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'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' and 'The Revenant' in the box (office) seat for a Bafta

'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' and 'The Revenant' in the box (office) seat for a Bafta
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The three films in the box office seat to win a Bafta award are ‘Carol,‘directed by Todd Haynes, ‘Bridge of Spies’ directed by Steven Spielberg and

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The three films in the box office seat to win a Bafta award are ‘Carol,‘directed by Todd Haynes, ‘Bridge of Spies’ directed by Steven Spielberg and ‘The Revenant’ directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Talking at the home of #BAFTA rubbing the statue for good luck! (Is that even a thing) pic.twitter.com/8Apj23E4zf

— 'femi (@designjuju) September 10, 2015

Carol is based on the Patricia Highsmith novel ‘The Price of Salt’ and stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as two women in 50’s New York whose relationship develops into more than friendship.

Congratulations to the entire #Carol team including Todd Haynes, kvpi</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/elizkarlsen">elizkarlsen. #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/FaZV20FFfN

— STUDIOCANAL UK (StudioCanalUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/StudioCanalUK/status/685370225596981248">January 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cover art for "The Price of Salt" (CAROL source material). Wish they had recreated this for the film poster. <a href="https://t.co/ULVm4BKMWK">pic.twitter.com/ULVm4BKMWK</a></p>&mdash; [kie.ran] (danblackroyd) December 30, 2015

Gary Powers: The U2 spy pilot the US did not love https://t.co/g8EGvJtrzP pic.twitter.com/G74zymiQX8

— Cold War History (@coldwarhist) January 3, 2016

The Cold War drama ‘Bridge of Spies’ sees Tom Hanks play a lawyer who defends Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and then arranges an exchange for captured US pilot Gary Powers held by Moscow.

Bridge of spies . pic.twitter.com/qFLDmPWgBE

— عايديستان (@hossamaidy) December 30, 2015

‘The Revenant’ stars Leonardo DiCaprio in a survival adventure he plays the part of Hugh Glass a frontiersman who is savagely attacked by a bear.

The NYT review of “The Revenant” https://t.co/Fzz7Vvxper pic.twitter.com/O7YWYPg4GH

— The New York Times (nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/685467253387706368">January 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rage. Fight. Thrive. See <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRevenant?src=hash">#TheRevenant</a> in theaters tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/Dh1sQJjxk5">https://t.co/Dh1sQJjxk5</a> <a href="https://t.co/LXKuRtLaax">pic.twitter.com/LXKuRtLaax</a></p>&mdash; #TheRevenant (RevenantMovie) January 7, 2016

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