2009 Oscar Nominations

[khalpin]

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008):
Frost/Nixon (2008):
Milk (2008):
The Reader (2008):
Slumdog Millionaire (2008):

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk (2008): Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Australia (2008): Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West
The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor
Milk (2008): Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight (2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Milk (2008): Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, M.I.A("O Saya")
WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Edson Williams
The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man (2008)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
WALL·E (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
Entre les murs (2008)(France)
Revanche (2008)(Austria)
Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008)
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
The Garden (2008/I)
Man on Wire (2008)
Trouble the Water (2008)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

Best Short Film, Animated
Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
Oktapodi (2007): Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
Auf der Strecke (2007)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy (2007)
The Pig
Spielzeugland (2007)

[tet]

wow, lots of Slumdog.  nice.

also really glad to see Waltz with Bashir up there.  what a unique movie, really dug it...

[mattstick]

The Academy really dropped the ball leaving leaving Revolutionary Road out of the big awards.  It still got 3, but deserved more.

I thought Miracle At St. Anna would get some technical awards, but it was snubbed too.

Dark Knight will win most if it's nominations I suspect.

[Mr Minor]

The Academy really dropped the ball leaving leaving Revolutionary Road out of the big awards.  It still got 3, but deserved more.

I thought Miracle At St. Anna would get some technical awards, but it was snubbed too.

Dark Knight will win most if it's nominations I suspect.

Rev. Road- probably because it came out so late?

Dark Knight- do you think Ledger's death will have anything to do with him winning supporting actor?

[mattstick]

1. I think the Academy liked The Reader more and didn't want to give Kate multiple nominations

2. Yes, because it's impossible to ignore.

[tet]

1. I think the Academy liked The Reader more and didn't want to give Kate multiple nominations

2. Yes, because it's impossible to ignore.

strange, because i heard her character is just totally dry in The Reader, and she looks a lot more interesting in Revolutionary Road.  i'll likely see both eventually, but just repeating the reviews i've gotten from some pretty reliable moviegoers.

[cactusfan]

as usual, the best movie of the year--the wrestler-- is ignored for picture/director.

dark knight, too. no picture, director or screenplay? ouch.

and seriously-- benjamin's curious buttons?
i think this explains why the academy and no one else liked it so much:

[khalpin]

dark knight, too. no picture, director or screenplay? ouch.

I don't know.  Maybe I need to watch it again, but I didn't think it deserved to be nominated for any of those.

[blatboom]

dark knight, too. no picture, director or screenplay? ouch.

I don't know.  Maybe I need to watch it again, but I didn't think it deserved to be nominated for any of those.

nope.  Just Ledger and all the production stuff

[mattstick]

It's very hard to make a critically acclaimed blockbuster, I think that's why most critics were surprised it didn't get nominated in the big awards.

I'm still pissed Revolutionary Road won't win Best Picture.

[mattstick]

One more comment,

The fact that Benjamin Button got nominated for ANYTHING outside of the technical awards is complete BS.  That movie is shit.

[Mr Minor]

One more comment,

The fact that Benjamin Button got nominated for ANYTHING outside of the technical awards is complete BS.  That movie is shit.

The idea sounds interesting.  Does the movie just end up being ghey?

[hoodie22]

I'm still pissed Revolutionary Road won't win Best Picture.

Me too. And that Leo didn't get nominated, I thought he was great.
I haven't seen Benjamin Button, but everyone I know that has seen it were very unimpressed and thought it was too long and kind of boring, so I've lost interest in seeing it...I suppose I should before giving an opinion on its nominations, but I've gotten the impression that it doesn't really deserve all those nominations, especially over Revolutionary Road.
I still need to see a lot of the nominated films, but I'm glad that Sean Penn and Milk got recognized, but I'm sure it won't end up winning anything.
The Academy Awards have just frustrated me the last several years. But I guess how you experience a film is pretty subjective.

[mattstick]

Benjamin Button borrows way to heavily from Forest Gump to be taken seriously.  The "old man" years of the film are awkward and hard to watch, and by the time it's Brad Pitt the character hasn't really developed enough - and he's ridiculously good looking, making it difficult to relate to him.

My buddy and I were just laughing at how pathetic the film was towards the end.

Also, having Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchette in the same film isn't really a good idea - I got the two women confused at points.

[sls.stormyrider]

I'm still pissed Revolutionary Road won't win Best Picture.

Me too. And that Leo didn't get nominated, I thought he was great.
I haven't seen Benjamin Button, but everyone I know that has seen it were very unimpressed and thought it was too long and kind of boring, so I've lost interest in seeing it...I suppose I should before giving an opinion on its nominations, but I've gotten the impression that it doesn't really deserve all those nominations, especially over Revolutionary Road.
I still need to see a lot of the nominated films, but I'm glad that Sean Penn and Milk got recognized, but I'm sure it won't end up winning anything.
The Academy Awards have just frustrated me the last several years. But I guess how you experience a film is pretty subjective.

I actually wouldn't be surprised at all if Penn wins. He was great in that role, and, if history is helpful, Seymour-Hoffman won for Capote. From what I understand though, all the best actor nominees had very strong performances.