Oscar Nominations and a Big Snub for “The Dark Knight”
Harvey lobbies for “The Reader.” (Well, not really)
The Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Personally, I’m mightily ticked off that Christopher Nolan and “The Dark Knight” failed to receive nominations for director and best picture. My take is that Harvey pulled out all the stops for “The Reader,” which aced out Bruce Wayne.
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen River , Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
The Reader, David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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 COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
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hmm. i saw the dark knight and milk. i think i’m gonna be a little out of the loop on oscar night. oh, well. i’ll watch for the clothes, as usual. go, milk!
The Dark Knight” definitely got the big snub, but I think just as egregious is the absence of “WALL-E” and “The Wrestler” in the best picture category. I enjoyed “The Reader” and respect it, but can’t understand its inclusion in that category — although Winslet definitely deserved the best actress nod.
“The Dark Knight” definitely got the big snub, but I think just as egregious is the absence of “WALL-E” and “The Wrestler” in the best picture category. I enjoyed “The Reader” and respect it, but can’t understand its inclusion in that category — although Winslet definitely deserved the best actress nod.
Other notable snubs — “Revolutionary Road,” Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay for “Synecdoche, New York,” and Sally Hawkins for “Happy-Go-Lucky.”
Overall, though, I have to admit I’m really happy about Richard Jenkins, Melissa Leo, Courtney Hunt and Martin McDonaugh getting their due.