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British Academy Film Awards

40th edition

  • March 22, 1987
  • United Kingdom

The 40th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1987 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1986. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1986.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
A Room with a View Ismail Merchant, James Ivory - as producer(s) Winner
Hannah and Her Sisters Robert Greenhut, Woody Allen - as producer(s)
The Mission Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam, Roland Joffé - as producer(s)
Mona Lisa Stephen Woolley, Patrick Cassavetti, Neil Jordan - as producer(s)
Best Directing
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen Winner
A Room with a View James Ivory
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan
The Mission Roland Joffé
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Mona Lisa Bob Hoskins Winner
Hannah and Her Sisters Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen
Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan
Best Actress in a Leading Role
A Room with a View Maggie Smith Winner
Mona Lisa Cathy Tyson
Out of Africa Meryl Streep
Hannah and Her Sisters Mia Farrow
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Mission Ray McAnally Winner
A Room with a View Denholm Elliott
A Room with a View Simon Callow
Out of Africa Klaus Maria Brandauer
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
A Room with a View Judi Dench Winner
A Room with a View Rosemary Leach
Hannah and Her Sisters Barbara Hershey
After Hours Rosanna Arquette
Best Original Screenplay
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen Winner
Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
The Mission Robert Bolt
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan, David Leland
Best Adapted Screenplay
Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke Winner
Children of a Lesser God Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
The Color Purple Menno Meyjes
Ran Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best International Feature Film
Ran Serge Silberman, Masato Hara, Akira Kurosawa Winner
Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix
Ginger and Fred Alberto Grimaldi, Federico Fellini
Otello Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Franco Zeffirelli
Best Documentary Feature Film
Shoah Claude Lanzmann Winner
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema Alan Parker
Prisoner of Consciousness John Dollar
The Fishing Party Paul Watson
Best Cinematography
Out of Africa David Watkin Winner
The Mission Chris Menges
Ran Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda
A Room with a View Tony Pierce-Roberts
Best Original Score
The Mission Ennio Morricone Winner
Out of Africa John Barry
A Room with a View Richard Robbins
'Round Midnight Herbie Hancock
Best Film Editing
The Mission Jim Clark Winner
Hannah and Her Sisters Susan E. Morse
Mona Lisa Lesley Walker
A Room with a View Humphrey Dixon
Best Sound
Out of Africa Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford, Chris Jenkins Winner
Aliens Don Sharpe, Roy Charman, Graham V. Hartstone
The Mission Ian Fuller, Bill Rowe, Clive Winter
A Room with a View Tony Lenny, Ray Beckett, Richard King
Best Production Design
A Room with a View Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow Winner
Aliens Peter Lamont
The Mission Stuart Craig
Ran Yoshirō Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
Best Costume Design
A Room with a View Jenny Beavan, John Bright Winner
The Mission Enrico Sabbatini
Out of Africa Milena Canonero
Ran Emi Wada
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ran Shohichiro Meda, Tameyuki Aimi, Chihako Naito, Noriko Takamizawa Winner
Aliens Peter Robb-King
Dreamchild Jenny Shircore
Sid and Nancy Peter Frampton
Best Special Effects
Aliens Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Stan Winston, Suzanne M. Benson Winner
Dreamchild Duncan Kenworthy, John Stephenson, Chris Carr
Labyrinth Roy Field, Brian Froud, George Gibbs, Tony Dunsterville
The Mission Peter Hutchinson
BAFTA Fellowship
Federico Fellini Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
The Film Production Executives Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • A Room with a View 5
  • The Mission 3
  • Out of Africa 3
  • Hannah and Her Sisters 2
  • Ran 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • A Room with a View 14
  • The Mission 11
  • Hannah and Her Sisters 8
  • Out of Africa 7
  • Mona Lisa 6
  • Ran 6
  • Aliens 4

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • A Room with a View 5 / 14
  • The Mission 3 / 11
  • Hannah and Her Sisters 2 / 8
  • Mona Lisa 1 / 6
  • Out of Africa 3 / 7
  • Ran 2 / 6
  • Aliens 1 / 4

Only one nomination

13 movies:
  • After Hours
  • Betty Blue
  • Children of a Lesser God
  • The Color Purple
  • The Fishing Party
  • Ginger and Fred
  • Labyrinth
  • Otello
  • Prisoner of Consciousness
  • 'Round Midnight
  • Shoah
  • Sid and Nancy
  • A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

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