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 critical assertion forward of subsequent month’s Oscars.
The film earned seven awards in complete, together with greatest movie, greatest director for Nolan, greatest actor for Cillian Murphy and greatest supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Within the movie, Murphy performs J Robert Oppenheimer, the US theoretical physicist typically referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb”, who was haunted by the results 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 most likely did not see myself” when gathering the award on the ceremony in London’s Royal Competition Corridor.
He later informed reporters the success was “mind-blowing”, including he was “thrilled and slightly shocked”.
Regardless of boasting quite a few industrial successes reminiscent of Inception and The Darkish Knight, Nolan had by no means gained the most effective director BAFTA earlier than.
It was Downey Jr’s second BAFTA, having gained the most effective actor gong 31 years in the past for enjoying Charlie Chaplin.
On accepting the award, the US star joked that Nolan suggested he try an understated strategy to the function of Lewis Strauss, a member of the US Atomic Vitality Fee, so as to restore “my dwindling credibility”.