Slumdog wins BAFTA Best Picture

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Slumdog wins BAFTA Best Picture

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:36 pm

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST SOUND: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Michael O’Connor, The Duchess

BEST MUSIC: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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