James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan in Atonement (top); Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (middle); Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (bottom)
According to Variety, among the eligible films utterly ignored by British Academy of Film are The Great Debaters, Grace Is Gone, The Savages, Hallam Foe, When Did You Last See Your Father?, and Half Nelson.
I'm Not There and Away from Her only managed one mention a piece, for Cate Blanchett and Julie Christie, respectively.
Half Nelson apparently suffered the fate of other films that arrive in the UK after the Oscar ballyhoo is over for them. Letters from Iwo Jima, which appears twice (adapted screenplay and special visual effects) in the longlists, probably suffered for the same reason. Both are so 2006.
Another 2006 release, The Lives of Others, which can be found in several major categories including best film, is this year's exception to that rule.
Needless to say, Hollywood productions or co-productions dominate the BAFTA list. Smaller independent British films — no matter how well-received upon their release (e.g., This Is England, Brick Lane) — fared rather poorly, with only Control as this year's exception to that particular rule.
FILM
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Charlie Wilson's War
Control
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
DIRECTOR
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTOR
Christian Bale (Dan Evans) – 3:10 to Yuma
Daniel Day-Lewis (Daniel Plainview) – There Will Be Blood
Denzel Washington (Frank Lucas) – American Gangster
Emile Hirsch (Chris McCandless) – Into the Wild
George Clooney (Michael Clayton) – Michael Clayton
James McAvoy (Robbie Turner) – Atonement
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Josh Brolin (Llewelyn Moss) – No Country for Old Men
Matt Damon (Jason Bourne) – The Bourne Ultimatum
Russell Crowe (Ben Wade) – 3:10 to Yuma
Sam Riley (Ian Curtis) – Control
Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson) – Charlie Wilson's War
Tommy Lee Jones (Hank Deerfield) – In the Valley of Elah
Ulrich Mühe (Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler) – The Lives of Others
Viggo Mortensen (Nikolai) – Eastern Promises
LEADING ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie (Mariane Pearl) – A Mighty Heart
Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth I) – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Charlize Theron (Emily Sanders) – In the Valley of Elah
Ellen Page (Juno MacGuff) – Juno
Halle Berry (Audrey Burke) – Things We Lost in the Fire
Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs Lovett) – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Julie Christie (Fiona Andersson) – Away from Her
Katherine Heigl (Alison Scott) – Knocked Up
Keira Knightley (Cecilia Tallis) – Atonement
Marion Cotillard (Edith Piaf) – La Vie en Rose
Marketa Irglova (Girl) – Once
Martina Gedeck (Christa-Maria Sieland) – The Lives of Others
Naomi Watts (Anna) – Eastern Promises
Nikki Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad) – Hairspray
Tang Wei (Wong Chai Chi/Mak Tai Tai) – Lust, Caution
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (Young Hassan) – The Kite Runner
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Semyon) – Eastern Promises
Casey Affleck (Robert Ford) – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Huey Lucas) – American Gangster
Clive Owen (Sir Walter Raleigh) – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Geoffrey Rush (Sir Francis Walsingham) – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hal Holbrook (Ron Franz) – Into the Wild
Javier Bardem (Anton Chigurh) – No Country for Old Men
John Travolta (Edna Turnblad) – Hairspray
Paul Dano (Eli Sunday/Paul Sunday) – There Will Be Blood
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Gust Avrakotos) – Charlie Wilson's War
Russell Crowe (Detective Richie Roberts) – American Gangster
Tom Wilkinson (Arthur Edens) – Michael Clayton
Tommy Lee Jones (Ed Tom Bell) – No Country for Old Men
Vincent Cassel (Kirill) – Eastern Promises
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff) – Juno
Brenda Blethyn (Grace Turner) – Atonement
Cate Blanchett (Jude) – I'm Not There
Catherine Keener (Jan Burres) – Into the Wild
Joan Allen (Pamela Landy) – The Bourne Ultimatum
Julia Roberts (Joanne Herring) – Charlie Wilson's War
Kelly MacDonald (Carla Jean Moss) – No Country for Old Men
Michelle Pfeiffer (Lamia) – Stardust
Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma Von Tussle) – Hairspray
Romola Garai (Briony Tallis – aged 18) – Atonement
Samantha Morton (Debbie Curtis) – Control
Samantha Morton (Mary Stuart) – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Saoirse Ronan (Briony Tallis – aged 13) – Atonement
Tilda Swinton (Karen Crowder) – Michael Clayton
Vanessa Redgrave (Older Briony) – Atonement