51st British Academy Film Awards


The 51st BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 19 April 1998, honoured the best in film for 1997.
Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film. Nil by Mouth from director Gary Oldman won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.
The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner.

Winners and nominees


The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini
Baz Luhrmann – Romeo + Juliet
  • Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
  • James Cameron – Titanic
  • Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty
Robert Carlyle – The Full Monty as Gary Schofield
Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria
Tom Wilkinson – The Full Monty as Arthur Cooper
Sigourney Weaver – The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
Nil by Mouth – Gary Oldman
Romeo + Juliet – Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann
The Wings of the Dove – Eduardo Serra
Mrs Brown – Deirdre Clancy
L.A. Confidential – Peter Honess
The Wings of the Dove – Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald
Romeo + Juliet – Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries
Romeo + Juliet – Catherine Martin
L.A. Confidential – Terry Rodman, Roland Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque
The Fifth Element – Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould and Nick Dudman
Nil by Mouth – Luc Besson, Douglas Urbanski and Gary Oldman
The Apartment – Georges Benayoun and Gilles Mimouni
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
The Deadness of Dad – Mandy Sprague, Philippa Cousins and Stephen Volk

Statistics

AwardsFilm
4Romeo + Juliet
3The Full Monty
2L.A. Confidential
2Mrs Brown
2Nil by Mouth
2The Wings of the Dove