Atonement leads the pack at Bafta nominationsFresh from its success at Sunday's Golden Globes, Atonement looks the film to beat at next month's Baftas. Joe Wright's adaptation of the Ian McEwan Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is an English novelist. Biography McEwan was born in Aldershot in England and spent much of his childhood in East Asia, Germany and North Africa, where his army officer father was posted. bestseller racked up an astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. 14 nominations, including best film, director, actor and actress. The Coen brothers' acclaimed No Country For Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson's oil saga There Will Be Blood were in joint second place with nine nominations apiece Atonement has home turf advantage at an awards ceremony with a long-standing British bias. Wright's drama will obviously be aiming to take the crowning best film Bafta, where it is listed alongside American Gangster, The Lives of Others, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. But it also looks a shoo-in to win the sister prize of best British film. The other nominees in this category are Control, The Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. Ultimatum, This is England and Eastern Promises. Globe winner Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April, 1957) is an Academy-Award winning and Golden Globe-award nominated actor. Born in London, England, he became an Irish citizen in 1993. appears the frontrunner in the race for best actor, thanks to his performance in There Will Be Blood. He is joined by George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER (Michael Clayton), James McAvoy James Andrew McAvoy (April 21, 1979[1]) is a BAFTA-winning Scottish actor. Biography Personal life McAvoy was born in Scotstoun, Glasgow, the son of Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a psychiatric nurse, and James McAvoy, a builder. (Atonement), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) and the late Ulrich Muhe (The Lives of Others). "In a year of such fine performances, it is a lovely thing to be included amongst them," Day-Lewis said in a statement. "And in a year of exceptional films, that ours has been so fully recognised is the best news of all." The best actress Bafta looks more open, with Globe winner Julie Christie (Away From Her) and Keira Knightley (Atonement) both installed as the early favourites. The other nominees are Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. She has also won various awards, most notably including two SAGs and two BAFTAs, making her one of a few actors who won all (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Marion Cottilard (La Vie en Rose) and 20-year-old Ellen Page Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her starring role in Hard Candy and as Kitty Pryde in . She had previously received attention, particularly in her native Canada, for award-winning roles in Pit Pony (Juno). The race for the best director Bafta is between Joe Wright (Atonement), Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum), Florian von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others), Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men) and Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood). Tipped as a possible winner at next month's Academy Awards, Tim Burton's acclaimed musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came away with a scant two nominations (for costume design and make-up and hair). Bafta organisers reportedly did not send screeners of the film out to voters, claiming that it was not finished in time. Nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced at Bafta's London headquarters this morning by the actors Naomie Harris and Kelly Reilly. The awards ceremony follows on Sunday February 10. This year's Baftas could well prove a high point for the awards. With the Golden Globes crippled by the ongoing US writers' strike and the Oscars similarly threatened, the ceremony could find itself with a monopoly on A-list nominees, lavishing it with a profile and prestige beyond the organisers' wildest dreams. 
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