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LONDON — Britain’s love of the underdog triumphed Sunday as intimate war drama “The Hurt Locker” beat 3-D spectacular “Avatar” to take six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
Kathryn Bigelow won the best-director battle with “Avatar” director James Cameron, her ex-husband, for her intense depiction of a bomb-disposal squad in Iraq.
Both films had eight nominations for the British awards, considered an indicator of possible success at the Academy Awards next month. “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” each have nine Oscar nominations.
Acting awards went to Carey Mulligan for “An Education” and Colin Firth for “A Single Man.” The Associated Press
