autographs. A called

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Jenny up the red carpet tonight but all of the stars Brading these

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chilly temperatures. -- braving. I am joined by Octavia Spencer.

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First of all. You must have been thrilled how this film has been

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received. Did you expect it to do so well at award ceremonies? We did

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not think that far ahead. We worked hard. We are so proud. As we say in

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the south, this is the gravy. For Viola Davis was saying she was

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thrilled that you had both been nominated. Is there a bit of

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rivalry? Gosh, we are both thrilled. This is wonderful, a great honour.

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I have never been to the BAFTAs. Better than we ever dreamed.

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The how does it feel to be nominated for this particular

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award? I feel we are representing other women that we are presented

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in the film, that is what I feel. Across section of people who have

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not been honoured. You are nominated for Best adapted

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screenplay, how difficult was it taking this story and put it onto

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the screen of? When I got the rights to the bush, there were no

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fans or publisher, so I got to write it from the heart -- rights

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to the book. What did you see in it? I had a woman in my life who

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raised may and may mean the man I am today. I saw an opportunity to

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hear from these women, and I had never seen mat done before and I

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wanted to tell that story. The Octavia Spencer from The Help,

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who won the Golden Globe for that performance.

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This is an actor's piece, the performances are fantastic, they

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lift it. The cast is so vibrant. Above the level of just being a

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movie that might be overlooked in the wards. In the Best actress

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category, there is such a strong showing. In the public vote, this

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is an actor category only. Some of women were nominated, Jessica

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Chastain but we have ended up with an all-male shortlist.

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We are seeing pictures of Tom Hiddlestone arriving, in that

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category. Is it fair to say he is one of the favourites? He has a

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really interesting mixture of roles to be considered for this year.

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comes down to him and Eddie Redmayne. Eddie Redmayne may just

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have the edge. He is in War Horse Forest Dutt, which doesn't have so

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many nominations -- for a start. Tom Hiddlestone is a real rising

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star. And eddie red main. I would have like to see a couple of

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actresses in that category. It was very controversial. A group of

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experts produce that long list, throw it open to the public. You

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can never prejudge the public, and one of the worst things as a critic

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is attempting to judge how the public will jump. I have probably

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ruined his chances, Eddie Redmayne. Best actress. Meryl Streep. The

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story for this, Irby Oscars, can anybody beat her? No, they cannot.

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Berenice Bejo is in this category and also best supporting actress. I

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would love to see Tilda Swinton, a breathtaking film, We Need To Talk

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About Kevin. Meryl Streep gives a performance covering all of the

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bases. Although there are a lot of problems with a film which at the

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end is rather flimsy but her performance is rock solid. A

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performance which holds up the film. It is absolutely astounding. What

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is interesting, lots of people saying, it is an unfair year for

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Michelle Williams, in My Week With Marilyn. When I saw the film I

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enjoyed it so much more than I expected. I thought she was great

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but I wasn't 100 % sure that she was quite as good as everyone had

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said, this is the problem with reading reviews beforehand. This is

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always the case. The best thing to do is to let people discover it

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themselves. It is one of those things, it in a year where the

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leading actress category is very strong. In any other year, Tilda

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Swinton would have walked it. Best supporting actor, we just saw

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that claims of Kenneth Branagh. He is in that category. That could

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have got... Playing Sir Laurence Olivier. It works. It is slightly

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how many but in the right way, he is playing it up, having arguments

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with Marilyn Monroe, will she turn up? He is deliberately doing a

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slightly how many performance. He says he actually asked for advice

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on how would you do well as an actor, and he was given the advice,

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do whatever feels right and it will turn out right in the end. He is

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enjoying herself. You Christopher from a -- Christopher Plummer was

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fantastic, he got the glow -- Golden Globe.

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A fantastic performance, he is playing a father who has been

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married, lost his wife, now discovers another side to his life

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and sexuality he did not know before. A joyous performance. You

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see somebody branching out. Philip Seymour Hoffman is also

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nominated for The Ides Of March, a film about American politics,

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directed by George Clooney. It hasn't figured in nominations

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generally. This happens every year, there are certain films when you

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first see them, people say they are contenders, but it doesn't work out

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that way. The road to when the awards ceremony is fitted with

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critics who are predicting. -- is littered. Many people thought War

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Horse would appear in more significant categories. You cannot

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predict. I am a huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He is one of these

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people, no matter what the film is light, heat is going to be worth

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watching. I used to have a rule about Richard E Grant, he never had

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a bad film. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a fine actor. The in this

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category, is it Kenneth Branagh's night? Yes. I am trying to keep an

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eye, he is on the red carpet. While we wait, let us talk about best

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supporting actress. An interesting mixture. The classic Staudt, Dame

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Judi Dench. Much as I love her, she was cracking in this film. J Edgar

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Hoover, that was a flawed film. It won't be a BAFTA if you didn't have

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a nomination for her. Actually she had a pretty good chance. That is a

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hard category to call this year. She has got a good chance. Octavia

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Spencer we have already heard from. Carey Mulligan, several interesting

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films out this year. One of those actresses who has turned up in such

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a broad range of material. A few years ago people did not know who

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she was at all. She has done an extraordinary amount of work. Again,

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every time you see her, a completely different side. Shane

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macro. Drive. -- Shane. Melissa McCarthy, in bridesmaids --

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Bridesmaids. Bede Golden Globes makes a big deal about having a

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category for Best Film Drama and best musical comedy. I think that

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is starting to change, we are seeing recognition for comedy

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screenplays. It has in the past been true. If you want to win a

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performing a Ward, you generally have to suffer rather than enjoy

:29:12.:29:18.

yourself. Suffering is what people look for. Let us talk about this.

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Best director. I really want it to be liam ramsey. We Need To Talk

:29:34.:29:44.
:29:44.:29:47.

About Kevin. -- Lynne Ramsey. She is a brilliant director. Eight

:29:47.:29:54.

years we don't see a film from have. She came back with We Need To Talk

:29:54.:29:59.

About Kevin. It is so powerful, confident, a dark and strange film.

:29:59.:30:07.

A mother who doesn't love her child. Yet, she handles it so, a deadly.

:30:07.:30:17.
:30:17.:30:18.

I wonder if we can return to Lizo. I think I can see Jessica Chastain.

:30:18.:30:23.

Over to you. Yes, joined by yet another of the stars of the Help,

:30:23.:30:27.

Jessica Chastain up for best supporting actress. What does it

:30:27.:30:33.

mean to be here tonight to you? It's huge, I'm a big fan of the

:30:33.:30:40.

work done in the country, I've worked on Poirot, I've shot at

:30:40.:30:47.

Pinewood Studios and have worked with Ray Fiennes and Vanessa

:30:47.:30:52.

Redgrave. To be here as a nominee is very exciting and very special.

:30:52.:30:56.

