Saturday, February 21, 2009

And the Nominees are...




BEST PICTURE
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)* “Milk” (Focus Features)* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTOR
* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTRESS
* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)* Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST DIRECTOR
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard* “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard* “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
BEST ART DIRECTION
* “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
* “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath* “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser* “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy* “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn* “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
* “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki* “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant* “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan* “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
BEST FILM EDITING
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley* “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany* “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France* “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan* “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria* “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
BEST MAKEUP
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan* “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat* “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
* “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel* “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar* “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
* “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato* “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit* “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand* “Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland* “This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi* “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont* “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie* “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh* “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
BEST SOUND EDITING
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood* “Wanted” (Universal),Wylie Stateman
BEST SOUND MIXING
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt* “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord* “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt* “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh* “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh* “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It will be fun to watch the Oscars, if only for the joy of mocking the innane speeches, attempts at jokes, poor fashion choices, and predictable victories! We all will be watching to see what ridiculous thing Mickey Rourke does. *smile*

Anonymous said...

I saw Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire, and loved both. I never got a chance to see Benjamin Button or the others, but I have a feeling Milk will will a lot of Oscars.

Anonymous said...

I have not seen any of the movies because I can't sit still anywhere... ADHD perhaps... LOL... But you sure are up on this.

I am however a fan of Brangelina due to their humanitarian aid and causes.... So I am hoping that they win. :)

Eden

barb cabot said...

Eden, I have not seen hardly anything that's been nominated but the Oscars is always a big deal night for me. Even when the girls were little everyone knew this was "mom's night"...chill the champagne, lots of fun food, put on the jewels and don't disturb me.
I love to see the stars on their night out.

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