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Hello and welcome to the Royal Opera House in London's Covent | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
Garden for the annual British Academy Film Awards. As ever, it | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
promises to be a sparkling night. I'm Jane Hill live on the red | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
carpet for the next hour-and-a-half. With me tonight, Lee zo Mzimba, you | :00:33. | :00:40. | |
will be talking to the stars as they arrive. What are we expecting? | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
George Clooney nominated for Best Actor, Brad Pitt nominated for | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
Moneyball, Kenneth Brannagh, Meryl Streep, some of the biggest | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
Holyrood heavyweights around. more from Lizo as soon as the stars | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
begin to arrive. In terms of the Best Picture category, it certainly | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
in terms of pure number of nominations is a fight between The | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
Artist, that wonderful French black-and-white sigh sent film and | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
the classic, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Who will win out? | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
We'll know by the end of the evening. But first, let's remind | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
ourselves of all the run, and riders in the category of Best | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :01:27. | :02:26. | |
Face me. I need to see you square I got to come up with the questions | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
too?! You rang my house. Just on the off chance you were back from | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
Berlin. What did you say?, Hello, it's Jerry from the office. That | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
there had been a bit of a crisis, Anne said you wasn't back yet and | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
that was it. And we saw The Help there listed as | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
one of the films in the category. I'm told that Jessica Chastain has | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
just arrived at the start of the red carpet, the first of the big | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
stars to arrive here this evening, she is nominated in the category | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
best supporting actress for her role in that drama set in | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
Mississippi at the beginning of the civil rights era. With me to | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
discuss the nominees who should and should not win, as ever, Mark | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
Kermode, great to have you back with us. It's not raining... Yet. | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
That's the result so far! In terms of Best Picture, everyone seems | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
captivated by The Artist and I love the story that it was made quietly | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
small, people don't even realise it's a French film, but then it was | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
taken under the wing of a big Holyrood promoter? Absolutely. The | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
interesting thing about it was that recently, the star won an award at | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
the London Film Critics Awards and he said when he was first talking | :03:53. | :04:02. | |
to Michel Hazanlavicius about it he said that he told him he was mad | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
for wanting to make a silent flil. Who would have sat down and said, | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
you know what, make a black-and- white silent film. It's wonderful, | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
everybody who sees it is captivated but it because it's a really good | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
story, well told and works for audiences young and old and it's | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
charming. I have yet to meet anyone who really doesn't get it. So many | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
people said I didn't want to see it because I thought it would be | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
black-and-white silent film how good can it be, the answer is very | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
good indeed. I'm not sure I believe the stories about people demanding | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
their money back from the cinema because they didn't know it was | :04:43. | :04:53. | |
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silent? Afrpblgts A cinema manager did hand seem money back I believe, | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
but whether that was a publicity stunt, I don't know. You should pay | :05:00. | :05:09. | |
more money to seekm transformers III, because there's lots of colour | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
and action but one of the worst films. I just watched every frame | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
of The Artist thinking, never mind what you ask actors and actresses | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
do, how do they get the dog to interact with him in that way? | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
a lovely thing. Michel Hazanlavicius on stage with the dog | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
and the gag is that rather than bring on the leading lady, he's | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
crowd pleasing with the dog. The crowd in the cinema feel the same | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
way, it's really good and not irritating an animal performance. | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
It's like the thing from spaicks peer in love, a song, dance and a | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
bit with a dog, that's what you get -- Shakespeare in love. | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
George Clooney is nominated for Best Actor. I love the last film | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
made by this director, Sideways, but I'm not getting this | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
fascination with The Descendents? thought it was incidental, kind of | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
like wait, but, as the film went on, it became more in some of its parts. | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
When you get to the final shot I thought, actually, that's done | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