Earlier, we talked to your co-star Viola Davis and she was saying one

:30:56.:30:59.

of the things that attracted her into the story was that it was

:30:59.:31:05.

really a theme of friendship. Is that what did it for you? Yes, I

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love so much with Celia and minnie the fact that a good friendship can

:31:11.:31:14.

really save your life and I got to play that in the movie and I got to

:31:14.:31:20.

walk away from the movie with these great friendships that I'm living

:31:20.:31:24.

with Viola, Octavia, Emma and all of them. One of the people you are

:31:24.:31:28.

up against is your co-star Octavia Spencer. Come on, there must be a

:31:29.:31:35.

bit of rivalry there. None! You know, maybe I'm not so good but

:31:35.:31:40.

every time she wins it's like I won. I'm so happy for her, she has been

:31:40.:31:47.

working for so long, I have zero rivalry with her. We had a bet in

:31:47.:31:51.

the beginning, I always betted against myself winning anything,

:31:51.:31:54.

she's brilliant so none! Thank you very much for talking to us and

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best of luck this evening. Thank you.

:31:58.:32:08.
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Behind me, I was just rather glancing a lot here because the

:32:08.:32:12.

wonderful Octavia Spencer was here. There are a few others penned in

:32:12.:32:16.

here behind us. Let's see who else is just I think

:32:16.:32:22.

climbing out of a Limo. Keep looking to see in the scrum who we

:32:22.:32:26.

can catch sight of. Jonah Hill just arriving, Best Supporting Actor in

:32:26.:32:32.

Moneyball. That's the film that Brad Pitt is nominated in for Best

:32:32.:32:42.
:32:42.:32:43.

Mark, I'm keeping a weather eye on that end of the red carpet but we

:32:43.:32:48.

were talking about the Best Director earlier. I have to move

:32:48.:32:53.

away already. Let's head back to see if we can join Kenneth Brannagh.

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I'm joined by Kenneth Brannagh, playing Laurence Olivier in My Week

:32:58.:33:02.

With Maralyn. What made you want to get into this particular film?

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Simon Curtis, the director and a great cast. Judi Dench, Emma Watson,

:33:08.:33:18.
:33:18.:33:18.

Zoe Wanamaker, Eddie Redmaynne and the lady who played Marilyn, she

:33:18.:33:23.

was great. A great group to work with. Six nominations tonight.

:33:24.:33:27.

There seems to be an undercurrent of opinion that this is the one to

:33:27.:33:31.

watch that could come out of nowhere? You never know, these

:33:31.:33:35.

places and events are always full of surprises. It's a great evening

:33:35.:33:38.

to meet up with your friends and say well done and thank you and say

:33:39.:33:42.

thank you to these people, genuine supporters and movie-goers who've

:33:42.:33:46.

been waiting in the cold to say hello and well done and get us to

:33:46.:33:49.

sign things. That's wonderful to be able to do on a night like this.

:33:49.:33:57.

Thank you very much for talking to Kenneth Brannagh who plays Sir

:33:57.:33:59.

Laurence Olivier in My Week With Maralyn.

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We keep trying to talk about the Best Director category. I think we

:34:03.:34:10.

are going to talk about that while we might see some images of George

:34:10.:34:13.

Clooney signing autographs. You were talking about Lynne Ramsay and

:34:13.:34:19.

how remarkable her work is? Yes, if you look at the Best Director

:34:19.:34:22.

category, you have Nicolas Winding Refn, Martin Scorsese. The reason

:34:22.:34:26.

that Scorsese is important is because he's getting a fellowship

:34:26.:34:30.

and that is the highest of all that you can get. It's in a year in

:34:30.:34:33.

which Middle East head his first children's movie, if you want to

:34:33.:34:38.

describe it like that, it's 3D. Hugo? Yes, and for my money, it's

:34:38.:34:42.

the only one of the 3D movies of this current wave that was David

:34:42.:34:51.

Cameron chully worth the 3D process -- -- that was actually worth the

:34:51.:34:55.

3D process. The 3D didn't draw you into the drama, but it made it

:34:55.:35:03.

stand out because the film is about the invention of cinema, it's about

:35:03.:35:07.

the Lumiere brothers. They remade that in 3D and it didn't work but

:35:07.:35:11.

it shows you that 3D is as old as cinema. The idea that Scorsese made

:35:11.:35:16.

something using an old-fashioned technique but using it in 21st

:35:16.:35:19.

century, he achieved the extraordinary by making a 3D movie

:35:19.:35:25.

that didn't make me think, it can't stand 3D and he'll get the foal

:35:25.:35:28.

lowship award, deservedly so. Recognition for a remarkable

:35:28.:35:32.

career? Yes. Would a cynic say it's a nod to the fact that perhaps we

:35:32.:35:37.

haven't given you all the awards in the past that we should have done?

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He was recognised for Goodfellas and he has a good relationship with

:35:43.:35:47.

the BAFTAS and the voters. He's had an extraordinary career and he's

:35:47.:35:52.

still making interesting flims now. There's no sense with him that the

:35:52.:35:56.

best is behind him. I really thought Hugo was a great movie for

:35:56.:36:02.

kids of all ages. I thought it would work for everybody from ten

:36:02.:36:12.
:36:12.:36:14.

to seventy. I do struggle with it a bit myself. Let's just return

:36:14.:36:18.

momentarily to Lizo. I'm joined by Nick Frost

:36:18.:36:23.

representing the film Tintin up for best an animated feature. How much

:36:24.:36:27.

fun was making the movie? Getting the chance to work with your

:36:28.:36:30.

boyhood idol doesn't happen every day so I'll look forward to the

:36:30.:36:35.

second one. How is that going? Will it be an expansion of what happened

:36:35.:36:40.

in the first, what can you tell us? I can't tell you anything, it's not

:36:40.:36:48.

that I can't because I would, but we don't know, fingers crossed and

:36:48.:36:52.

we'll see. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson two of the Best

:36:52.:36:55.

Directors in the world and personal heroes of yours, what was it like

:36:55.:36:59.

getting to work with people like that You have to do that thing

:36:59.:37:04.

where you put a lid on the fact that every day you go to work you

:37:04.:37:08.

kind of look at Steven Spielberg and you are thinking, that's Steven

:37:08.:37:12.

Spielberg, he's right there, you know, you have to put a lid on it,

:37:12.:37:16.

I'm there to work and I am there to do a job and I do it. Thank you

:37:16.:37:20.

very much. Enjoy the evening. you, cheers, BBC.

:37:21.:37:30.

Again, looking behind me because I'm struck by how Viola Davis and

:37:30.:37:34.

Octavia Spencer are being generous with their time and giving a huge

:37:35.:37:38.

number of interviews. Kenneth Brannagh is giving a huge number of

:37:38.:37:46.

interviews as well. Richard E Grant who Mark mentioned is here as well.

:37:46.:37:49.

So many luminaries here tonight. Who do you have with you?

:37:49.:37:54.

Director of The Film Shame, Steve McQueen, up for outstanding British

:37:54.:37:57.

feature. How pleased are you with the reception this movie has been

:37:57.:38:02.

getting? Very pleased. It's a difficult subject matter and it's

:38:02.:38:07.

been a fabulous response and I'm very pleased, very pleased with

:38:07.:38:09.

