41st British Academy Film Awards

The 41st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1988, honoured the best in film for 1987.

41st British Academy Film Awards
Date	1988
Highlights
Best Film	Jean de Florette
Best Actor	Sean Connery The Name of the Rose
Best Actress	Anne Bancroft 84 Charing Cross Road
Most awards	Jean de Florette (4)
Most nominations	Hope and Glory (13)
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Winners and nominees

 

Oliver Stone, Best Director winner

 

Sean Connery, Best Actor winner

 

Anne Bancroft, Best Actress winner

 

Daniel Auteuil, Best Supporting Actor winner

 

Bruno Nuytten, Best Cinematography winner

 

Ennio Morricone, Best Original Score winner

Best Film Jean de Florette – Claude Berri Cry Freedom – Richard Attenborough Hope and Glory – John Boorman Radio Days – Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen	Best Direction Oliver Stone – Platoon^[1] Claude Berri – Jean de Florette John Boorman – Hope and Glory Richard Attenborough – Cry Freedom^[2]
Best Actor in a Leading Role Sean Connery – The Name of the Rose as William of Baskerville Gary Oldman – Prick Up Your Ears as Joe Orton Gérard Depardieu – Jean de Florette as Jean Cadoret Yves Montand – Jean de Florette as Cesar Soubeyran	Best Actress in a Leading Role Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road as Helene Hanff Emily Lloyd – Wish You Were Here as Lynda Mansell Julie Walters – Personal Services as Christine Painter Sarah Miles – Hope and Glory as Grace Rowan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Daniel Auteuil – Jean de Florette as Ugolin Ian Bannen – Hope and Glory as Grandfather George John Thaw – Cry Freedom as Jimmy Kruger Sean Connery – The Untouchables as Jimmy Malone	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Susan Wooldridge – Hope and Glory as Molly Dianne Wiest – Radio Days as Aunt Bea Judi Dench – 84 Charing Cross Road as Nora Doel Vanessa Redgrave – Prick Up Your Ears as Peggy Ramsay
Best Original Screenplay Wish You Were Here – David Leland Hope and Glory – John Boorman Personal Services – David Leland Radio Days – Woody Allen	Best Adapted Screenplay Jean de Florette – Claude Berri and Gérard Brach 84 Charing Cross Road – Hugh Whitemore Little Dorrit – Christine Edzard Prick Up Your Ears – Alan Bennett
Best Cinematography Jean de Florette – Bruno Nuytten Cry Freedom – Ronnie Taylor Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot Platoon – Robert Richardson	Best Costume Design Radio Days – Jeffrey Kurland Hope and Glory – Shirley Ann Russell Little Dorrit – Sands Films The Untouchables – Marilyn Vance
Best Editing Platoon – Claire Simpson Cry Freedom – Lesley Walker Hope and Glory – Ian Crafford Radio Days – Susan E. Morse	Best Makeup and Hair The Name of the Rose – Hasso Von Hugo The Fly – Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis Hope and Glory – Anna Dryhurst Jean de Florette – Michele Dernelle and Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Best Original Music The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone Cry Freedom – George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa Hope and Glory – Peter Martin Wish You Were Here – Stanley Myers	Best Production Design Radio Days – Santo Loquasto Hope and Glory – Anthony D. G. Pratt Jean de Florette – Bernard Vezat The Untouchables – William A. Elliott
Best Sound Cry Freedom – Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys Full Metal Jacket – Nigel Galf, Edward Tise and Andy Nelson Hope and Glory – Ron Davis, Peter Handford and John Hayward Radio Days – Bob Hein, James Sabat and Lee Dichter	Best Special Visual Effects The Witches of Eastwick – Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones and Bruce Walters The Fly – Chris Walas, Jon Berg, Louis Craig and Hoyt Yeatman Full Metal Jacket – John Evans Little Shop of Horrors – Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge, Lyle Conway and Richard Conway
Best Documentary Baka – People of the Rainforest – Phil Agland Forty Minutes: Home from the Hill – Molly Dineen Fourteen Days in May – Paul Hamann Man-Eating Tigers / Saving the Tiger – Naresh Bedi	Best Film Not in the English Language The Sacrifice – Anna-Lena Wibom and Andrei Tarkovsky Jean de Florette – Claude Berri Manon des Sources – Claude Berri My Life as a Dog – Waldemar Bergendahl and Lasse Hallström
Best Short Animation The Reluctant Dragon – Bridget Appleby Fireman Sam – Ian Frampton and John Walker The Shoe People – Tony Barnes and Clennell Rawson The Wind in the Willows – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall	Best Short Film Artisten – Jonas Grimås After Maria – Jean-Claude Robert The Short and Curlies – Mike Leigh Treacle – Peter Chelsom

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
13	Hope and Glory
10	Jean de Florette
7	Cry Freedom
	Radio Days
4	The Untouchables
3	84 Charing Cross Road
	Platoon
	Prick Up Your Ears
	Wish You Were Here
2	The Fly
	Full Metal Jacket
	Little Dorrit
	The Name of the Rose
	Personal Services

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Jean de Florette
2	The Name of the Rose
	Platoon
	Radio Days

See also

• 60th Academy Awards
• 13th César Awards
• 40th Directors Guild of America Awards
• 1st European Film Awards
• 45th Golden Globe Awards
• 8th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 2nd Goya Awards
• 3rd Independent Spirit Awards
• 14th Saturn Awards
• 40th Writers Guild of America Awards

References

1. "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
2. Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.