40th British Academy Film Awards
Date	22 March 1987
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted by	Ronnie Corbett Ronnie Barker
Highlights
Best Film	A Room with a View
Best Actor	Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa
Best Actress	Maggie Smith A Room with a View
Most awards	A Room with a View (5)
Most nominations	A Room with a View (14)
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The 40th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1987 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1986. 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 1986.

James Ivory's A Room with a View won awards for Best Film, Actress, Supporting Actress, Production Design and Costume Design.^[1] Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by Woody Allen, won two awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay-Original.^[2]

The ceremony was hosted by The Two Ronnies stars, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker.^[3]

Winners and nominees

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Federico Fellini

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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The Film Production Executives

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film A Room with a View – Ismail Merchant and James Ivory Hannah and Her Sisters – Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen The Mission – Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam and Roland Joffé Mona Lisa – Stephen Woolley, Patrick Cassavetti and Neil Jordan	Best Direction Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters James Ivory – A Room with a View Neil Jordan – Mona Lisa Roland Joffé – The Mission
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa* as George** Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliot Paul Hogan – Crocodile Dundee as Michael Dundee Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters as Mickey	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Maggie Smith – A Room with a View* as Charlotte Bartlett** Cathy Tyson – Mona Lisa as Simone Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen Mia Farrow – Hannah and Her Sisters as Hannah
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Ray McAnally – The Mission* as Cardinal Altamirano** Denholm Elliott – A Room with a View as Emerson Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa as Bror and Hans Simon Callow – A Room with a View as Beebe	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Judi Dench – A Room with a View* as Eleanor Lavish** Barbara Hershey – Hannah and Her Sisters as Lee Rosanna Arquette – After Hours as Marcy Franklin Rosemary Leach – A Room with a View as Mrs. Honeychurch
Best Original Screenplay Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen Crocodile Dundee – Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell The Mission – Robert Bolt Mona Lisa – Neil Jordan and David Leland	Best Adapted Screenplay Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke Children of a Lesser God – Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff The Color Purple – Menno Meyjes Ran – Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Cinematography Out of Africa – David Watkin The Mission – Chris Menges Ran – Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda A Room with a View – Tony Pierce-Roberts	Best Costume Design A Room with a View – Jenny Beavan and John Bright The Mission – Enrico Sabbatini Out of Africa – Milena Canonero Ran – Emi Wada
Best Editing The Mission – Jim Clark Hannah and Her Sisters – Susan E. Morse Mona Lisa – Lesley Walker A Room with a View – Humphrey Dixon	Best Makeup and Hair Ran – Shohichiro Meda, Tameyuki Aimi, Chihako Naito and Noriko Takamizawa Aliens – Peter Robb-King Dreamchild – Jenny Shircore Sid and Nancy – Peter Frampton
Best Original Music The Mission – Ennio Morricone Out of Africa – John Barry A Room with a View – Richard Robbins Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock	Best Production Design A Room with a View – Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow Aliens – Peter Lamont The Mission – Stuart Craig Ran – Yoshirō Muraki and Shinobu Muraki
Best Sound Out of Africa – Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins Aliens – Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone The Mission – Ian Fuller, Bill Rowe and Clive Winter A Room with a View – Tony Lenny, Ray Beckett and Richard King	Best Special Visual Effects Aliens – Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Stan Winston and Suzanne M. Benson Dreamchild – Duncan Kenworthy, John Stephenson and Chris Carr Labyrinth – Roy Field, Brian Froud, George Gibbs and Tony Dunsterville The Mission – Peter Hutchinson
Best Documentary Shoah – Claude Lanzmann British Cinema: Personal View A Turnip Head's Guide to the British Cinema – Alan Parker Equinox: Prisoner of Consciousness – John Dollar Forty Minutes: The Fishing Party – Paul Watson Omnibus: The Mission – Robin Laugh Viewpoint 86: Afghanistan: The Agony of a Nation – Sandy Gall	Best Film Not in the English Language Ran – Serge Silberman, Masato Hara and Akira Kurosawa Betty Blue – Jean-Jacques Beineix Ginger and Fred – Alberto Grimaldi and Federico Fellini Otello – Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus and Franco Zeffirelli
Best Short Animation SuperTed – David Edwards and Robin Lyons Danger Mouse – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey – David Hiller Paddington Goes to School – Martin Pullen Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends – Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton The Wind in the Willows – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall	Best Short Film La Boule – Simon Shore King's Christmas – Graham Dixon Mohammed's Daughter – Suri Krishnamma Night Movie – Gur Heller

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
14	A Room with a View
11	The Mission
8	Hannah and Her Sisters
7	Out of Africa
6	Mona Lisa
6	Ran
4	Aliens
2	Crocodile Dundee
2	Dreamchild

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	A Room with a View
3	The Mission
3	Out of Africa
2	Hannah and Her Sisters
2	Ran

References

^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "BAFTA | Film in 1987". bafta.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ "BBC – Comedy – Ronnie Corbett Profile". BBC. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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