Michael Fassbender too obviously. There are some very dark themes in

:38:09.:38:13.

there. Are you surprised that it seems to have been embraced by

:38:13.:38:19.

audiences so much? Yes, often there are a lot of films about fantasy

:38:19.:38:22.

and sometimes we need a bit of reality and people appreciate that

:38:22.:38:26.

in Europe particularly. What is it like personally for you walking

:38:26.:38:30.

down the red carpet at the BAFTAS and being nominated? Nervous! I

:38:30.:38:36.

just want to get to the door and get in. Lots of screaming! Any of

:38:36.:38:40.

your personal heroes you will be looking out for tonight? Gary

:38:40.:38:49.

Oldman is one, absolutely. Yes. Meryl. First name terms? Well, you

:38:49.:38:53.

know. Viola Davis. There are a few. Fantastic. Thank you very much.

:38:53.:38:57.

Enjoy the evening. Speak to you later. This is the point in the

:38:57.:39:02.

evening at which it gets louder and louder and louder and the screams

:39:02.:39:09.

from the crowds behind me get so loud it's almost impossible to hear

:39:09.:39:14.

anyone speak or hear yourself think. We'll persist because it's a

:39:14.:39:19.

fantastic turn out here tonight. Interesting there, Mark, hearing

:39:19.:39:22.

from Steve McQueen, the director of Shame because that's in that

:39:23.:39:26.

category that we haven't touched upon. There is a separate category

:39:26.:39:31.

for best British film. Outstanding British Film, absolutely. Steve

:39:31.:39:36.

McQueen is a terrific director. He made Hunger with Michael Fassbender

:39:36.:39:40.

and Michael Fassbender has been compared to Marlon Brando, an

:39:40.:39:43.

extraordinary performance by him. The thing with Steve McQueen is, he

:39:43.:39:50.

came into film-making from art, he was a visual artist beforehand. I

:39:50.:39:53.

think he's a really confident director, Outstanding British Film

:39:53.:39:58.

is always an interesting category, it separates the BAFTAS from the

:39:58.:40:05.

Oscars because it's home grown. We have things in it this year like

:40:05.:40:12.

Shame and Senna, Senna is nominated for best editing. This was snubbed

:40:12.:40:19.

because not only is it very good, it was a populist mainstream hit,

:40:19.:40:23.

about the Formula One racer Ayrton Senna. I don't know anything about

:40:23.:40:29.

Formula One. I know nothing about it but I loved it. You have things

:40:29.:40:32.

like We Need To Talk About Kevin which I keep talking about and so

:40:32.:40:36.

that in many ways is one of the most interesting categories this

:40:36.:40:40.

year because so many good films are out. That tellious a lot about the

:40:40.:40:46.

home grown film industry. People keep saying what state is the

:40:46.:40:49.

British film industry in, we have a good list.

:40:49.:40:53.

I was struck watching Senna, someone who knows nothing about

:40:53.:40:57.

Formula One, me, really enjoyed it. They portrayed the rivalry between

:40:57.:41:02.

him and his rival so well and you think, this is the drama here, but

:41:02.:41:05.

I'm really curious to know whether the director had had any issues

:41:05.:41:09.

with trying to get film distribution. We watched it and we

:41:09.:41:14.

thought, it's brilliant but it could be a TV documentary.

:41:14.:41:19.

drebgtsor said when he started doing it, he was interested in that

:41:19.:41:24.

human drama between Senna and Prost and what many people said about the

:41:24.:41:27.

film was the triumph of it was that it worked for people that didn't

:41:27.:41:31.

care about Formula One. He made a point about saying that his editor

:41:31.:41:35.

was a Formula One fan and wanted it to be recognised that the film was

:41:35.:41:38.

put together by someone that did understand Formula One. It's

:41:38.:41:42.

interesting how much the editing plays a significant part in that

:41:42.:41:47.

film. It's brilliantly edited. It does what a documentary should do.

:41:47.:41:51.

If you know about the subject, it's right, informative and intelligence.

:41:51.:41:54.

It's engaging on a human level. I think it's one of the best dramas

:41:54.:41:59.

of the year, let alone documentarys of the year. Lovely to watch

:41:59.:42:09.

something and to be so strug by it going into it and enjoying it -- so

:42:09.:42:19.
:42:19.:42:27.

Ray Fiennes there. I saw something once on stage, that

:42:27.:42:31.

film and I didn't get it. It's a modern day wartime setting. It's

:42:32.:42:34.

made sense of the central drama that it's about a character who's

:42:34.:42:38.

neither a politician nor a warrior. For reasons you will understand, we

:42:38.:42:42.

must return to Lizo. I'm joined by a man who doesn't

:42:42.:42:47.

need no introduction, Clooney, nominated for Best Actor for The

:42:47.:42:51.

Descendents. You must be very personally thrilled by that? Joo I

:42:51.:42:56.

am, I'm also Handicap pi because the screen play is nominated too. -

:42:56.:43:01.

- happy. What What does a baf to mean to you? It's a fun thing, it's

:43:02.:43:06.

become a much bigger deal in the last ten years or so and it seems

:43:06.:43:13.

nice, it makes a big difference now and helps films, particularly

:43:13.:43:15.

smaller films. We Need To Talk About Kevin and films like that. If

:43:15.:43:19.

they get nominations, they get to keep making films like that, so

:43:19.:43:22.

it's good. The Descendents is a very different role for you, a

:43:22.:43:26.

father, a man going through real emotional turmoil. You know, is

:43:26.:43:29.

there much you could relate to in that or was it just a good story

:43:29.:43:36.

that drew you in? The director I wanted to work with, he handed me a

:43:36.:43:40.

really good screen play so I thought it would be fun to do.

:43:40.:43:47.

you are also nominated for Best Screenplay for The Ides of March.

:43:47.:43:52.

Do you find directing more artistic? It's what you come up

:43:52.:43:55.

with along the way which is fun. It's my second time here with a

:43:55.:43:59.

nomination for writing so I'm very proud of that so happy to be here.

:43:59.:44:04.

Enjoy the evening. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. You look

:44:04.:44:09.

very nice too. Called I look very nice by George Clooney, does it get

:44:09.:44:14.

much better than that! Lizo, you can retire, your job is done!

:44:14.:44:17.

blushing. Thank you very much. Beat that over

:44:17.:44:22.

the rest of the evening, I don't think you will! You wouldn't have

:44:22.:44:26.

heard that, Mark. George Clooney told Lizo he was beautifully

:44:26.:44:31.

dressed. I didn't hear what he was saying but he looked pretty good,

:44:31.:44:35.

that's the classic experience with him.

:44:35.:44:40.

Dujardin is here signing autographs, the star of The Artist -- Jean

:44:40.:44:46.

Dujardin. Looking ahead slightly because we are a fie few weeks away

:44:46.:44:50.

from Oscars - we are a few weeks away from Oscars. There is a bit of

:44:50.:44:55.

me that thinks, are they really going to give the award to a

:44:55.:44:59.

Frenchman? The interesting thing is that it's done what silent cinema

:44:59.:45:03.

did at its best, it's broken all national boundaries. The great

:45:03.:45:07.

British filmmaker used to tell a terrific story about saying how

:45:07.:45:10.

film when it first started was international and when immigrants

:45:10.:45:15.

arrived in America, the first thing that happened was they were shown a

:45:15.:45:19.

silent film of Life in New York and that was enough. As soon as talking

:45:19.:45:22.

arrived, it became nationally specific. Actually, The Artist has

:45:22.:45:28.

gone back to that classic time when silent film is international. I am

:45:28.:45:33.

a great lover of silent film anyway. I accompany them as one of the

:45:33.:45:41.

things I do as a hobby. Silent cinema has broken into the film

:45:41.:45:51.
:45:51.:45:52.

