Oscars 81st Annual Academy 2009 Awards

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81st Annual Academy Awards List of nominees

Best Picture

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director

• Danny Boyle
• Ron Howard
• Gus Van Sant
• David Fincher
• Stephen Daldry

Best Actor

• Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn - Milk
• Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress

• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• Melissa Leo - Frozen River
• Meryl Streep - Doubt
• Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

• Josh Brolin - Milk
• Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams - Doubt
• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis - Doubt
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• Taraji Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Original Screenplay

• Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
• Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
• Dustin Lance Black - Milk
• Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
• David Hare - The Reader
• Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Feature

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• WALL-E

Best Animated Short

• La Maison en Petits Cubes
• Lavatory — Lovestory
• Oktapodi
• Presto
• This Way Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Baader Meinhof Complex
• The Class
• Departures
• Revanche
• Waltz With Bashir

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

• Man on Wire
• The Garden
• Encounters at the End of the World
• Trouble the Water
• The Betrayal

Best Documentary Short

• The Conscience of Nhem En
• The Final Inch
• Smile Pinki
• The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

Best Editing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Live Action Short

• Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
• Manon on the Asphalt
• New Boy
• The Pig
• Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best Makeup

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• James Newton Howard - Defiance
• Danny Elfman - Milk
• A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
• Thomas Newman - WALL-E

Best Original Song

• “Down to Earth,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman - WALL-E
• “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire
• “O Saya,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Sound Editing

• The Dark Knight
• Iron Man
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL-E
• Wanted

Best Sound Mixing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL-E
• Wanted

Best Visual Effects

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Iron Man

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