45th British Academy Film Awards

The 45th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1992, honoured the best films of 1991.

45th British Academy Film Awards
Date	22 March 1992
Highlights
Best Film	The Commitments
Best Actor	Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress	Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs
Most awards	The Commitments & Cyrano de Bergerac (4)
Most nominations	Dances with Wolves & The Silence of the Lambs (9)
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Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. The Silence of the Lambs won the awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Actress (Jodie Foster). It went on to win the same Academy Awards. Alan Rickman was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kate Nelligan (Frankie and Johnny) won the award for Best Supporting Actress.

Winners and nominees

 

Alan Parker, Best Director winner

 

Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor winner

 

Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner

 

Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actor winner

 

Pierre Lhomme, Best Cinematography winner

 

Michael Verhoeven, Best Film Not in the English Language winner

Best Film The Commitments – Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles and Alan Parker Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson The Silence of the Lambs – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman and Jonathan Demme Thelma & Louise – Mimi Polk Gitlin, Ridley Scott	Best Direction Alan Parker – The Commitments Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise
Best Actor in a Leading Role Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter Alan Rickman – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Jamie Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as John Dunbar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Yvonne Dickinson Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Nina Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Rickman – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Bates – Hamlet as King Claudius Andrew Strong – The Commitments as Deco Cuffe Derek Jacobi – Dead Again as Franklyn Madson	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Nelligan – Frankie and Johnny as Cora Amanda Plummer – The Fisher King as Lydia Sinclair Annette Bening – The Grifters as Myra Langtry Julie Walters – Stepping Out as Vera
Best Original Screenplay Truly, Madly, Deeply – Anthony Minghella The Fisher King – Richard LaGravenese Green Card – Peter Weir Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri	Best Adapted Screenplay The Commitments – Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carrière Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally
Best Cinematography Cyrano de Bergerac – Pierre Lhomme Dances with Wolves – Dean Semler The Silence of the Lambs – Tak Fujimoto Thelma & Louise – Adrian Biddle	Best Costume Design Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca Squarciapino Edward Scissorhands – Colleen Atwood Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – John Bloomfield Valmont – Theodor Pištěk
Best Editing The Commitments – Gerry Hambling Dances with Wolves – Neil Travis The Silence of the Lambs – Craig McKay Thelma & Louise – Thom Noble	Best Makeup and Hair Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke The Addams Family – Fern Buchner, Katherine James and Kevin Haney Dances with Wolves – Frank Carrisosa Edward Scissorhands – Ve Neill
Best Original Music Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Claude Petit Dances with Wolves – John Barry The Silence of the Lambs – Howard Shore Thelma & Louise – Hans Zimmer	Best Production Design Edward Scissorhands – Bo Welch The Addams Family – Richard MacDonald Cyrano de Bergerac – Ezio Frigerio Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Joseph Nemec III
Best Sound Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers The Commitments – Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry and Steve Pederson Dances with Wolves – Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams II The Silence of the Lambs – Skip Lievsay, Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman	Best Special Visual Effects Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak Backdraft – Allen Hall, Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon Edward Scissorhands – Stan Winston Prospero's Books – Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz and Masao Yamaguchi
Best Short Film The Harmfulness of Tobacco – Barry Palin and Nick Hamm Breath of Life – Navin Thapar Man Descending – Neil Grieve and Ray Lorenz Trauma – Gerhard Johannes Rekel	Best Short Animation Balloon – Ken Lidster Adam – Chris Moll and Peter Lord Anamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay Touch – Debra Smith
Best Film Not in the English Language The Nasty Girl – Michael Verhoeven Cyrano de Bergerac – Rene Cleitman, Michel Seydoux and Jean-Paul Rappeneau The Hairdresser's Husband – Thierry de Ganay and Patrice Leconte Toto the Hero – Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys and Jaco Van Dormael

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
9	Dances with Wolves
	The Silence of the Lambs
8	Cyrano de Bergerac
	Thelma & Louise
6	The Commitments
4	Edward Scissorhands
3	Terminator 2: Judgment Day
	Truly, Madly, Deeply
2	The Addams Family
	The Fisher King
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	The Commitments
	Cyrano de Bergerac
2	The Silence of the Lambs
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day

See also

• 64th Academy Awards
• 17th César Awards
• 44th Directors Guild of America Awards
• 5th European Film Awards
• 49th Golden Globe Awards
• 3rd Golden Laurel Awards
• 12th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 6th Goya Awards
• 7th Independent Spirit Awards
• 18th Saturn Awards
• 44th Writers Guild of America Awards

References