I am joined by Jonah Hill, nominated in the Best Supporting

:45:52.:45:59.

actor category. Brad Pitt your co- star is also nominated. How do you

:45:59.:46:05.

feel? I am very excited, for the movie, for Brad Pitt, to get

:46:06.:46:09.

nominated for an award especially in another country for your work is

:46:09.:46:16.

a great honour. Moneyball, a baseball film. Are you a baseball

:46:16.:46:24.

fan? In this country, people do not play baseball. The movie is about

:46:24.:46:30.

underdogs, different ways of thinking, a beautiful film. I am

:46:30.:46:35.

honoured to be part of it. What is it like working with Brad Pitt.

:46:35.:46:44.

is the best. He is a prankster. I was on the receiving end of quite a

:46:44.:46:54.

few vicious pranks. Chris O'Dowd arriving. The rising

:46:54.:46:59.

star category voted for by the public. Controversially this year

:46:59.:47:04.

no women on that short list. Kenneth Branagh is moving up his

:47:04.:47:10.

red carpet very slowly, giving so many interviews tonight. I can see

:47:10.:47:18.

Tom Hiddlestone, in the rising star category as well. We have caught

:47:18.:47:24.

sight of Jeremy Irvin who is presenting an award. A young man

:47:24.:47:28.

whose career is looking far more promising since he got a key role

:47:28.:47:34.

in War Horse. He was talking about how he was struggling for work and

:47:34.:47:40.

told them. There has been a lot of talk about War Horse being snubbed.

:47:40.:47:45.

It has got technical awards. It is a film in which it doesn't really

:47:45.:47:54.

need awards to do the work. I really like that film. People say

:47:54.:48:01.

it is overly sentimental. It is a Spielberg movie which plays on the

:48:01.:48:06.

heart strings, plays towards a younger audience, it has done well

:48:06.:48:10.

at the box office. It could have gone badly wrong in someone else's

:48:10.:48:15.

hands. It has got popular support. A beautifully produced melodrama

:48:15.:48:22.

which works for a young audience. It was originally aimed at a young

:48:22.:48:26.

audience. It does the job really well, it doesn't matter it hasn't

:48:26.:48:33.

got the bigger nominations. We saw Dame Judi Dench. Nominated for My

:48:33.:48:40.

Week With Marilyn. She has become such an institution. The film has

:48:40.:48:47.

six nominations. It has proved very successful with the BAFTA voters.

:48:47.:48:54.

On the one hand, it has a certain amount of psychological attraction,

:48:54.:49:01.

but it has a large amount of fun. In many ways, My Week With Marilyn

:49:01.:49:09.

is a comedy. A serious drama on one level but primarily a comedy film.

:49:09.:49:15.

I am just looking away again. A young lady who may be present in

:49:15.:49:22.

one of the orders tonight. Bizarre the BAFTAs, nothing quite

:49:22.:49:29.

as British as James Bond. You will be giving out the outstanding

:49:29.:49:36.

British Feature award tonight. You have been shooting for a few weeks.

:49:36.:49:45.

Is Daniel Craig behaving? We are having an amazing time, it is great.

:49:45.:49:53.

What is so important about the BAFTAs? What makes it so important

:49:53.:49:58.

to you, in the industry? It is about celebrating British film, the

:49:58.:50:04.

talent we have. Giving a worldwide platform to that talent which is

:50:04.:50:09.

hugely important. How is the British film industry seen around

:50:09.:50:18.

the world? They are famous for their very high quality, in terms

:50:18.:50:28.
:50:28.:50:34.

of sense of humour, in terms of Penelope Cruz is here presenting an

:50:34.:50:40.

award. Increasingly, the BAFTAs port in some very big names, not

:50:40.:50:44.

just in terms of those nominated but people to present the awards as

:50:44.:50:49.

well. We are looking for Colin Firth who will be here presenting

:50:49.:50:57.

an award. He has a small part in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The man

:50:57.:51:04.

everyone was talking about a year ago. Jim Broadbent, we can see, he

:51:04.:51:09.

played Denis Thatcher in Iron Lady. Usually loved, a versatile British

:51:09.:51:19.
:51:19.:51:20.

actor. -- hugely loved. performance was great. If that

:51:20.:51:23.

failed is essentially about the relationship between Margaret

:51:24.:51:28.

Thatcher and her husband. He did a brilliant job. It would be easy to

:51:28.:51:34.

slip into caricature of. He played it really well, really well judged.

:51:34.:51:41.

A terrific performance. I just wish the film was slightly better.

:51:41.:51:44.

And returning to someone very special indeed.

:51:44.:51:52.

With one of the stars of My Week With Marilyn, Dame Judi Dench. You

:51:52.:51:57.

have been to so many of these ceremonies, over the years, do you

:51:57.:52:02.

still get the same sense of excitement on the red carpet?

:52:02.:52:11.

I suppose I do. It is very exciting this evening. The BAFTAs used to be

:52:11.:52:16.

quite quiet! What is it about the film which has touched so many

:52:16.:52:25.

people? You mustn't ask me, they haven't seen it yet! Really? I have

:52:25.:52:31.

saved it up for retreat. What attracted you to the film of?

:52:31.:52:38.

attracted meet his then the producer, I love working with

:52:38.:52:45.

Harvey. Kenneth Branagh is a great friend. Also, I knew the character

:52:45.:52:53.

I played very well. You are filming James Bond. It has been very cold,

:52:53.:53:00.

all day long. It is getting so loud, I struggled

:53:00.:53:06.

to hear some of that. Did it Dame Judi Dench actually say, and

:53:06.:53:16.
:53:16.:53:19.

haven't seen My Week With Marilyn? He can't hear me either. To play a

:53:19.:53:24.

sizable role but not see the finished version. The amount of

:53:24.:53:28.

times when your opening questions to someone should be, have you seen

:53:29.:53:33.

the film? When you are working actor, you don't have time to go to

:53:33.:53:39.

the cinema. It is often the case people have not seen the finished

:53:39.:53:45.

film. Obviously the director will know everything. If you are an

:53:45.:53:50.

actor, it is not a snub, you don't have time to see the finished

:53:50.:53:58.

product. I am on the red carpet with Ralph

:53:58.:54:03.

Fiennes. You have been nominated for Coriolanus. How pleased are you

:54:03.:54:05.

with the reception the film has got?

:54:05.:54:12.

I am very thrilled, it was a tough picture, trying to get it financed.

:54:12.:54:16.

For it to be represented here tonight as a film, I couldn't be

:54:16.:54:20.

happier. What is it like trying to get

:54:20.:54:26.

British films financed? It depends on the film, the script.

:54:26.:54:30.

There are subject matters which at face value seemed not very

:54:30.:54:34.

commercial and Coriolanus was one of those, little known Shakespeare

:54:34.:54:41.

and famously difficult. If you have a script which is designed to be

:54:41.:54:46.

commercial you would probably get it financed relatively easily.

:54:46.:54:49.

