2009 Oscar nominations
The 2009 Oscar nominations were announced this week.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is the leading contender with 13 nominations including nominations for Brad Pitt and Taraji P. Henson (in photo above).
“Slumdog Millionaire” recieved 10 and “The Dark Knight” earned eight nominations including a nomination for the late Heath Ledger.
The nominees are below.
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best Actress
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Amy Adams (Doubt)
Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
The Class, France
Departures, Japan
Revanche, Austria
Waltz with Bashir, Israel
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt, written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, screenplay by Peter Morgan
The Reader, screenplay by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original Screenplay:
Frozen River, written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges, written by Martin McDonagh
Milk, written by Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Best Art Direction:
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Best Cinematography:
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Sound Editing:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Original Score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Milk – Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song:
Down to Earth from WALL-E, music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyric by Peter Gabriel
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, music by A.R. Rahman, lyric by Gulzar
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, music and lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best Costume:
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary (short subject)
The Conscience of Nhem En,
The Final Inch,
Smile Pinki,
The Witness – From The Balcony Of Room 306.
Best Film Editing:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,
The Dark Knight,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory – Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon On The Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best visual effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
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