MOVIES - March 24, 1992

British Favorites: Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster of “The Silence of the Lambs” were named best actor and actress Sunday at the 1991 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards in London. “The Commitments,” the story of a Dublin soul band trying to make the big time, took awards for best film, direction and screenplay adaptation. Kate Nelligan won supporting actress honors as the brassy waitress in “Frankie & Johnny,” and Alan Rickman was the supporting actor winner as the Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.” “Bugsy,” “JFK” and “The Prince of Tides,” which are Oscar contenders, were ineligible because they had not yet opened in London. Ken Burns’ series on “The Civil War” got the best foreign television program award. Audrey Hepburn and Sir John Gielgud received special awards for their distinguished film careers.