Established in 1973 this film award is given to outstanding achievement in British film by the British newspaper Evening Standard. The annual ceremony is held at the Savoy Hotel in London. In honorary of Peter Sellers there is also a Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for the best British comedies and comedians. Headlines of the Evening standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo station The Evening Standard is a newspaper published in London. ... This article is about the Savoy Hotel in London. ... The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben London and the Regions of England London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of approximately 13,945,000 [1]. Londons population includes... Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980), better known as Peter Sellers, was an English comedian, comic actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show, before embarking on a successful film career. ...

Besides the BAFTA and the British Independent Film Awards it is one the of the most important film awards in the United Kingdom. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The British Independent Film Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate achievement in independently funded British movies. ...

Criteria

The Evening Standard British Film Award was formerly known as Evening News British Film Award. It is a silver Eros statuette. The winners are choosen by a jury of 5 movie critics from a list of all UK-made films and movie performances which were run in the British cinemas during the preceding year.

The awards are given in the following categories:

Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, Best Screenplay, Technical Achievement, Most Promising Newcomer and The Alexander Walker Special Award.

Previous winners (Best Picture)

• 2004: Vera Drake
• 2003: Touching the Void
• 2002: Dirty Pretty Things
• 2001: Gosford Park
• 2000: Topsy-Turvy
• 1999: East is East
• 1998: The General
• 1997: The Full Monty
• 1996: Richard III
• 1995: The Madness of King George
• 1994: In the Name of the Father
• 1993: Raining Stones
• 1992: Howards End
• 1991: Close my Eyes
• 1990: The Krays
• 1989: Henry V
• 1988: A Fish Called Wanda
• 1987: Hope and Glory
• 1986: A Room with a View
• 1985: My Beautiful Laundrette
• 1984: Nineteen Eighty-Four
• 1983: The Ploughman's Lunch
• 1982: Moonlighting
• 1981: The French Lieutenant's Woman
• 1980: Yanks
• 1979: Death on the Nile
• 1978: Star Wars
• 1977: A Bridge too Far
• 1976: Aces High
• 1975: Murder on the Orient Express
• 1974: Live and Let Die
• 1973: Ryan's Daughter

Vera Drake (2004) is a British film directed by Mike Leigh. ... Touching the Void is a book by Joe Simpson recounting the true story of Simpsons and Simon Yates disastrous and near tragic attempt to climb the 6344 meter (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. ... This article is about the film Dirty Pretty Things. ... Movie poster for Gosford Park Gosford Park is a 2001 film, directed by Robert Altman. ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... East is East was a movie (released in 1999) of a mixed Pakistani-English household in Salford, Manchester in 1971. ... The Full Monty is a 1997 comedy film, a story of six unemployed British steel workers who decide to form a male striptease act. ... Richard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play Richard III, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, and Robert Downey Jr. ... The Madness of King George is a 1994 film which tells the story of King George III of the United Kingdoms deteriorating mental health, and the equally declining relationship between him and his son, the Prince of Wales. ... In the Name of the Father is a 1993 film directed by Jim Sheridan which tells the story of a man, falsely convicted of the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing, who tries to prevent his father from being involved in the accusation. ... Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells the story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. ... The Krays was a 1990 movie based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays. ... Henry reads of the French dead after the battle of Agincourt Henry V is a 1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based upon the Shakespeare play. ... A Fish Called Wanda is a movie released in 1988 by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton. ... Hope and Glory is a 1987 film which tells the story of a boy growing up in the Blitz in London during World War II. The film is a pseudoautobiographical account of writer/director John Boormans early life. ... A Room with a View is a novel by E. M. Forster that tells the story of a young Englishwoman whose encounter with a handsome young man in Florence may interfere with her marriage plans. ... My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... DVD cover for 1984 1984 (sometimes Nineteen Eighty-Four) is a British film based upon the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, released in the eponymous year in the UK, although not until 1985 in the United States. ... The French Lieutenants Woman is a 1969 novel by John Fowles. ... Death on the Nile is an Agatha Christie novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired from multiple myths and classic stories. ... A Bridge Too Far is a book by Cornelius Ryan, published in 1974, which tells the story of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to force a break in German lines at Arnhem in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. The book was filmed under the same title... Aces High is a combat flight simulator software program for the PC created by HiTech Creations and released on May 8, 2000. ... Murder on the Orient Express (Collins, London, 1934) also called Murder on the Calais Coach (Dodd Mead, New York, 1934) is a 1934 novel by Agatha Christie, made into a 1974 movie entitled The book was first published in Saturday Evening Post, from July 1 to September 30, 1933. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... Ryans Daughter is a 1970 film which tells the story of an Irish girl who has an affair with an English soldier during World War I, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours. ...

External links

Internet Movie Data Base