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British political thriller The Constant Gardener leads the field at the Bafta film awards with 10 nominations.
The John le Carre adaptation picked up nominations for best film, best actor for Ralph Fiennes and best actress for Golden Globe winner Rachel Weisz.

Ang Lee's poignant love story Brokeback Mountain and racial drama Crash both received nine nominations.

The awards ceremony takes place in London on 19 February, hosted by Stephen Fry

The Constant Gardener, Brokeback Mountain and Crash were nominated in the best film category, alongside Capote and Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck received six nominations, including best original screenplay and best director for George Clooney.

Clooney is shortlisted for a total of four Baftas, including best supporting actor nominations for Good Night, and Good Luck and oil thriller Syriana.

Joe Wright's critically acclaimed adaptation of Pride & Prejudice also received six nominations, as did Rob Marshall's adaptation of best-selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha.

The Constant Gardener follows diplomat Justin Quayle (Fiennes) as he attempts to get to the bottom of his wife's death in northern Kenya.

Fiennes faces competition in the leading actor category from Oscar favourite Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote.

Joaquin Phoenix - who stars as the late Johnny Cash in Walk the Line - and David Strathairn as broadcaster Ed Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck are also nominated in that category.


Dench is considered Bafta royalty with 10 film nominations to date

Weisz, who won best supporting actress at the Golden Globes on Sunday, vies with Dame Judi Dench, for British comedy Mrs Henderson Presents.

They compete in the leading actress category against Charlize Theron for North Country, Ziyi Zhang for Memoirs of a Geisha and Reece Witherspoon for Walk the Line.

In the best director category, Golden Globe winner Ang Lee goes head to head with Clooney, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener, Bennet Miller for Capote and Paul Haggis for Crash.

Special achievement

Crash also received three nominations in the supporting acting categories - Matt Dillon and Don Cheadle for supporting actor, and Thandie Newton for supporting actress.

Haggis, the screenwriter behind last year's Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby, also received a nomination in the original screenplay category with co-writer Bobby Moresco.

Fellow nominees include Mrs Henderson Presents, Good Night, and Good Luck, Cinderella Man and last year's Oscar contender Hotel Rwanda.


Newton and Dillon both received acting nominations for Crash

Brokeback Mountain, adapted from a short story by E Annie Proulx, leads the contenders for adapted screenplay. Rivals include Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Pride and Prejudice.

Pride & Prejudice is also a contender for best British film, and picked up a nomination for director Joe Wright for the Carl Foreman award, which recognises a special achievement by a British director, writer or producer. Britain's Brenda Blethyn received a nomination in the supporting actress category, but Keira Knightley missed out on a widely anticipated leading actress nomination.

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit received just one nomination for the Alexander Korda award for best British film.

Kung Fu Hustle, Joyeux Noel, Le Grand Voyage, Tsotsi and The Beat That My Heart Skipped compete in the foreign film category.


Best film
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck

Best British film
A Cock and Bull Story
The Constant Gardener
Festival
Pride and Prejudice
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit

Best actor in a leading role
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener

Best actress in a leading role
Charlize Theron - North Country
Judi Dench - Mrs Henderson Presents
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line
Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha

Best actor in a supporting role
Don Cheadle - Crash
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney - Syriana
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Matt Dillon - Crash

Best actress in a supporting role
Brenda Blethyn - Pride and Prejudice
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Thandie Newton - Crash

Original screenplay
Cinderella Man - Cliff Hollingsworth/Akiva Goldsman
Crash - Paul Haggis/Bobby Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney/Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda - Keir Pearson/Terry George
Mrs Henderson Presents - Martin Sherman

Adapted screenplay
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry/Diana Ossana
Capote - Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence - Josh Olson
Pride and Prejudice - Deborah Moggach

The David Lean Award for achievement in direction
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller - Capote
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
Paul Haggis - Crash
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck

The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director/Producer or Writer in their first feature film
David Belton (Producer) - Shooting Dogs
Peter Fudakowski (Producer) - Tsotsi
Annie Griffin (Director/Writer) - Festival
Richard Hawkins (Director) - Everything
Joe Wright (Director) - Pride & Prejudice

Best film not in the English language
De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrete
Le Grand Voyage
Kung Fu Hustle
Joyeux Noel
Tsotsi

The Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in film music
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Mrs Henderson Presents - George Fenton
Walk The Line - T Bone Burnett

Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
March of the Penguins
Memoirs of a Geisha

Editing
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
March of the Penguins

Production design
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha

Costume design
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice

Sound
Batman Begins
The Constant Gardener
Crash
King Kong
Walk the Line

Achievement in special visual effects
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong

Make Up and Hair
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice

Short animation film
Fallen Art
Film Noir
Kamiya's Correspondence
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Rabbit

Short Film
Antonio's Breakfast
Call Register
Heavy Metal Drummer
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran
Lucky

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Interesting to hear the name Paul Haggis come up - as the writer behind Crash (and Million Dollar Baby last year apparently). He wrote one of my favourite TV shows of all time, the very wonderful Due South, just getting repeated after a ten year gap...

Bit of a Bay Window, what??