44th British Academy Film Awards
44th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | March 17, 1991 |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Goodfellas |
Best Actor |
Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso |
Best Actress |
Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy |
Most awards | Cinema Paradiso & Goodfellas (5) |
Most nominations | Cinema Paradiso (11) |
The 44th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1991, honoured the best films of 1990.
Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Costume Design. Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Film not in the English Language, Actor (Philippe Noiret) and Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio).
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Actor
Philippe Noiret in Nuovo cinema Paradiso
- Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July
- Robert De Niro in Goodfellas
- Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October
Best Actress
Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy
- Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Salvatore Cascio in Nuovo cinema Paradiso
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Anjelica Huston in Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Billie Whitelaw in The Krays
- Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias
Best Direction
- Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen
- Driving Miss Daisy - Bruce Beresford
- Nuovo cinema Paradiso - Giuseppe Tornatore
Best Original Screenplay
Cinema Paradiso - Giuseppe Tornatore
Best Adapted Screenplay
Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
Best Cinematography
The Sheltering Sky - Vittorio Storaro
Best Costume Design
Goodfellas - Richard Bruno
Best Sound
The Fabulous Baker Boys - J. Paul Huntsman , Stephan von Hase , Chris Jenkins , Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill
Best Editing
Goodfellas - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Special Visual Effects
Best Original Film Score
Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
Best Short Film
Say Good-bye
Best Make Up Artist
Dick Tracy - John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler