12th Empire Awards

12th Empire Awards
The logo for the 12th Empire Awards
Date	27 March 2007
Site	No award ceremony
Empire issue	#215 (May 2007)
Highlights
Best Film	Casino Royale
Best British Film	United 93
Most awards	Casino Royale (3)
Most nominations	The Departed (6)

The 12th Empire Awards ceremony (also known as the Empire Readers Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2006 and took place on 27 March 2007.^[1] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories. The Best Newcomer was split this year into two awards, "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Female Newcomer" awards. Other changes include Best British Film being renamed this year only to "Sky Movies Best British Film" and the Scene of the Year Award losing the "Sony Ericsson" prefix; The award was presented for the last time. No honorary awards were presented this year. As an exception to previous years, this year had no award ceremony.^[2]

Casino Royale won the most awards with three including Best Film. Other winners included Hostel, Little Miss Sunshine, Mission: Impossible III, Pan's Labyrinth, Superman Returns, The Departed, The Prestige, United 93 and Volver with one.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film[3] Casino Royale Pan's Labyrinth Superman Returns The Departed United 93	Best British Film[4] United 93 A Cock and Bull Story Confetti Starter for 10 The Queen
Best Director[5] Christopher Nolan — The Prestige Bryan Singer — Superman Returns George Clooney — Good Night, and Good Luck Guillermo del Toro — Pan's Labyrinth Martin Scorsese — The Departed
Best Actor[6] Daniel Craig — Casino Royale Christian Bale — The Prestige Johnny Depp — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed Sacha Baron Cohen — Borat	Best Actress[7] Penélope Cruz — Volver Helen Mirren — The Queen Kate Winslet — Little Children Keira Knightley — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Reese Witherspoon — Walk the Line
Best Comedy[8] Little Miss Sunshine A Cock and Bull Story Borat Clerks II Nacho Libre	Best Horror[9] Hostel Slither The Hills Have Eyes The Host The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy[10] Pan's Labyrinth Children of Men Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Superman Returns X-Men: The Last Stand	Best Thriller[11] The Departed Caché Inside Man Mission: Impossible III Munich
Best Male Newcomer[12] Brandon Routh — Superman Returns Alex Pettyfer — Stormbreaker Dominic Cooper — Starter for 10 and The History Boys Paul Dano — Little Miss Sunshine Rian Johnson — Brick	Best Female Newcomer[13] Eva Green — Casino Royale Abigail Breslin — Little Miss Sunshine Ellen Page — Hard Candy Rebecca Hall — Starter for 10 and The Prestige Vera Farmiga — The Departed
Scene of the Year[14][15] Mission: Impossible III: The bridge attack Borat: Borat's naked scrap with Azamat Brick: The foot chase Casino Royale: The parkour chase Children of Men: Attack on the car Little Miss Sunshine: Olive's dance routine Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: The waterwheel swordfight Superman Returns: The Space Shuttle rescue The Departed: Frank and Mr. French interrogate Costigan X-Men: The Last Stand: The Phoenix and Professor X showdown

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Casino Royale

Multiple nominations

The following 15 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
6	The Departed
5	Superman Returns
4	Casino Royale
	Little Miss Sunshine
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
3	Borat
	Starter for 10
	The Prestige
2	A Cock and Bull Story
	Brick
	Children of Men
	Mission: Impossible III
	The Queen
	X-Men: The Last Stand
	United 93

References

1. "Empire Awards 2007". Internet Movie Database. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
2. "James Bond conquers Empire Awards". BBC News Online. BBC. March 28, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
3. "Best Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
4. "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
5. "Best Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
6. "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
7. "Best Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
8. "Best Comedy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
9. "Best Horror". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
10. "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
11. "Best Thriller". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
12. "Best Male Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
13. "Best Female Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
14. "Scene of the Year". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
15. "Scene of the Year (shortlisted)". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.

External links

• The 12th Empire Awards official website
• The 12th Empire Awards at the Internet Movie Database