When you tempted to go for something which appeared more

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commercial? I felt very passionate about it,

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very strongly, some part of me felt people would see it. If you took

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away Locke's of difficult text you are left with a dynamic political

:55:05.:55:09.

thriller which has a resonance with what is happening in the world

:55:09.:55:15.

today. There is a battle sequence, I wanted that to be dynamic and

:55:15.:55:22.

alive. The relationships are dramatic and strong.

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Ralph Fiennes, talking about the difficulties of finance. Saying how

:55:28.:55:32.

tricky it is to get a film made. Listening to that, we know about

:55:32.:55:36.

the economic situation but you think, if Ralph Fiennes says he has

:55:36.:55:43.

a great idea, even someone like him cannot easily get funding.

:55:43.:55:49.

If you look at the cast, Vanessa Redgrave, working with Shakespeare.

:55:49.:55:55.

One of the more difficult Shakespeare plays. Yes, it is

:55:55.:56:01.

always hard to get any film made. I always say it is astonishing anyone

:56:01.:56:07.

can get a production together to get a project off the ground.

:56:07.:56:11.

Whether state funded for privately- funded, people still do manage to

:56:11.:56:17.

make extraordinary films. We hear doom and gloom about how it is

:56:17.:56:21.

harder now. It will always be difficult. Yet people will still

:56:21.:56:27.

get those things made. It is something he really wanted to do.

:56:27.:56:33.

Clearly a project which meant an awful lot to him. He came out of

:56:33.:56:36.

the Harry Potter theories and then went on the road promoting

:56:36.:56:46.
:56:46.:56:49.

Coriolanus. -- Potter movies. that surreal moment, doing the news,

:56:49.:56:53.

and realised Ralph Fiennes was standing in our studio, he had come

:56:53.:57:01.

here to observe, to know how a daily news room operated. One of my

:57:01.:57:08.

more surreal moments. In the case of anything like that.

:57:08.:57:14.

Someone who has a personal project, they will put that effort in. Ralph

:57:14.:57:19.

Fiennes was on Radio 5 talking about Harry Potter. He seemed

:57:19.:57:24.

disengaged. Coriolanus, you couldn't stop him talking. I don't

:57:24.:57:28.

think he loves the publicity circuit.

:57:28.:57:35.

We are looking at pictures of Tilda Swinton. John Hurt.

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I am on the red carpet with Tom Hooper. Oscar-winning director.

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What is it like coming to these awards ceremonies? Last year did

:57:47.:57:52.

incredibly well. This year it is incredibly relaxing. I thoroughly

:57:52.:58:01.

recommend winning the Oscar. It is very nice to be back without that -

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- with that extraordinary year. Great to be presenting this year.

:58:09.:58:15.

How important was the clutch of BAFTAs that the film won last year,

:58:15.:58:21.

its success around the world? BAFTAs is pivotal. The Oscar

:58:21.:58:26.

ballots are still out. I have by voting slip at home. The waiter

:58:26.:58:36.
:58:36.:58:38.

light goes maybe it affects how people will vote. -- the way the

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BAFTAs goes. Just before, we saw a glimpse of John Hurt. A wonderful

:58:48.:58:53.

chance to talk about him. Getting the award for Outstanding

:58:53.:58:57.

Contribution to British cinema. great Honour, an extraordinary

:58:57.:59:02.

career. Whenever these things happen, people say, if you're

:59:02.:59:07.

getting that kind of bored, does it mean, thank you, Your Career has

:59:07.:59:12.

peaked. It is not the case at all. It is recognising people who are

:59:12.:59:20.

doing some of their best work. He is like a fine wine, he gets better

:59:20.:59:25.

and better. He is fantastic in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. One of

:59:25.:59:30.

the most radio perfect voices in the British film industry. We must

:59:30.:59:34.

head back to the red carpet. The one from anyone has been

:59:34.:59:42.

talking about. The silent movie, The Artist. Berenice Bejo, and the

:59:42.:59:47.

director. When you were making this movie, did you dream it would get

:59:47.:59:55.

this kind of reaction? No. You can't expect such a big reaction.

:59:55.:00:00.

No. We are very amazed and still very surprised at anything that is

:00:00.:00:04.

happening with this movie. What is it about this song which has made

:00:04.:00:13.

it such a popular success with so It is very difficult to have a

:00:13.:00:19.

simple answer to that question. I think it is because maybe people

:00:19.:00:25.

can feel that we talk to them as adults, and as people able to watch

:00:25.:00:30.

that kind of the movie, and not just teenagers. Maybe that is what

:00:30.:00:34.

they like. You have been nominated for plenty

:00:34.:00:38.

of a award ceremonies and have been winning at award ceremonies, how

:00:38.:00:43.

does the BAFTAs measure among all of these? How important is that

:00:43.:00:47.

compared to the others? For me, they are all very important. I am

:00:47.:00:52.

very glad to be here and to be recognised by the people who are in

:00:52.:01:00.

the industry. Also, I think the British people have a very sharp

:01:00.:01:04.

sense of humour. They give us the nomination for the sound. This is a

:01:04.:01:11.

silent movie, so this is a very special recognition. Thank you very

:01:11.:01:18.

much indeed. What a lovely couple. I read

:01:18.:01:21.

somewhere that they are in fact man and wife, and a very glumness

:01:21.:01:28.

couple they make. Just adorable reactions there. We better stay

:01:28.:01:33.

with the Liesl, because he has someone else.

:01:33.:01:38.

I am on the red carpet now with Daniel Radcliffe. You read out the

:01:38.:01:42.

nominations last month and to make sure I giving a the best supporting

:01:42.:01:49.

actor? Actress. Actress OK. What is it like to be a? It is as little

:01:49.:01:54.

intimidating to be here. It is also quite exciting and I gets genuinely

:01:54.:01:58.

star-struck. I have been reliably informed that I have seen George

:01:58.:02:02.

Clooney and Brad Pitt, so it will be a very nervous night. Some of

:02:02.:02:06.

you see those nominated tonight, Gary Oldman who cured with 4 Harry

:02:06.:02:12.

Potter, you must be keeping your fingers crossed? I am. You are not

:02:12.:02:16.

allowed to have favours if you are presenting, but I will be rooting

:02:16.:02:20.

for Gary. -- allowed to have favourites. If you know someone

:02:20.:02:30.
:02:30.:02:36.

personally, you cannot help but I hope we are staying with him

:02:36.:02:39.

there, because he has one of the very important men this evening

:02:39.:02:44.

joining him shortly. I am on the red carpet with John

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Hart, one of the stars of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He is also

:02:49.:02:53.

getting a lifetime achievement award here at the - that here at

:02:53.:02:58.

the BAFTAs. What is it like being giving -- being given at this light

:02:58.:03:05.

emitted an award? Importance is the wrong word to use an ascent. It is

:03:05.:03:11.

a great honour, and I am very thrilled by it. You must be very

:03:11.:03:14.

pleased that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has had such a good

:03:14.:03:18.

reception he asked a work that. 11 nominations. I am very pleased

:03:18.:03:28.
:03:28.:03:32.

about that. -- reception here at a the BAFTAs. Thank you for your time.

:03:32.:03:37.

