Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at the BAFTA awards, winning seven awards. Benjamin Button also did well, winning a total of three design-related awards.

Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted twelve out the sixteen BAFTA Winners.

BEST FILM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh

DIRECTOR
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel

ANIMATED FILM
WALL•E – Andrew Stanton

LEADING ACTOR
MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET – The Reader

SUPPORTING ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER…
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the poor man’s Forrest Gump. Eric Roth, screenwriter of extraordinary works like Munich, The Insider, and of course Forrest Gump, has “adapted” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story about a man who lives his life backwards. It has everything a classic best picture contender could ask for: a sweeping epic about one man, layers of voice overs philosophizing about life (“You never know what’s coming for you,” “We all end up in diapers”), breathtaking special effects, makeup, cinematography, editing, art direction, and musical scoring (supplementing the story instead of overpowering it), a magical, “curious”…
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