The Bafta Awards

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2496

Date Released

3 Apr 1977

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Bafta Awards
2. 2The Royal Film Performance

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: BAFTA Awards. DESCRIPTION: The 1976 British Film And Television Academy Awards were presented by the Academy’s President HRH The Princess Anne. This year the Awards Ceremony had a new venue, the Wembley Conference Centre. The film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest" took many of the Cinema Awards, including Best Actor and Actress. Sian Phillips and Derek Jacobi collected the top TV Awards for their performances in "I Claudius". SHOTLIST: Pull focus into BAFTA Award. GV guests applauding. CU Princess Anne. SV Anne with Mark Phillips and other VIPS. SV Esther Rantzen and Roger Moore. SV Annette Crosbie announcing Best TV Actor. Derek Jacobi receives award from Princess Anne. Film clip from TV’s ‘I Claudius’. SV guests applauding. GV Sian Phillips receives award for Best TV Actress. SV guests. SV Rita Moreno announces Production Team winners for the Muppet Show - film clip from same. Frankie Howerd announces winner Best Light Entertainment - Penelope Keith on screen receives award from Peter Barkworth. CU Frankie Howerd. CU on screen Penelope Keith. SV guests including Percy Livingstone and wife. GV Jodie Foster receives award for Best Supporting Actress. SV Rantzen and Moore applauding. SV Michael Caine announces winner Best Direction - Milos Forman receives award. GV guests applauding. CU Paul Saentz receives award for Best Film - ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’. Louise Reiner announces Best Film Actor - Jack Nicholson. Film clip from ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’. GV Louise Fletcher receives award on behalf of Nicholson. Omar Sharif announces Best Film Actress - Louise Fletcher who receives award. CU Academy Award pull to out of focus.

Keywords

Royalty; Performing arts; Awards and honours; Television

Locations

London; England; Wembley; Middlesex; Wembley Conference Centre

Card file number

77/61

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

261

Story extras:

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