The wonderful John Hart, who is in, as you will gather, Tinker, Tailor,

:03:37.:03:43.

Soldier, Spy, the second most nominated film here tonight. He

:03:43.:03:46.

will be collecting a special award, outstanding contribution for

:03:46.:03:50.

British cinema. After a truly remarkable career in television,

:03:50.:03:56.

not just in cinema. He won a path that on television many years ago.

:03:56.:04:02.

-- he won a the BAFTAs many years ago. Brad Pitt has just arrived as

:04:02.:04:06.

well. You can catch a glimpse of him signing autographs before he

:04:06.:04:12.

makes his way up to do all the various interviews with journalists.

:04:12.:04:16.

Just as we were listening to John Hart, it is fascinating, the matter

:04:16.:04:20.

how many years I have stood here covering the BAFTAs, to 90 get the

:04:21.:04:26.

absolute essence of what to celebrity is. Just behind us is a

:04:26.:04:28.

pack of journalists and photographers standing below me,

:04:28.:04:32.

and George Clooney is still here giving a host of interviews to

:04:32.:04:36.

everyone behind me. Suddenly, even people who are guests here adore

:04:36.:04:42.

the BAFTAs, even other nominees are people presenting awards, just

:04:42.:04:46.

forms the most enormous huddle and line and were all taking pictures

:04:46.:04:51.

of George Clooney. Even within the ranks of famous people, there is

:04:51.:04:55.

still a hierarchy, and proof positive that George Clooney is at

:04:55.:04:59.

the top of that. It is extraordinary. A genuine sense of

:04:59.:05:05.

all. You are tried to broadcast and he is standing five feet away.

:05:05.:05:09.

have tried never to be awestruck, just a few times a year later you

:05:09.:05:15.

sometimes are. I feel better for the fact that there are people who

:05:15.:05:19.

will clearly be in the ceremony to 9-are taking pictures of him, too.

:05:19.:05:24.

I am not the only one who is fascinated. I got here much a

:05:24.:05:28.

earlier this afternoon. There were many people who queued up in the

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cold for many hours on a better one denied to just wanted to see George

:05:32.:05:37.

Clooney and Brad Pitt. They got their wish.

:05:37.:05:42.

I am here with Gary Oldman, one of the stars of Tinker, Tailor,

:05:42.:05:46.

Soldier, Spy. The film has 11 nominations the right, and you are

:05:46.:05:51.

nominated for Best actor frost. What has dispensed you? It has

:05:51.:06:00.

meant everything to me. It has been a great race, this movie. I am very

:06:00.:06:07.

proud of it. I am proud to be part of that and to be out there

:06:07.:06:17.
:06:17.:06:17.

promoting it. It makes all of this a lot easier when you are... When

:06:17.:06:21.

you like the film. By police argue that it has been embraced by the

:06:21.:06:31.
:06:31.:06:32.

BAFTAs? It was arguably the best reviewed movie of last year. The

:06:32.:06:39.

box office has been phenomenal. And now this. We are more than we

:06:39.:06:46.

expected. We are riding high. must be very indicative, I suppose,

:06:46.:06:52.

of the type of British films that people want to get made. How

:06:52.:06:56.

important is it to keep making movies like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,

:06:56.:07:03.

Spy? I think it is very important. A successful movie, it really is

:07:03.:07:09.

ones and zeros. There is no guarantee that a movie will work,

:07:09.:07:17.

and no matter how good the film is, or the reviews, he won components

:07:17.:07:22.

that is always missing is the audience. When the movie opens, you

:07:22.:07:29.

never know if it will make $1, $10 or $100. A but it speaks of what

:07:29.:07:34.

people want, I think. Because of the success of this film, that

:07:34.:07:38.

maybe they want something a little more different and not just a Wham,

:07:38.:07:45.

bam, thank you ma'am, whistles and bells. People have been talking a

:07:45.:07:48.

lot to be the film artist, it has won more nomination the integrity

:07:48.:07:54.

of those of us by, the think this film can actually, it is the

:07:54.:07:59.

breadwinner? It is really hard to say. It has been an unusual award

:07:59.:08:05.

season. I have not been able to predict any of it. There are great

:08:05.:08:10.

performances. I am WONDERFUL performances. There are great

:08:10.:08:18.

movies in there. -- and I am up against wonderful performances. If

:08:18.:08:23.

we do not come away with any awards, we will make history! Best of luck

:08:23.:08:29.

this evening. Gary Oldman there in the best actor

:08:29.:08:34.

category, as you will have gathered. I think, he would tell you this

:08:34.:08:38.

himself, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has done wonders for his career.

:08:38.:08:43.

He made such an impact in the early years, films like Nil By Mouth, and

:08:43.:08:47.

then had something of a fallow periods, and here he is now, in the

:08:47.:08:52.

big-time. The great thing about it is, to play a character like George

:08:52.:08:56.

Smiley, who is obvious that although than Gary is in real life,

:08:56.:08:59.

and you must have a lot of experience to bring that weight to

:08:59.:09:05.

the role. The fact of the matter is, John Hart matures like a fine wine

:09:05.:09:09.

and in the case of Gary Oldman, the ups and downs, the difficult times,

:09:09.:09:13.

have all contributed to the fact that he brings such a fresh, new

:09:13.:09:18.

work at that character. He does it all with such small gestures. You

:09:18.:09:24.

remember him in things like Dracula and said and Nancy. These were bake,

:09:25.:09:30.

I like them very much, they were big films. The great joy of his

:09:30.:09:33.

role in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is to do with watching and

:09:34.:09:37.

listening and snot reacting. I would be really disappointed if he

:09:37.:09:42.

does not win tonight. I think he will, too. I think the audience

:09:42.:09:47.

will. We will find out in a few hours there. We are seeing images

:09:47.:09:51.

of Colin Firth, he is presenting an awards tonight. This time last year

:09:51.:09:56.

was all about him. I wonder if these events are more fun to come

:09:56.:10:02.

to if you can relax and think, I am in one of the big films, I have a

:10:02.:10:05.

small part in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, now I can just

:10:05.:10:09.

present an award at enjoy myself. The fact that Colin Firth had his

:10:09.:10:17.

great moment of triumph, where he won both here and across the pond,

:10:17.:10:21.

and then went from that to doing essentially a secondary role it

:10:21.:10:26.

shows a great deal of confidence, and also demonstrates that he is an

:10:26.:10:31.

actor, he is not a superstar who wants his name above the title. He

:10:31.:10:35.

wants to do the best possible job. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has

:10:35.:10:40.

got pretty much the great team of British acting in it. Colin Firth

:10:40.:10:45.

is excellent in it. If you are committed present, the pressure is

:10:45.:10:53.

off to some extent. It is probably a little bit more fun. Tom Jones,

:10:53.:10:58.

Meryl Streep apparently has just gone out of the limousine. There

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will be screams as the other end of the red carpet. She is making her

:11:04.:11:08.

way up the red carpet here into the Royal Opera House in London's

:11:08.:11:15.

Covent Garden. An hour or so ago, will be there reflecting that,

:11:15.:11:19.

inevitably, she is the one to beat tonight in the Best actress

:11:19.:11:23.

category. The same applies at the Oscars. We have touched on the fact

:11:23.:11:27.

that many would say it is quite a thin film, but she is absolutely

:11:27.:11:32.

knockout. Let's go back to our correspondent.

