seriously and can you imagine such a spread of talent in one film without a huge budget represent daniel day lewis and ray mcanally and brenda fricker and hugh oconor and fiona shaw . there no doubting that fricker and day lewis deserve their award represent but it would have be entirely justifiable to have see oconor ( a young christie ) and mcanally award represent the cliché be true here represent they do not perform the role and they inhabit them . day lewis performance be a tour de force such a transformation that it be awe inducing and but it be truly a mark of the academy intelligence that alongside this performance and they also honour brenda fricker beautifully restrain and still and heart wrench work a christie mother . by the way and if you haven not see this magnificent actress in swann and that another film well worth check out for her contribution ( and the sublime miranda richardson ) .