The 45th British Academy Film Awards , more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1992 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1991. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1991.
45th British Academy Film Awards Date 22 March 1992 Site Grosvenor House Hotel Hosted by Michael Aspel Highlights Best Film The Commitments Best Actor Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs Best Actress Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs Most awards The Commitments and Cyrano de Bergerac Most nominations Dances with Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs
Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film , Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. The Silence of the Lambs won the awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Actress (Jodie Foster). It went on to win the same Academy Awards. Alan Rickman was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves . Kate Nelligan (Frankie and Johnny ) won the award for Best Supporting Actress.
The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel.
Winners and nominees
BAFTA Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
BAFTA Special Award Mitzi Cunliffe , Audrey Hepburn and Ridley Scott
BAFTA Special Award for Craft
Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
The Commitments – Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles and Alan ParkerDances with Wolves – Kevin Costner and Jim WilsonThe Silence of the Lambs – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman and Jonathan DemmeThelma & Louise – Mimi Polk Gitlin, Ridley Scott Alan Parker – The Commitments Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter Alan Rickman – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Jamie Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as John Dunbar Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Yvonne Dickinson Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Nina Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Elizabeth Sawyer Alan Rickman – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Bates – Hamlet as King Claudius Andrew Strong – The Commitments as Deco Cuffe Derek Jacobi – Dead Again as Franklyn Madson Kate Nelligan – Frankie and Johnny as Cora Amanda Plummer – The Fisher King as Lydia Sinclair Annette Bening – The Grifters as Myra Langtry Julie Walters – Stepping Out as Vera Truly, Madly, Deeply – Anthony MinghellaThe Fisher King – Richard LaGraveneseGreen Card – Peter WeirThelma & Louise – Callie Khouri The Commitments – Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy DoyleCyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude CarrièreDances with Wolves – Michael BlakeThe Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally Cyrano de Bergerac – Pierre LhommeDances with Wolves – Dean SemlerThe Silence of the Lambs – Tak FujimotoThelma & Louise – Adrian Biddle Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca SquarciapinoEdward Scissorhands – Colleen AtwoodRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves – John BloomfieldValmont – Theodor Pištěk The Commitments – Gerry HamblingDances with Wolves – Neil TravisThe Silence of the Lambs – Craig McKayThelma & Louise – Thom Noble Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle BurkeThe Addams Family – Fern Buchner, Katherine James and Kevin HaneyDances with Wolves – Frank CarrisosaEdward Scissorhands – Ve Neill Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Claude PetitDances with Wolves – John BarryThe Silence of the Lambs – Howard ShoreThelma & Louise – Hans Zimmer Edward Scissorhands – Bo WelchThe Addams Family – Richard MacdonaldCyrano de Bergerac – Ezio FrigerioTerminator 2: Judgment Day – Joseph Nemec III Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary SummersThe Commitments – Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry and Steve PedersonDances with Wolves – Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams IIThe Silence of the Lambs – Skip Lievsay, Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert SkotakBackdraft – Allen Hall, Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael SalomonEdward Scissorhands – Stan WinstonProspero's Books – Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz and Masao Yamaguchi The Harmfulness of Tobacco – Barry Palin and Nick HammBreath of Life – Navin ThaparMan Descending – Neil Grieve and Ray LorenzTrauma – Gerhard Johannes Rekel Balloon – Ken LidsterAdam – Chris Moll and Peter LordAnamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy QuayTouch – Debra Smith The Nasty Girl – Michael VerhoevenCyrano de Bergerac – Rene Cleitman, Michel Seydoux and Jean-Paul RappeneauThe Hairdresser's Husband – Thierry de Ganay and Patrice LeconteToto the Hero – Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys and Jaco Van Dormael
Statistics Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 9 Dances with Wolves The Silence of the Lambs 8 Cyrano de Bergerac Thelma & Louise 6 The Commitments 4 Edward Scissorhands 3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Truly, Madly, Deeply 2 The Addams Family The Fisher King Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 4 The Commitments Cyrano de Bergerac 2 The Silence of the Lambs Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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