81st Annual Academy Award Nominations

Here are the nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards, which will take place Feb. 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Best Picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams for "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis for "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei for "The Wrestler"

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin for "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr. for "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Doubt"
Heath Ledger for "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon for "Revolutionary Road"

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway for "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie for "Changeling"
Melissa Leo for "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep for "Doubt"
Kate Winslet for "The Reader"

Best Actor
Richard Jenkins for "The Visitor"
Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn for "Milk"
Brad Pitt for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler"

Best Director
David Fincher for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard for "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant for "Milk"
Stephen Daldry for "The Reader"
Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt for "Frozen River"
Mike Leigh for "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Martin McDonagh for "In Bruges"
Dustin Lance Black for "Milk"
Andrew Stanton for "WALL-E"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
John Patrick Shanely for "Doubt"
Peter Morgan for "Frost/Nixon"
David Hare for "The Reader"
Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Foreign Language
"The Baader Meinhof Complex"
"The Class"
"Departures"
"Revanche"
"Waltz with Bashir"

Best Animated Film
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E"

Best Art Direction
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"

Best Cinematography:
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Costume Design:
"Australia"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Duchess"
"Milk"
"Revolutionary Road"

Best Documentary Feature:
"The Betrayal"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
"Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"

Best Film Editing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Frost/Nixon "
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Makeup:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

Best Original Score:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Defiance"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"

Best Original Song:
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E"
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire"
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Sound Mixing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"The Dark Knight"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

Best Sound Editing:
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

Best Visual Effects:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"

Best Documentary Short:
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
"Smile Pinki"
"The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"

Best Animated Short Film:
"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory - Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"

Best Live Action Short Film:
"Auf der Strecke" (On the Line)
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"The Pig"
"Spielzeugland" (Toyland)

Comments

[Rod]

Good surprises for the nominations this year.
But I think most of them were predicted... as every year.

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