Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards were announced this morning by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009 on ABC. (Jason Notes: Yes, “The Dark Knight” was slighted for at least being nominated for Best Picture, and Clint Eastwood was regrettably snubbed with “Gran Torino” for Best Picture and Directing. I predict “Slumdog Millionaire” will win Best Picture, with “Milk” a close second.)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
“Milk” (Focus Features)
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
Achievement in Directing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - David Fincher
“Frost/Nixon” - Ron Howard
“Milk” - Gus Van Sant
“The Reader” - Stephen Daldry
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Danny Boyle
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis in “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin in “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
“The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Germany)
“The Class” (France)
“Departures” (Japan)
“Revanche” (Austria)
“Waltz with Bashir” (Israel)
Best Documentary Feature
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” - Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
“Encounters at the End of the World” - Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
“The Garden” - Scott Hamilton Kennedy
“Man on Wire” - James Marsh and Simon Chinn
“Trouble the Water” - Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E”
Original Screenplay
“Frozen River” - Written by Courtney Hunt
“Happy-Go-Lucky” - Written by Mike Leigh
“In Bruges” - Written by Martin McDonagh
“Milk” - Written by Dustin Lance Black
“WALL-E” - Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
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” - Written by John Patrick Shanley
“Frost/Nixon” - Screenplay by Peter Morgan
“The Reader” - Screenplay by David Hare
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Achievement in Cinematography
“Changeling” - Tom Stern
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight” - Wally Pfister
“The Reader” - Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in Film Editing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“The Dark Knight” - Lee Smith
“Frost/Nixon” - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
“Milk” - Elliot Graham
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Chris Dickens
Achievement in Sound Editing
“The Dark Knight” - Richard King
“Iron Man” - Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Tom Sayers
“WALL-E” - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
“Wanted” - Wylie Stateman
Achievement in Sound Mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
“The Dark Knight” - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
“WALL-E” - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
“Wanted” - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Achievement in Visual Effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
“The Dark Knight” - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
“Iron Man” - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Achievement in Art Direction
“Changeling” - Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
“The Dark Knight” - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
“The Duchess” - Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
“Revolutionary Road” - Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in Costume Design
“Australia” - Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Jacqueline West
“The Duchess” - Michael O’Connor
“Milk” - Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road” - Albert Wolsky
Achievement in Makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - Greg Cannom
“The Dark Knight” - John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” - Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (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
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best Live Action Short Film
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” - Reto Caffi
“Manon on the Asphalt” - Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
“New Boy” - Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
“The Pig” - Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” - Jochen Alexander Freydank
Best Documentary Short Subject
“The Conscience of Nhem En” - Steven Okazaki
“The Final Inch” - Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
“Smile Pinki” - Megan Mylan
“The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” - Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Best Animated Short Film
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” - Kunio Kato
“Lavatory - Lovestory” - Konstantin Bronzit
“Oktapodi” - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
“Presto” - Doug Sweetland
“This Way Up” - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
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