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22 January 2009
Oscar Nominations Announced!
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Oscar Nominations Announced!

The 81st Academy Awards nominations were announced moments ago in Los Angeles by Forest Whitaker, and there were a few surprises among the nominees. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button landed most nominations overall, with 13, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. The Dark Knight and Milk landed eight each, the former largely in the technical categories. Behind them, with five apiece, were The Reader, Frost/Nixon, Doubt and Wall-E.

Best Picture nominees were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire. The Best Director nominees - as is often the case at Oscar time - exactly matched the Best Picture nominees with, respectively, nods for David Fincher, Ron Howard, Gus Van Sant, Stephen Daldry and Danny Boyle.

Best Actress had surprises - Melissa Leo for Frozen River got a surprise nod (and there was another for that film's Best Original Screenplay), while Kate Winslet was nominated for The Reader rather than Revolutionary Road. Both Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married and Angelina Jolie for Changeling were nominated too, keeping the star quotient high. Best Actor went more to form, with nods for Brad Pitt, Mickey Rourke, Sean Penn and Frank Langella, except for Richard Jenkins' welcome surprise nod for The Visitor.

The Supporting Actress nominations were much as expected, largely reflecting the Golden Globes nominees - except for the omission of Kate Winslet for The Reader since she'd moved to Best Actress here. The Supporting Actor nods had fewer surprises, except for the inclusion of Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road, but fear not, Bat-fans: the expected Heath Ledger nod is present and correct.

Best Foreign Film saw nods for The Baader Meinhoff Complex and Waltz with Bashir, which came as a relief to a category that has been beset by controversial omissions of great films in recent years. Best Animated Film saw three nods, for Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and of course Wall-E, which also got a nod for Best Original Screenplay.

The full list of nominees is:

 
Best Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Director
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
 
Actor In A Leading Role
The Visitor - Richard Jenkins
Frost/Nixon - Frank Langella
Milk - Sean Penn
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -
Brad Pitt
The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke
 
Actor In A Supporting Role
Milk - Josh Brolin
Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr.
Doubt - Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger
Revolutionary Road - Michael Shannon
 
Actress In A Leading Role
Rachel Getting Married - Anne Hathaway
Changeling - Angelina Jolie
Frozen River - Melissa Leo
Doubt - Meryl Streep
The Reader - Kate Winslet
 
Actress In A Supporting Role
Doubt - Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Penélope Cruz
Doubt - Viola Davis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler - Marisa Tomei
 
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
 
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
 
Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
 
Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
 
Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
 
Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
 
Documentary Short
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
 
Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
 
Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
 
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

Original Song
WALL-E - "Down to Earth"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire - "O Saya"
 
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
 
Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
 
Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
 
Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
 
Live Action Short
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Helen O'Hara

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ROURKE OR PENN?
I'M TORN BETWEEN WHO SJOULD WIN THE BEST ACTOR OSCAR. SEAN PENN OR MICKEY ROURKE. ... Read More

tomhemingway.com About me

08:06, 29 January 2009 | Report This Post
Original Song
Why are there only 3 nominees this year? Weren't there 5 last year? I definately thought that Springsteen's The Wrestler deserved a nod, its a great song. I'd also like to express my disappointment that Wall-E didnt get the Best Picture nomination. The Reader is certainly this years Micheal Clayton; ok, but nothing to write to France about. It's only because it's clearly aimed at the Oscars that it got a nomination, which is a disappointing notion. ... Read More

cdjwfan About me

19:49, 25 January 2009 | Report This Post
DARK KNIGHT WITH 8 NOMS! WALL-E! IN BRUGES!
so happy to see that the dark knight got 8 nominations and the academy did honour it however nolan should be up there for best director and best adapted screenplay and i also agree it should be up in best picture with wall-e. if heath ledger doesnt win best supporting actor and wall-e doesnt win best animated film then i will loose it with the oscars. also after all that the fuss about the dark knight score it wasnt even nominated. also very pleased to see iron man and wanted got noms albeit in ... Read More

THE DALTONATOR About me

07:27, 25 January 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Foreign film category...
L: losthighway Noticed someone has already mentioned 'Let The Right One In' has been missed out pretty sure that it wasn't selected as Sweden's entry into the category. And all this whinging about TDK. Get a grip, would yis. It's a better than average summer blockbuster. It loses the run of itself in the 2nd half has an unsteady tone and - as per usual with Nolan - some of the action is poorly put together. Ledger has some brilliant moments in it, other parts are just hammy lip li... Read More

boot About me

02:23, 25 January 2009 | Report This Post
WALL-E is brilliant!
WALL-E is a great film its not your typical pixar film and I think a mistake is made by trying to make up for that a bit to much in the second half by making it a bit too pixar but naverthe less is a great film and the whole not just the first thirty minutes this is just an opinion but i dont think that previous comments do the film justice i completely disagree that WALL-E becomes boring as he is the only character that is consistent throughout and we never lose sight of him. ... Read More

Quinnie91 About me

20:00, 24 January 2009 | Report This Post
RE: RE:
I saw Wall-E last night. Its a good film to be sure but I thought it really lost its way after Wall-E left Earth and got pretty dull IMO. The first half hour or so was excellent though. ... Read More

Guchmeister About me

16:34, 24 January 2009 | Report This Post
RE: RE:
it's awesome that RDJ has been nominated for Tropic Thunder, he is amazing in that film and I would love to see him to win...but I want Heath Ledger to win as, sadly, he will never have another shot at Oscar glory and is truly brilliant in his portrayal as The Joker.t=arial] it's quite disgraceful that TDK isn't up for Best Picture but perhaps even more so that Wall*E isn't. I know it's up for Best Animated Feature, does that mean it can't be nominated for Best Film?t=arial] o see... Read More

Darth Goonie About me

15:55, 24 January 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Brad Pitt
I wouldn't mind betting on a Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie award winning combo. Imagine the 'Hollywood's Golden Couple' headlines and ensuing sentimental claptrap! ... Read More

Guchmeister About me

09:37, 24 January 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Brad Pitt
I'm not so sure. The academy tend not to give oscars to those "hollywood leading men" ie Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, et al despite the high quality of their acting abilities preferring a more obscure choice than an obvious one (which just seems unfair). I find the oscars irritating because the outcomes are so predictable year in year out (partly due to this reason that they don't reward these actors as they are popular, good looking, etc despite how brilliant they als... Read More

Kato About me

23:22, 23 January 2009 | Report This Post
Erm...ERROR Part 2
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