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We have been talking about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, one of the

:11:35.:11:40.

films of the night. I and you with its director. You are nominated for

:11:40.:11:43.

Best Director, the film has 11 nominations. He must be the

:11:43.:11:48.

happiest man on the red carpet. think it is fantastic. I thought we

:11:48.:11:55.

had won everything that you could ever wish for, he loved from the

:11:55.:11:59.

audience and the reception the film has got, so this is more than I

:11:59.:12:05.

could ever dream of. What does it mean to you to be nominated for a

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Bafta? I can go to London, that is nice. I can make a lot of nice

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colleagues. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a British film, very

:12:18.:12:22.

British sensibilities. It has been embraced by the BAFTAs, why do

:12:22.:12:29.

thing that is? I do not know. I went to England for the first time

:12:29.:12:33.

when I was very young, and I spent a long time here, maybe I have a

:12:33.:12:39.

little special eye on the British. By two very much for speaking to us

:12:39.:12:43.

tonight, best of luck with the award.

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The Swedish director of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. We think of

:12:48.:12:52.

it as such a quintessential British film in every other way, but not

:12:52.:12:55.

directed by a pet. Gary Oldman has talked about that and said he

:12:55.:13:01.

rather likes that. It brought a certain European feel to it.

:13:01.:13:05.

think Alfred's and there is one of the finest directors working in

:13:05.:13:12.

cinema today, he meant to let the - - he made light the right one in. I

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did not like you remake of it at all. He has, to me, a European

:13:18.:13:22.

sensibility. It is lovely to bring that to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,

:13:22.:13:26.

Spy. We think of it as a very British story, but he brings an

:13:26.:13:31.

outsider's perspective to it. He makes it strangely alien even

:13:31.:13:35.

though it is so familiar. He is such a fine director working from a

:13:35.:13:39.

fine screenplay, with brilliant design and cinematographer. It is a

:13:39.:13:43.

great film and deserves its nominations. There is Michelle

:13:43.:13:49.

Williams in the Best actress category.

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With me now are two of the team behind me, from the pit head brace

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made. It was a surprise! You can see it. How surprise were view that

:14:01.:14:07.

it was a had? What did you want to get her to that? I think when we

:14:07.:14:12.

were writing it, we were not really expecting anything, but the fact

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that people saw it and it got made is really exciting. The fact that

:14:16.:14:22.

we are ser is crazy. Yes, not in a million years, in our wildest

:14:22.:14:28.

dreams, would he have imagined this happening. Why do you think that a

:14:28.:14:31.

film like this has been recognised at a award shows all over the

:14:31.:14:38.

world? Films in this genre cannot tends to get that kind of attention.

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I wish I had an answer for you. I do not know. I know that is not a

:14:43.:14:53.
:14:53.:14:53.

good answer. We are so happy that people received the movie and to

:14:53.:15:01.

something away from it. I hope you enjoyed being on the red

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Mark I know you have to head inside because you have your own at role

:15:16.:15:22.

to play. Let us talk about predictions. I wanted to be Tilda

:15:22.:15:30.

Swinton, it is going to be Meryl Streep to. Best Director I will go

:15:30.:15:40.

for Lynne Ramsay, best actor Gary Oldman. We will talk to you later.

:15:40.:15:44.

As I said earlier, this is the British Academy Awards, there is

:15:44.:15:50.

nothing quite as British as bond and I am with Tom Jones who its

:15:50.:15:54.

Sagna the theme. You will be opening the BAFTAs tonight with a

:15:54.:16:03.

special bond it seemed -- theme tune. Yes, I am going to be a

:16:03.:16:10.

opening with Thunderball. You have worked with so many different

:16:10.:16:15.

artists and projects, what makes the association with Bond so

:16:15.:16:21.

special? I think the James Bond films are great films, especially

:16:21.:16:25.

when Sean Connery was James Bond. I was very pleased when they asked me

:16:25.:16:33.

to do Thunderball and it was right after Shirley Bassey did Goldfinger.

:16:33.:16:40.

Said Tom Jones, thank you for speaking to us. That is when you

:16:40.:16:44.

want to be inside as part of the ceremony to hear that, don't you?

:16:44.:16:49.

That is the way to start a show. We are looking at images of Meryl

:16:49.:16:56.

Streep arriving, posing for the photographers just a little way

:16:56.:17:00.

away from me here outside the Royal Opera House in London's Covent

:17:00.:17:06.

Garden. You heard the predictions from Mark Kermode, he reckons there

:17:06.:17:11.

is no one who can beat Meryl Streep for her portrayal of Margaret

:17:11.:17:16.

Thatcher in the Iron Lady. I have to say, despite the bitter London

:17:16.:17:21.

weather, I have been quite struck by the large number of very big

:17:21.:17:26.

names who have been more than happy to keep going, they have given

:17:26.:17:30.

interview after interview and signed autographs after autograph.

:17:30.:17:33.

I know a cynic would say that they are here to publicise themselves,

:17:33.:17:39.

but I think a few of them -- a few of us thought the temperatures

:17:39.:17:43.

would do for them are tonight but it does not seem to be the case and

:17:43.:17:47.

it has not dampened the enthusiasm of perhaps several thousand people

:17:48.:17:52.

who are here in Covent Garden to get pictures and autographs. Brad

:17:52.:18:00.

Pitt nominated for money ball, referred to in shorthand as the

:18:00.:18:04.

baseball film. Interestingly, some of the publicity surrounding the

:18:04.:18:09.

film says we want you to know if it is not a baseball film. It is hard

:18:09.:18:14.

to know how well Sue would describe it. I suppose they would describe

:18:14.:18:21.

it as a David and Goliath the film. He is up against George Clooney, I

:18:21.:18:26.

promise it is the last time I will mention George Clooney, but my

:18:26.:18:30.

goodness he moved so slowly up the ranks of photographers and

:18:30.:18:34.

journalists, he gave interviews to everyone who asked and was being

:18:34.:18:40.

charming to everyone. It was remarkable to see. Here is the

:18:40.:18:45.

wonderful John Hurt, collecting tonight hear from after the

:18:45.:18:51.

outstanding contribution to British cinema award. What a remarkable

:18:51.:18:57.

achievement and a man, 72 years old now, with a remarkable career. He

:18:57.:19:00.

is in one of the films we are all talking about, Tinker, Tailor,

:19:00.:19:06.

Soldier, Spy. It is also about television, and there is a man who

:19:06.:19:13.

has succeeded in both media so well. Let's go back to Lizo Mzimba. The

:19:13.:19:18.

film everyone who has been talking about is a cause The Artist. We are

:19:18.:19:25.

here with the film's * Jean Dujardin. How pleased are you with

:19:25.:19:35.
:19:35.:19:37.

the beasts -- with the reception of the film? I am very happy. I'm very

:19:37.:19:43.

proud for the crew, for the producer, it is a dream. When you

:19:43.:19:47.

were making this movie, when did you ever think it could get this

:19:47.:19:53.

kind of incredible reception from the Oscars and BAFTAs and the

:19:53.:20:03.
:20:03.:20:03.