something quite remarkable in terms of human drama. George Clooney's | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
performance is terrific. I take issue with people who say he looks | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
shlubby. He's doing a good portrait of a man coming to terms with his | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
own inability to connect with his family. It's one of those the films | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
that grows on you in the days after having seen it. I thought it meant | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
a lot more to me a few days after the film finished than when I was | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
watching it. When I watched it I thought as much as you did, it's OK | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
but it's not great. I'm starting to think that it does incline towards | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
greatness. It's the BAFTA Awards, we are being watched all over the | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
world, but nonetheless, I would like to reflect on the British | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
success story here because this is one of the knock out films of the | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
last 12 months, visually stunning, a fantastic performance from a lot | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
of people, but it's Gary Oldman who everybody is talking about? Well, | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the film that's got its due recognition | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
here. It was snubbed at the Golden Globes, it does have some Oscar | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
nods. Here at the BAFTAS, it's the second most nominated film after | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
The Artist. I suspect Gary Oldman will win Best Actor. He does that | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
very impressive thing that it's what he doesn't do, it's what he | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
doesn't say and show. It's a film of tiny gestures, it's not a best- | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
beating performance, it's a film in which und statement is the key and | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
hats off to Colin Firth for playing a secondary supporting role so soon | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
after having won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, a very smart | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
move but I think Gary Oldman is fantastic in that film and I think | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
it's his turn, it's his time. A very fantastic performance. Colin | :07:59. | :08:08. | |
Firth is expected here tonight to present an aan award. The Help, we | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
mentioned Jessica Chastain has already arrived. It made me cry, I | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
think in a good way, beautifully acted. Yes. I think it's the acting | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
that saves it from being a bit of a schlock film but it's beautifully | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
made? I don't know if it's an awards winner, it doesn't surprise | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
me that it's turned up as a nomination, it doesn't strike me as | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
a winner. When you compare that to Drive, Drive was not picked up by | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
the Americans, but over here it's been recognised as a full-on really | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
hard-hitting exploitation movie. The idea that that and The Help are | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
nominated alongside o each other makes very interesting pairing. | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
When it comes to the winners, it's going to be The Artist and Tinker, | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
Tailor, Soldier, Spy. That is your prediction. Drive, we are seeing | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
pictures of Carey Mulligan, nominated of course, a woman whose | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
career has rocketed in the last few years but overall wa we take away | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
from Drive is surely there has to be a cinematography award in there | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
somewhere, the visuals of it are absolutely stunning? Yes, the | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
director is very talented. It refers back to 07z movies, it has | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
that beautiful visual sheen to it - - '70s. It has a great sound track | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
too. When you look at the central performance, you kind of think that | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
reminds you of the cool that James Dean had in the '50s. I think it's | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
a really, really good cult movie and I was really pleased to see it | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
getting proper serious nominations. It's the kind of film that people | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
love but it often gets overlooked at awards ceremonies. Lots more to | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
talk about. Out of the corner of my eye, Octavia Spencer is just | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
arriving, nominated again in The Help, that drama set in Mississippi | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
at the beginning of the civil rights movement. Just very slightly | :10:06. | :10:15. | |
starting to go up here the decibels, a sure sign that the stars are | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
starting to arrive. We have mentioned a few people in | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
regards to the category of Best Actor because I think we've already | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
established that Mark and I are of a mind in our love of Gary Oldman | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, but let's remind ourselves who else | :10:29. | :10:39. | |
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is in the running in that category I may lose my job. In which case | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma and a daughter I | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
would like to be able to send to college. You are 25 years old, with | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
a degree from Yale and a pretty impressive apprenticeship. I don't | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
