Best motion picture of the year
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A
Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán
Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric
Fellner, Producers
“Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company
Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte
Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films
Production,Christian Colson, Producer
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
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)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
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)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
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)
Achievement in directing
“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
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
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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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 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 subject
“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 animated feature film of the year
“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 animated short film
“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 film
“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 foreign language film of the year
“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
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