Golden Globes? I was George Valentine during the for shooting,

:20:03.:20:09.

we were very, very free and very alive at like kids with a small

:20:09.:20:17.

silent movie. Here, now, it is irrational, it is abstract. Thank

:20:17.:20:25.

you, I hope you enjoy the evening. Thank you. The lovely Jean Dujardin,

:20:25.:20:32.

like his co-star before him, Berenice Bejo, saying how blown

:20:32.:20:37.

away they are by the reception in the artist has had. They were very

:20:37.:20:41.

self effacing about it, they said it could have been thought of as

:20:41.:20:45.

quite boring, it is French, it is silent, why would people like it?

:20:45.:20:50.

But my goodness they have. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival

:20:50.:20:54.

and then was snapped up by a powerful American man and that is

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what has seen it cast into the trajectory we have all been talking

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about. Heavily nominated here tonight at BAFTA. Similarly

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nominated at the Oscars in a few weeks' time. A remarkable

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achievement for a small French film, albeit with a very big star,

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because Jean Dujardin is very famous in France, he was bankable

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in that sense. We will go back to Lizo Mzimba.

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I am joined by a man who needs no introduction, the star of the film

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:21:37.:21:38.

up money ball, and Brad Pitt. What made you like the film? A little

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bit baseball but more about the underdog up and getting second

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chances. Going up against conventional wisdom, I think it is

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a universal story, a big story. have been too many big ceremonies,

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what makes the BAFTAs special? There is great film history here,

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there is great performing arts, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole,

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for as it classes things up a bit. You are up against your great

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friend George Clooney in the best actor category, a bit of rivalry

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there? It is really good fun. We have a lot of things to attend so

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it is nice to have a good friend there. Thanks very much to Brad

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Pitt. I'd like to say hi to Jean who is watching right now. Brad

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Pitt looking very good humoured, he has been out signing lots of

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autographs in the last little while. Just behind me in the last few

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minutes I was deafened by shouts, I could not hear what they were

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saying, they were shouting the word Collen, and it was Colin Firth that

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they were so excited about. I wondered whether it was George

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Clooney heading back there. As much excitement for Colin Firth as quite

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a few of the other nominees sit here tonight. Colin Firth here this

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evening presenting an award, although he is in Tinker, Tailor,

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Soldier, Spy as well of course. There we are looking at pictures of

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one of the nominees for rising star. What -- the only category voted for

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by the public. A series of industry experts build up a long list and

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then that long list is thrown open to the public and it is they who

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vote and give their final choice. Michael Fassbender has finally made

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an appearance there, the star of Shame. We were hearing from the

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director earlier. He himself has had an interesting career but what

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a year for Michael Fassbender in such an intriguing, interesting

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range of films that he is appearing in at the moment. Including the

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Driver as well. We have seen his co-star in that, Carey Mulligan...

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I do apologise, Drive is Ryan Gosling. I am getting confused.

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There is another one, Michelle Williams, nominated for her role in

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marry him to -- as Marilyn Monroe it in my week with Marilyn. A lot

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of talk that it is an unfortunate year for her to be performing in

:24:33.:24:43.
:24:43.:24:43.

that film and because in other years her performance in that film

:24:43.:24:48.

has had a lot of talk but there is a feeling that no one can beat

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Meryl Streep. She is heading into the Royal Opera House behind me

:24:53.:24:57.

very shortly. In a few hours from now we will learn whether perhaps

:24:57.:25:01.

she does walk away with that statuette and indeed we will have

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that full list of all the other winners here at the British Academy

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Film Awards. The ceremony itself beginning I think in about half an

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hour, just the last few stars, writers, actors, directors,

:25:21.:25:25.

performers, still arriving here. George Clooney is still out, my

:25:25.:25:29.

goodness, I feel he has been out there for about an hour and a half

:25:29.:25:34.

now. As a look around me we have a fabulous view of the suite of the

:25:34.:25:39.

red carpet from our perch here, the BBC News perch. I can still see Jim

:25:39.:25:43.

Broadbent, nominated for Best Supporting actor for plain Denis

:25:43.:25:51.

Thatcher in the Iron Lady. Just keeping my eye open to see who else

:25:51.:25:58.

I can see working their way up. Tom Jones is still giving lots of

:25:58.:26:03.

interviews. And I realise just behind me are the star and director

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of The Artists, the big film to beat here tonight. We have talked a

:26:08.:26:12.

lot about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, but it is The Art is that we

:26:12.:26:20.

must remember has the most nominations. There is Colin Firth

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with so his wife a Bolivia. He is in that film of course. -- his wife

:26:28.:26:38.
:26:38.:26:39.

Olivia. Colin Firth Art Fair in those ranks after his success in

:26:39.:26:44.

the King's Speech. Colin Firth is presenting one of the awards here

:26:44.:26:54.
:26:54.:26:54.

this evening at Covent Garden. And another man presenting an award. It

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is remarkable the names that BAFTA can now call over from the States

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to take their place here in the plush seating of the Royal Opera

:27:05.:27:11.

House. A beautiful setting, Brad Pitt still out talking to people,

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signing autographs. Everyone has a camera these days. There are so

:27:18.:27:28.
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many lights and flashbulbs that go Another big cheer, looking behind

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:27:41.:27:44.

me seeing who that particular cheer Let's just remind ourselves in the

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closing minutes as the last few people make their way into the

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Royal Opera House of the key categories here tonight. The Artist

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has 12 nominations, it picked up the Golden Globe a few weeks ago.

:27:57.:28:00.

The Golden Globes are slightly different so they split the

:28:01.:28:05.

categories, one category for drama and a second for comedy or musical.

:28:05.:28:09.

At the Globe say were able to give the best picture to The Artist and

:28:09.:28:14.

the other best picture award to The Decendents. That means it is hard

:28:14.:28:20.

to tell which way it might go here. Gary Oldman, nominated as Best

:28:20.:28:26.

actor for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, his role as a George Smiley.

:28:26.:28:31.

We wait to see whether the enormous success of that film means they

:28:31.:28:36.

might be a second. If we do not know yet, we wait to find out. Let

:28:36.:28:40.

us see whether Gary Oldman can beat George Clooney tonight and Brad

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Pitt. And it also Jean Dujardin and Michael Fassbender for the best

:28:49.:28:53.

actor category. He is certainly a very popular choice here. Tinker,

:28:53.:28:57.

Tailor, Soldier, Spy with a total of 11 nominations. We will be back

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with you in a couple of hours from now because we will have all the

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results and we will bring you continual Updates here this evening.

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Starting in about an hour and a half from now as the results come

:29:10.:29:14.

in. You can keep up-to-date with the results in all the categories

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as they are announced. Stephen Fry is hosting the awards tonight and

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there is Jean Dujardin. A huge star in France but now becoming a huge

:29:24.:29:32.

star as well in America, in Britain for that really remarkable film. Be

:29:32.:29:36.

on saying it is black-and-white and it is silent, it is one of those

:29:36.:29:41.

films you have to say go and see it. It is really difficult to describe.

:29:41.:29:45.

An extraordinary experience to watch it. There was a huge round of

:29:45.:29:50.

applause at the screening I went to. You do not get that in the cinema

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