Atonement Dominates BAFTA Nominations January 17, 2008
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While still riding high from winning Best Picture at the recent Golden Globes, Atonement receieved more good news when BAFTA announced that the British movie led the nominations with a whopping fourteen nods.
 It earnt recognition in the big four categories Best Picture, Best Director, for Joe Wright, Best Actreess, for Keira Knightley and Best Actor for James McAvoy.
Joining Atonement in the Best Picture category is  Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, The Lives of Others, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood.
Knightley will once again go head to head with fellow Brit Julie Christie, smoking hot fave for the Oscar, Â for Best Actress with Cate Blanchett, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page grabbing the other three nominations.
 There are also two Brits, James McAvoy and Daniel Day Lewis, in the Best Actor category with Lewis hoping to repeat his Golden Globe success. George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen and Ulrich Muehe completing the category.
While British talent had something to celebrate there were shocks all round when Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring his old mate and audience fave Johnny Depp, failed to be nominated in any of the major categories.
The film received two Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy and Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy at last weekend’s Globes and is tipped for Oscar recognition.
On the bright side the BAFTA’s should go ahead more smoothly without the threat of disruption from the strikig writers as the strike doesn’t effect the UK.Â
And due to the cancelling of the star studded Globes ceremony BAFTA organisers are expected a large number of A-List celebrities to role up in London on 10th Feb.Â
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