53rd British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 9 April 2000 |
Highlights | |
Best Film | American Beauty |
Best British Film | East Is East |
Best Actor |
Kevin Spacey American Beauty |
Best Actress |
Annette Bening American Beauty |
Most awards | American Beauty (6) |
Most nominations | American Beauty (14) |
The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999.
Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; had won the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Maggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing. East Is East was voted Best British Film.
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Annette Bening - American Beauty
Pedro Almodóvar - All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)