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The 2003 Golden Arrow Awards - Voting
After the 2003 Oscars it was suggested that we run our own awards for
the films of
Michael Powell and/or Emeric Pressburger.
BEST PICTURE: A Canterbury Tale
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
BEST LEADING ACTOR: Roger Livesey, I Know Where I'm Going!
Roger Livesey, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
David Niven, A Matter of Life and Death
Eric Portman, A Canterbury Tale
Anton Walbrook, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Anton Walbrook, The Red Shoes
BEST LEADING ACTRESS: Wendy Hiller, I Know Where I'm Going!
Kim Hunter, A Matter of Life and Death
Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
Deborah Kerr, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Sheila Sim, A Canterbury Tale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Marius Goring, A Matter of Life and Death
Esmond Knight, Gone to Earth
Roger Livesey, A Matter of Life and Death
Anton Walbrook, 49th Parallel
Anton Walbrook, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maxine Audley, Peeping Tom
Pamela Brown, I Know Where I'm Going!
Kathleen Byron, Black Narcissus
Kathleen Byron, A Matter of Life and Death
Flora Robson, Black Narcissus
Ludmilla Tchérina, The Red Shoes
Sybil Thorndike, Gone to Earth
Googie Withers, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
BEST DIRECTING: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 49th Parallel
A Canterbury Tale
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Black Narcissus
Gone to Earth
The Small Back Room
The Spy in Black
The Red Shoes
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
BEST FILM EDITING: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
BEST ART DIRECTION: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
The Tales of Hoffmann
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
The Thief of Bagdad
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
The Tales of Hoffmann
BEST MAKEUP: Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Thief of Bagdad
BEST SOUND: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
Small Back Room
The Tales of Hoffmann
BEST SOUND EDITING: Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
A Matter of Life and Death
Peeping Tom
The Red Shoes
The Tales of Hoffmann
BEST SCORE: 49th Parallel
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
BEST SONG: Gone to Earth: "'arps in 'eaven"
I Know Where I'm Going!: "I Know Where I'm Going"
Luna de Miel: "The Honeymoon Song"
The Thief of Bagdad: "I Want to be a Sailor"
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES:
BEST FOREIGN LOCATION: 49th Parallel: Canada
Age of Consent: Australia
Black Narcissus: Himalayas
Ill Met By Moonlight: Crete
The Red Shoes: South of France
BEST VISUAL PUN: A Canterbury Tale: Halo around Dennis Price on train
A Canterbury Tale: Hawk changing to Spitfire
Contraband: Chamberlain busts
I Know Where I'm Going!: Top hat to train smoke-stack
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: Animal trophies showing passage of time
A Matter of Life and Death: Closing eyelid
A Matter of Life and Death: "One is starved for Technicolor up there."
BEST LINE or VERBAL EXCHANGE: 49th Parallel: Hutterite leader Peter's speech rejecting Nazism
A Canterbury Tale: Culpepper's "...You can hear the thrumming of the hooves..."
I Know Where I'm Going!: Torquil's "They're not poor, they just don't have any money."
A Matter of Life and Death: Peter and June's dialogue from burning plane to tower
The Red Shoes: Lermontov's "Why do you want to dance?" and Vicky's reply
BEST CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ACTORS & ACTRESSES: Kerr and Farrar: Black Narcissus
Hobson and Veidt: Contraband
Jones and Farrar: Gone to Earth
Hiller and Livesey: I Know Where I'm Going!
Kerr and Livesey: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Hunter and Niven: A Matter of Life and Death
Byron and Farrar: Small Back Room
Hobson and Veidt: The Spy in Black
BEST HERO OR HEROINE: Clive Candy, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Peter Carter, A Matter of Life and Death:
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Torquil MacNeil, I Know Where I'm Going!
Alison Smith, A Canterbury Tale
BEST VILLAIN OR VILLAINESS: Chauvelin, The Elusive Pimpernel
Lieutenant Hirth, 49th Parallel
Boris Lermontov, The Red Shoes
Mark Lewis, Peeping Tom
Sister Ruth, Black Narcissus
MOST EMOTIONALLY MOVING MOMENT: A Canterbury Tale: Alison visits garage and finds caravan eaten by moths
I Know Where I'm Going!: Torquil breaks the curse & Joan returns to him
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: Theo's speech at the tribunal office
A Matter of Life and Death: Closing scene, when June begins her ascent on the stairway
The Red Shoes: Lermontov's curtain speech
MOST AMUSING MOMENT: A Canterbury Tale: Wacky Seven-Sisters soldier at the slide show
I Know Where I'm Going!: Joan's tartan train journey/wedding dream
I Know Where I'm Going!: Opening narrative sequences of Joan's life
A Matter of Life and Death: Conductor 71's "One is starved for Technicolor up there."
A Matter of Life and Death: The radios used in the legal argument at the heavenly court.
The Thief of Bagdad: Abu and Ahmad blagging a meal in the market
MOST TRAGIC MOMENT: 49th Parallel: execution of Vogel
A Canterbury Tale: Alison's caravan gone to moth
Black Narcissus: Sister Ruth's fall to her death
Black Narcissus: Sister Ruth's goodbye kiss to Mr. Dean as he helps her with her coat
Edge of the World: Peter Manson's fall to his death
A Matter of Life and Death: Dr. Reeves' death
The Red Shoes: Victoria Page's fall to her death
The Red Shoes: Lermontov's curtain speech
MOST ROMANTIC MOMENT: Black Narcissus: Sister Clodagh reminiscing of her lost Irish love
I Know Where I'm Going!: Torquil and Joan on the ladder - "You're the maid for me."
I Know Where I'm Going!: Closing scene when Torquil breaks curse & Joan returns
A Matter of Life and Death: "Goodby, Darling" as June ascends the stairway
A Matter of Life and Death: On the beach when June discovers Peter's alive
MOST OUTLANDISH MOMENT: A Canterbury Tale: any mention of glue
A Canterbury Tale: encounter with the village idiot
Contraband: all that sexual innuendo/s&m
I Know Where I'm Going!: Joan's dream sequence
A Matter of Life and Death: the closing eyelid
Peeping Tom: Mark's self-filmed suicide
Small Back Room: giant whiskey bottle
HONORARY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE ARCHERS: Ian Christie
Steve Crook
Thelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese
Paul Tritton
