44th British Academy Film Awards
The 44th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1991, honoured the best films of 1990.
44th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 17 March 1991 |
Hosted by | Noel Edmonds |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Goodfellas |
Best Actor | Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso |
Best Actress | Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy |
Most awards | Cinema Paradiso & Goodfellas (5) |
Most nominations | Cinema Paradiso (11) |
Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won five awards: Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Editing. Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Actor (Philippe Noiret), Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio) and Film Not in the English Language.[1]
With its five wins, Cinema Paradiso achieved a new record for the most BAFTAs for a film not in the English language; this record was surpassed by the German language anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), which won seven BAFTAs in 2023.[2]
Winners and nominees
Academy Fellowship: Louis Malle
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Martin Scorsese, Best Film co-winner, Best Director winner and Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
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Philippe Noiret, Best Actor winner
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Jessica Tandy, Best Actress winner
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Whoopi Goldberg, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Giuseppe Tornatore, Best Original Screenplay winner and Best Film Not in the English Language co-winner
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Ennio Morricone, Best Original Music co-winner
Statistics
Nominations | Film |
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11 | Cinema Paradiso |
7 | Dick Tracy |
Goodfellas | |
6 | Crimes and Misdemeanors |
4 | Driving Miss Daisy |
Ghost | |
Pretty Woman | |
3 | The Fabulous Baker Boys |
The Hunt for Red October | |
Postcards from the Edge | |
2 | Born on the Fourth of July |
The Sheltering Sky |
Awards | Film |
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5 | Cinema Paradiso |
Goodfellas | |
2 | Dick Tracy |
See also
References
- "'Goodfellas' and 'Paradiso' Do Jolly Well in England". Deseret News. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- Green, Alex (20 February 2023). "All Quiet on the Western Front breaks Cinema Paradiso's BAFTA record". The Independent. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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