Twelve Bafta Nominations For 'Gangs,' 'Chicago'
The 19th-century epic "Gangs of New York" and the sizzling musical "Chicago" have each received 12 nominations for The Orange British Academy Film Awards.
The honors "Gangs" was mentioned for include Best Film, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction for Martin Scorsese, Actor in a Leading Role for Daniel Day-Lewis, Screenplay (Original) and The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music.
"Chicago" got nods for Best Film, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction for Rob Marshall, Actress in a Leading Role for Renee Zellweger, Actress In A Supporting Role for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah and Costume Design.
"The Hours" picked up 11 nominations, including Best Film, The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction for Stephen Daldry, Actor in a Supporting Role for Ed Harris, Actress in a Leading Role for Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep and Actress in a Supporting Role for Julianne Moore. Meryl Streep also was nominated for her role in "Adaptation" in the category Actress in a Supporting Role.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" received nine nominations, including Best Film, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction for Peter Jackson, who won the BAFTA last year in this category, Cinematography and Make Up & Hair.
"The Pianist" was nominated in seven categories, including Best Film, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction for Roman Polanski, Cinematography and Adrien Brody in the category Actor in a Leading Role.
Paul Newman ("Road To Perdition"), Christopher Walken ("Catch Me If You Can"), Alfred Molina ("Frida") and Chris Cooper ("Adaptation") were all nominated in the category Actor in a Supporting Role.
The nominations, announced Monday by Sir Ian McKellen at The British Academy's headquarters in London, included nominations for Michael Caine ("The Quiet American"), Jack Nicholson ("About Schmidt") and Nicolas Cage ("Adaptation") in the category Actor in a Leading Role, nominations for Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball") and Salma Hayek ("Frida") in the category Actress in a Leading Role, and a nomination for Toni Collette ("About A Boy") in the category Actress in a Supporting Role.