think you are asking the right question. I think the question we | :10:57. | :11:07. | |
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should be asking is, do you believe I want to talk about loyalty, Toby. | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
He recruited you, didn't he? Found you starving in a museum in Vienna, | :11:19. | :11:27. | |
a wanted man? What's up bro? Don't ever do that to me again. Get ready, | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
we are going to go see your grandparents and auntie Esther's | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
going to come watch you. Dad, Sid's coming with us, OK. This is a | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
family matter. Sid's not interested in meeting your grandparents, he's | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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going to be bored stiff. You come to restaurants, people sitting | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
together and they don't speak to each other. They probably don't | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
have to speak because they are connected. Or they're bored of one | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
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So Michael Fassbender there leading the final of the five in that | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
category. It's a mark I think of, as we were saying, the extent to | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
which BAFTA is increasingly taken seriously that all five of the | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
actors will be here tonight. There is a very good turnout, I have to | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
say, having seen the advance list of who is coming in terms of all | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
the categories, picture, director, actor and actress. They'll all at | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
some stage make their way up the red carpet behind me. | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
Mark, maybe we should move away from Gary Oldman because we've kind | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
of said our piece on that one. are rooting for him,, let's move on. | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
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Duchess of Cambridge Duchess of Jean Dujardin? It's a different | :13:06. | :13:16. | |
discipline when you act silently. Singing in the Rain was one. Jean | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
Dujardin has done broad comedy. This is an eye opening performance | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
from him. The dancing is terrific. More to come. Let's just cross to | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
Lizo. He had one of the key stars of the Help with him. I'm with | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
Viola Davis, the star of the Help. Welcome to the BAFTAS. How much of | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
an honour is it being nominated for this? Oh gosh, such an honour to be | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
nominated for a baftafplt last time I told someone I wasn't nominated, | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
I was the only cast member not nominated and I was like, I want to | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
go to the BAFTAS, so this time it's been a real treat. I've always | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
wondered what it would be like to be here and it's been a dream | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
really. The films of civil rights themes | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
and empourment seems to have touched audiences and critics -- | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
empowerment. Yes, I think that's a backdrop, The Real Story is a story | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
of friendship despite everything that's happening surrounding the | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
cultures. These friendships emerge that have touched everyone because | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
I think everybody has shared that story. I think that is its appeal. | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
You are thrilled to be nominate ford Best Actress, you must be | :14:33. | :14:41. | |
equally pleased to see Jessica Chastain and and Octavia Spencer | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
nominated? Absolutely thrilled. There was such a friendship that | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
emerged from this film that's like nothing we have ever experienced, | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
you know. So I'm just so thrilled for them. We all have each other's | :14:52. | :14:59. | |
backs, you know. The only one I wish were here and nominated for | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
director is our director Tate Taylor. | :15:02. | :15:12. | |
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Thank you very much and best of Her husband was trying to keep her | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
warm. George Clooney has just arrived. A | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
bit of screaming. I was talking to some of the crowd who had turned up | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
early outside the Opera House and asked who they wanted to see. Guess | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
what, quite a lot wanted to see George Clooney. He is still such a | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
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draw, not the only big Hollywood name, brad pit, Meryl Streep. -- | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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As the stars continued to turn in either side of the Royal Opera | :16:01. | :16:08. | |
House, we are keeping an eye on the people stepping out onto the red | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
carpet. We heard from Viola Davis. Let us reflect on who else is | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
nominated in that category. As if we need to remind you, the category | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
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If she wants us to take her seriously, she must learn to calm | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
down! If the right honourable gentleman | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
could perhaps attend more closely to what I am saying, rather than | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
how I am saying it. He may receive a valuable education in spite of | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
himself. # We are having a heatwave, a | :17:11. | :17:20. | |
