Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic film concerning the creation of the atomic bomb, swept the board at Sunday’s (Feb 18) BAFTA movie awards in London, delivering a severe assertion forward of subsequent month’s Oscars.
The film earned seven awards in complete, together with finest movie, finest director for Nolan, finest actor for Cillian Murphy and finest supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Within the movie, Murphy performs J Robert Oppenheimer, the US theoretical physicist usually referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb”, who was haunted by the implications of his creation.
The movie has grossed greater than US$1 billion, already gained huge on the Golden Globes and Critics Selection Awards and is now the clear frontrunner for Oscars glory.
It was Murphy’s first BAFTA, and he thanked Nolan for “seeing one thing in me I in all probability did not see myself” when accumulating the award on the ceremony in London’s Royal Competition Corridor.
He later advised reporters the success was “mind-blowing”, including he was “thrilled and a little bit shocked”.
Regardless of boasting quite a few business successes corresponding to Inception and The Darkish Knight, Nolan had by no means gained one of the best director BAFTA earlier than.
It was Downey Jr’s second BAFTA, having gained one of the best actor gong 31 years in the past for taking part in Charlie Chaplin.
On accepting the award, the US star joked that Nolan suggested he try an understated method to the position of Lewis Strauss, a member of the US Atomic Power Fee, with the intention to restore “my dwindling credibility”.