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 "The Theory of Everything" garnered three awards including
leading actor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
awards hosted by comedian Stephen Fry, but "The Imitation Game"
failed to convert any of its nine nominations.
Richard Linklater won the director award for "Boyhood", which he
filmed over a 12-year period using the same cast. Patricia
Arquette, who won the supporting actress award for her role as a
single mother, said Linklater had "made an ordinary story
extraordinary".
Eddie Redmayne took the leading actor award for his portrayal of
Stephen Hawking, a celebrated cosmologist who is paralyzed by
motor neuron disease, in "The Theory of Everything". The film
also won the award for outstanding British film.
Redmayne said Hawking and his family had closely supported the
film's production. The physicist attended the ceremony and
received a standing ovation as he presented the special visual
effects award to space-faring epic "Interstellar".
The award for leading actress went to Julianne Moore for her
portrayal of a linguistics professor grappling with Alzheimer's
disease in "Still Alice".
"The Grand Budapest Hotel", the story of a legendary concierge
and his young protege, won the awards for original screenplay,
costume design, production design, make-up & hair, and original
music.
J.K. Simmons won the supporting actor category for his portrayal
of a domineering jazz teacher in "Whiplash". The film, shot by
American director Damien Chazelle in just 19 days, also picked
up the awards for editing and sound.
Mexican Emmanuel Lubezki won the cinematography award for his
work on "Birdman", but the show business satire failed to pick
up the big prizes that some commentators had tipped it for.
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Fry joked about his recent marriage - one of the most high-profile
same-sex unions since they became legal in the United Kingdom last
year - and paid tribute to the late British actor and director
Richard Attenborough.
Twenty-four-year-old British actor Jack O'Connell picked up the
Rising Star award, the only prize voted on by the public.
"Citizenfour", the story of U.S. government whistleblower Edward
Snowden directed by Laura Poitras, won the documentary award.
"The Lego Movie" won the animated film category, and Polish film
"Ida" took the award for the best film in a language other than
English.
"Boogaloo and Graham", the story of two boys growing up in Belfast,
won British short film. "The Bigger Picture" won the British short
animation category.
Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone won the Debut award for
writing and producing "Pride", the story of an unlikely
collaboration between gay activists and miners during the British
miners' strike of 1984.
The BAFTAs are the major awards in the British film industry, and
are among a series of such events culminating in the Oscars, the top
prizes in the movie world, due to be handed out in Los Angeles on
Feb. 22.
(Editing by Eric Walsh)
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