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tropical heatwave. The way that I You is kind, you is smart. You is | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
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important. You is kind. You is All five of those nominees will be | :18:08. | :18:14. | |
here tonight. Julian Anderson has arrived, among those presenting an | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
award this evening, signing an awful lot of autographs. A called | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
Jenny up the red carpet tonight but all of the stars Brading these | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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chilly temperatures. -- braving. I am joined by Octavia Spencer. | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
First of all. You must have been thrilled how this film has been | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
received. Did you expect it to do so well at award ceremonies? We did | :18:47. | :18:57. | |
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not think that far ahead. We worked hard. We are so proud. As we say in | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
the south, this is the gravy. For Viola Davis was saying she was | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
thrilled that you had both been nominated. Is there a bit of | :19:08. | :19:15. | |
rivalry? Gosh, we are both thrilled. This is wonderful, a great honour. | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
I have never been to the BAFTAs. Better than we ever dreamed. | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
The how does it feel to be nominated for this particular | :19:23. | :19:31. | |
award? I feel we are representing other women that we are presented | :19:31. | :19:38. | |
in the film, that is what I feel. Across section of people who have | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
not been honoured. You are nominated for Best adapted | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
screenplay, how difficult was it taking this story and put it onto | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
the screen of? When I got the rights to the bush, there were no | :19:55. | :20:04. | |
fans or publisher, so I got to write it from the heart -- rights | :20:04. | :20:14. | |
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to the book. What did you see in it? I had a woman in my life who | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
raised may and may mean the man I am today. I saw an opportunity to | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
hear from these women, and I had never seen mat done before and I | :20:24. | :20:32. | |
wanted to tell that story. The Octavia Spencer from The Help, | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
who won the Golden Globe for that performance. | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
This is an actor's piece, the performances are fantastic, they | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
lift it. The cast is so vibrant. Above the level of just being a | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
movie that might be overlooked in the wards. In the Best actress | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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category, there is such a strong showing. In the public vote, this | :21:03. | :21:09. | |
is an actor category only. Some of women were nominated, Jessica | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
Chastain but we have ended up with an all-male shortlist. | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
We are seeing pictures of Tom Hiddlestone arriving, in that | :21:19. | :21:24. | |
category. Is it fair to say he is one of the favourites? He has a | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
really interesting mixture of roles to be considered for this year. | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
comes down to him and Eddie Redmayne. Eddie Redmayne may just | :21:36. | :21:44. | |
have the edge. He is in War Horse Forest Dutt, which doesn't have so | :21:44. | :21:54. | |
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many nominations -- for a start. Tom Hiddlestone is a real rising | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
star. And eddie red main. I would have like to see a couple of | :21:59. | :22:05. | |
actresses in that category. It was very controversial. A group of | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
experts produce that long list, throw it open to the public. You | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
can never prejudge the public, and one of the worst things as a critic | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
is attempting to judge how the public will jump. I have probably | :22:22. | :22:32. | |
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ruined his chances, Eddie Redmayne. Best actress. Meryl Streep. The | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
story for this, Irby Oscars, can anybody beat her? No, they cannot. | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
Berenice Bejo is in this category and also best supporting actress. I | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
would love to see Tilda Swinton, a breathtaking film, We Need To Talk | :22:57. | :23:07. | |
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About Kevin. Meryl Streep gives a performance covering all of the | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
bases. Although there are a lot of problems with a film which at the | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
end is rather flimsy but her performance is rock solid. A | :23:16. | :23:26. | |
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performance which holds up the film. It is absolutely astounding. What | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
is interesting, lots of people saying, it is an unfair year for | :23:31. | :23:41. | |
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Michelle Williams, in My Week With Marilyn. When I saw the film I | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
enjoyed it so much more than I expected. I thought she was great | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
but I wasn't 100 % sure that she was quite as good as everyone had | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
said, this is the problem with reading reviews beforehand. This is | :23:57. | :24:06. | |
always the case. The best thing to do is to let people discover it | :24:06. | :24:16. | |
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themselves. It is one of those things, it in a year where the | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
leading actress category is very strong. In any other year, Tilda | :24:23. | :24:33. | |
Swinton would have walked it. Best supporting actor, we just saw | :24:33. | :24:40. | |
