51st British Academy Film Awards

The 51st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 April 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1997. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1997.

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film, while Nil by Mouth, from writer/director Gary Oldman, was voted Outstanding British Film.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The nominations were announced on 9 March 1998.^[4]^[5]^[6] The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Sean Connery

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Michael Roberts

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini L.A. Confidential – Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson Mrs Brown – Sarah Curtis Titanic – James Cameron and Jon Landau	Best Direction Baz Luhrmann – Romeo + Juliet Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential James Cameron – Titanic Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Robert Carlyle – The Full Monty* as Gary Schofield** Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown as John Brown Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential as Jack Vincennes Ray Winstone – Nil by Mouth as Raymond	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Judi Dench – Mrs Brown* as Queen Victoria** Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth as Valerie Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Tom Wilkinson – The Full Monty* as Gerald Cooper** Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner Mark Addy – The Full Monty as Dave Horsefall Rupert Everett – My Best Friend's Wedding as George Downes	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Sigourney Weaver – The Ice Storm* as Janey Carver** Jennifer Ehle – Wilde as Constance Wilde Lesley Sharp – The Full Monty as Jean Horsefall Zoë Wanamaker – Wilde as Ada Leverson ('Sphinx')
Best Original Screenplay Nil by Mouth – Gary Oldman Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy Mrs Brown – Jeremy Brock	Best Adapted Screenplay Romeo + Juliet – Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann The Ice Storm – James Schamus L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini
Best Cinematography The Wings of the Dove – Eduardo Serra L.A. Confidential – Dante Spinotti Romeo + Juliet – Donald McAlpine Titanic – Russell Carpenter	Best Costume Design Mrs Brown – Deirdre Clancy L.A. Confidential – Ruth Myers Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott The Wings of the Dove – Sandy Powell
Best Editing L.A. Confidential – Peter Honess The Full Monty – David Freeman and Nick Moore Romeo + Juliet – Jill Bilcock Titanic – Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris	Best Makeup and Hair The Wings of the Dove – Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald L.A. Confidential – John M. Elliott Jr., Scott H. Eddo and Janis Clark Mrs Brown – Lisa Westcott Titanic – Tina Earnshaw, Simon Thompson, Kay Georgiou and Greg Cannom
Best Original Music Romeo + Juliet – Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries The Full Monty – Anne Dudley L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith Titanic – James Horner	Best Production Design Romeo + Juliet – Catherine Martin L.A. Confidential – Jeannine Oppewall Mrs Brown – Martin Childs Titanic – Peter Lamont
Best Sound L.A. Confidential – Terry Rodman, Roland Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque The Full Monty – Alastair Crocker, Adrian Rhodes and Ian Wilson Romeo + Juliet – Gareth Vanderhope, Rob Young and Roger Savage Titanic – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano	Best Special Visual Effects The Fifth Element – Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould and Nick Dudman The Borrowers – Peter Chiang Men in Black – Eric Brevig, Rick Baker, Rob Coleman and Peter Chesney Titanic – Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer
Outstanding British Film Nil by Mouth – Luc Besson, Douglas Urbanski and Gary Oldman The Borrowers – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Rachel Talalay and Peter Hewitt The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini and Peter Cattaneo Mrs Brown – Sarah Curtis and John Madden Regeneration – Allan Scott, Peter Simpson and Gillies MacKinnon Twenty Four Seven – Imogen West and Shane Meadows	Best Film Not in the English Language The Apartment – Georges Benayoun and Gilles Mimouni Lucie Aubrac – Claude Berri Ma vie en rose – Carole Scotta and Alain Berliner The Tango Lesson – Christopher Sheppard and Sally Potter
Best Short Animation Stage Fright – Helen Nabarro, Michael Rose and Steve Box Flatworld – Nigel Pay, Daniel Greaves and Patrick Veale Transit – Iain Harvey and Piet Kroon The Traveller – Jeremy Moorshead and Debra Smith	Best Short Film The Deadness of Dad – Mandy Sprague, Philippa Cousins and Stephen Volk Crocodile Snap – James Greville and Joe Wright Gasman – Gavin Emerson and Lynne Ramsay Little Sisters – Nic Murison and Andy Goddard

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
12	L.A. Confidential
11	The Full Monty
10	Titanic
8	Mrs Brown
7	Romeo + Juliet
5	The Wings of the Dove
4	Nil by Mouth
2	Boogie Nights
	The Borrowers
	The Ice Storm
	Wilde

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Romeo + Juliet
3	The Full Monty
2	L.A. Confidential
	Mrs Brown
	Nil by Mouth
	The Wings of the Dove

References

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^ "Winners of the 1998 Bafta film awards". BBC News. 19 April 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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^ "Full Monty tops Bafta list". BBC News. 10 March 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ Boehm, Erich (9 March 1998). "'Confidential' leads BAFTA noms". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ Watson-Smyth, Kate (10 March 1998). "Monty's Bafta glory leaves Rowan without a bean". The Independent. Retrieved 15 June 2022.