Spanish actor Javier Bardem continues his string of successes and winning awards from his chilling performance as the psychopathic murderer Anton Cigurgh in the latest film by the Cohen brothers,
No Country for Old Men. This time it has been at the awards ceremony of the British Academy of Television Arts (BAFTA), held on Monday night, which gave Bardem the award for Best Supporting Actor of 2007. This award adds one more to a string of equally important prizes, such as the Golden Globe the Spanish actor received last month or the New York Film Critics Circle a few days earlier. The actor now has more than a dozen awards for his work with the Cohen brothers. Bardem would seem to be Spains international star these days, which places him all-the-better in the run-up to the Oscars. This award ceremony will next be held on 24th February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angles. Hollywood will be ready go all out to celebrate now that it appears that the script-writers strike has ended. Other films and professionals awarded at the BAFTA Awards also give clues to which may be the favorites going into the Academy Awards. At the BAFTA event,
Atonement was chosen as Best Film, and Daniel Day Lewis got Best Actor for the film
There Will Be Blood. Best Screenplay (Original) went to Diablo Cody for
Juno, and Best Screenplay (Adapted) was awarded to Ronald Harwood for
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, directed by Julian Schnabel. The Award for Achievement in Direction was given to the Cohen brothers, so they return to the US delighted just ahead of the Oscars, along with Bardem, with their film currently the top winner internationally.
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Javier Bardem as Anton Cigurgh in No Country for Old Men
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