that claims of Kenneth Branagh. He is in that category. That could | :24:40. | :24:50. | |
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have got... Playing Sir Laurence Olivier. It works. It is slightly | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
how many but in the right way, he is playing it up, having arguments | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
with Marilyn Monroe, will she turn up? He is deliberately doing a | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
slightly how many performance. He says he actually asked for advice | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
on how would you do well as an actor, and he was given the advice, | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
do whatever feels right and it will turn out right in the end. He is | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
enjoying herself. You Christopher from a -- Christopher Plummer was | :25:28. | :25:35. | |
fantastic, he got the glow -- Golden Globe. | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
A fantastic performance, he is playing a father who has been | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
married, lost his wife, now discovers another side to his life | :25:44. | :25:51. | |
and sexuality he did not know before. A joyous performance. You | :25:51. | :25:58. | |
see somebody branching out. Philip Seymour Hoffman is also | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
nominated for The Ides Of March, a film about American politics, | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
directed by George Clooney. It hasn't figured in nominations | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
generally. This happens every year, there are certain films when you | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
first see them, people say they are contenders, but it doesn't work out | :26:16. | :26:22. | |
that way. The road to when the awards ceremony is fitted with | :26:22. | :26:32. | |
:26:32. | :26:32. | ||
critics who are predicting. -- is littered. Many people thought War | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
Horse would appear in more significant categories. You cannot | :26:35. | :26:45. | |
predict. I am a huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He is one of these | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
people, no matter what the film is light, heat is going to be worth | :26:48. | :26:57. | |
watching. I used to have a rule about Richard E Grant, he never had | :26:57. | :27:05. | |
a bad film. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a fine actor. The in this | :27:05. | :27:13. | |
category, is it Kenneth Branagh's night? Yes. I am trying to keep an | :27:13. | :27:22. | |
eye, he is on the red carpet. While we wait, let us talk about best | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
supporting actress. An interesting mixture. The classic Staudt, Dame | :27:27. | :27:37. | |
:27:37. | :27:41. | ||
Judi Dench. Much as I love her, she was cracking in this film. J Edgar | :27:41. | :27:49. | |
Hoover, that was a flawed film. It won't be a BAFTA if you didn't have | :27:49. | :27:55. | |
a nomination for her. Actually she had a pretty good chance. That is a | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
hard category to call this year. She has got a good chance. Octavia | :28:00. | :28:06. | |
Spencer we have already heard from. Carey Mulligan, several interesting | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
films out this year. One of those actresses who has turned up in such | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
a broad range of material. A few years ago people did not know who | :28:14. | :28:20. | |
she was at all. She has done an extraordinary amount of work. Again, | :28:20. | :28:26. | |
every time you see her, a completely different side. Shane | :28:26. | :28:36. | |
:28:36. | :28:42. | ||
macro. Drive. -- Shane. Melissa McCarthy, in bridesmaids -- | :28:42. | :28:52. | |
Bridesmaids. Bede Golden Globes makes a big deal about having a | :28:52. | :28:59. | |
category for Best Film Drama and best musical comedy. I think that | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
is starting to change, we are seeing recognition for comedy | :29:03. | :29:08. | |
screenplays. It has in the past been true. If you want to win a | :29:08. | :29:12. | |
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. | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
:29:28. | :29:34. | ||
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 | :31:05. | :31:11. | |
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 | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
best of luck this evening. Thank you. | :31:58. | :32:08. | |
:32:08. | :32:08. | ||
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. | :32:53. | :32:58. | |
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? | :33:02. | :33:08. | |
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. | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
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? | :35:37. | :35:43. | |
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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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 | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
commercial? I felt very passionate about it, | :54:56. | :55:03. | |
very strongly, some part of me felt people would see it. If you took | :55:03. | :55:05. | |
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. | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
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. | :57:35. | :57:42. | |
I am on the red carpet with Tom Hooper. Oscar-winning director. | :57:42. | :57:47. | |
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 - | :58:01. | :58:09. | |
- 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 | :58:38. | :58:48. | |
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 | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
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 | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
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 | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
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. | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
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 | :12:05. | :12:12. | |
Bafta? I can go to London, that is nice. I can make a lot of nice | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
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. | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
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 | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
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. | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
With me now are two of the team behind me, from the pit head brace | :13:54. | :14:01. | |
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 | :14:12. | :14:16. | |
