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81st Academy Awards listing:
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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)
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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 and Maya Arulpragasam
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
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
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), Glenn Freemantle and 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
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
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These are the official nominations for the academy awards. What do you guys think? I'm personally satisfied with what is on the list. Oh I also don't think The Dark Knight should have been nominated for best picture or Nolan for best director, so I'm happy they weren't.
Discuss.
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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)
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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 and Maya Arulpragasam
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
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
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), Glenn Freemantle and 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
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
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These are the official nominations for the academy awards. What do you guys think? I'm personally satisfied with what is on the list. Oh I also don't think The Dark Knight should have been nominated for best picture or Nolan for best director, so I'm happy they weren't.
Discuss.