51st British Academy Film Awards

51st British Academy Film Awards
Date	April 18, 1998
Highlights
Best Film	The Full Monty
Best British Film	Nil by Mouth
Best Actor	Robert Carlyle; The Full Monty
Best Actress	Judi Dench; Mrs. Brown
Most awards	Romeo + Juliet (4)
Most nominations	L.A. Confidential (12)
	← 50th; BAFTA Awards; 52nd →;

The 51st BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 18 April 1998, honoured the best in film for 1997.

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film. Nil by Mouth from director Gary Oldman won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.

The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner ^[1]

Winners and nominees

4 / 7 Romeo + Juliet: Best Director, Film Music, Production Design and Screenplay - Adapted
3 / 11 The Full Monty: Best Actor, Film and Supporting Actor (+ the Audience Award)
2 / 9 Mrs. Brown: Best Actress & Costume Design
2 / 12 L.A. Confidential: Best Sound & Editing

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