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. | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
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 | :15:01. | :15:11. | |
:15:11. | :15:16. | ||
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. | |
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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. | |
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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 | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
what has seen it cast into the trajectory we have all been talking | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
about. Heavily nominated here tonight at BAFTA. Similarly | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
nominated at the Oscars in a few weeks' time. A remarkable | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
achievement for a small French film, albeit with a very big star, | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
because Jean Dujardin is very famous in France, he was bankable | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
in that sense. We will go back to Lizo Mzimba. | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
I am joined by a man who needs no introduction, the star of the film | :21:27. | :21:37. | |
:21:37. | :21:38. | ||
up money ball, and Brad Pitt. What made you like the film? A little | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
bit baseball but more about the underdog up and getting second | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
chances. Going up against conventional wisdom, I think it is | :21:48. | :21:54. | |
a universal story, a big story. have been too many big ceremonies, | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
what makes the BAFTAs special? There is great film history here, | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
there is great performing arts, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, | :22:04. | :22:10. | |
for as it classes things up a bit. You are up against your great | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
friend George Clooney in the best actor category, a bit of rivalry | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
there? It is really good fun. We have a lot of things to attend so | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
it is nice to have a good friend there. Thanks very much to Brad | :22:24. | :22:33. | |
Pitt. I'd like to say hi to Jean who is watching right now. Brad | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
Pitt looking very good humoured, he has been out signing lots of | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
autographs in the last little while. Just behind me in the last few | :22:41. | :22:50. | |
minutes I was deafened by shouts, I could not hear what they were | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
saying, they were shouting the word Collen, and it was Colin Firth that | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
they were so excited about. I wondered whether it was George | :22:58. | :23:03. | |
Clooney heading back there. As much excitement for Colin Firth as quite | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
a few of the other nominees sit here tonight. Colin Firth here this | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
evening presenting an award, although he is in Tinker, Tailor, | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
Soldier, Spy as well of course. There we are looking at pictures of | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
one of the nominees for rising star. What -- the only category voted for | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
by the public. A series of industry experts build up a long list and | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
then that long list is thrown open to the public and it is they who | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
vote and give their final choice. Michael Fassbender has finally made | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
an appearance there, the star of Shame. We were hearing from the | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
director earlier. He himself has had an interesting career but what | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
a year for Michael Fassbender in such an intriguing, interesting | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
range of films that he is appearing in at the moment. Including the | :23:59. | :24:05. | |
Driver as well. We have seen his co-star in that, Carey Mulligan... | :24:05. | :24:13. | |
I do apologise, Drive is Ryan Gosling. I am getting confused. | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
There is another one, Michelle Williams, nominated for her role in | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
marry him to -- as Marilyn Monroe it in my week with Marilyn. A lot | :24:26. | :24:33. | |
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 | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
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 | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
that full list of all the other winners here at the British Academy | :25:06. | :25:15. | |
Film Awards. The ceremony itself beginning I think in about half an | :25:15. | :25:21. | |
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 | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
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 | :26:20. | :26:28. | |
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 | :26:54. | :27:00. | |
is remarkable the names that BAFTA can now call over from the States | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
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, | :27:11. | :27:18. | |
signing autographs. Everyone has a camera these days. There are so | :27:18. | :27:28. | |
:27:28. | :27:31. | ||
many lights and flashbulbs that go Another big cheer, looking behind | :27:31. | :27:41. | |
:27:41. | :27:44. | ||
me seeing who that particular cheer Let's just remind ourselves in the | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
closing minutes as the last few people make their way into the | :27:47. | :27:52. | |
Royal Opera House of the key categories here tonight. The Artist | :27:52. | :27:57. | |
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 | :28:40. | :28:49. | |
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 | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
with you in a couple of hours from now because we will have all the | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
results and we will bring you continual Updates here this evening. | :29:06. | :29:10. | |
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 | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
as they are announced. Stephen Fry is hosting the awards tonight and | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
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 | :29:50. | :29:54. |