Oscar Nominees

[BreakABone]

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 andMaya 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), 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

[Angrist]

No way I'm staying up that late again. Did it once when The Return of the King won 11 oscars. It was only fun because I loved LotR so much back then.

[GameMaster]

We all know that Wall•E and Heath Ledger already won. Why don't they just announce it now?

[Jason1]

Clint Eastwood got screwed.

[Swan]

Heath Ledger totally will win Best Picture

[GameMaster]

Clint Eastwood got screwed.

His movie was released January 9, 2009 which means it'll be a part of next year's Oscars not this year's (2008).

[Typhoid]

Kung-Fu Panda?


.....Really?

[The Germanator]

Well, there are a lot of movies I still have to see this year....

Dark Knight has a pretty strong showing. I'm not surprised it isn't in the best picture category, that's about right.

Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are on my list to see. I'm not terribly interested in the Reader or Benjamin Button, so if either of those wins, meh.

Still have to see The Wrestler, Waltz With Bashir, Happy Go Lucky amongst others..

I always like watching the Oscars, it's usually somewhat entertaining though I usually don't take too much stock in their decisions. I'm not even sure I'll be around for this year's though, might be over in the UK, oh well.

[Dyne]

I hope to god Wall-E wins everything it's nominated for, especially sound editing. Ben Burtt's a genius. I recommend all of the special extras that Wall-E comes with, especially Ben Burtt's sound documentary.

Also, what the FUCK is "The Wrestler." Every year, at least one movie appears that I've never heard of in 2008.

[Fox 6]

I hope to god Wall-E wins everything it's nominated for, especially sound editing. Ben Burtt's a genius. I recommend all of the special extras that Wall-E comes with, especially Ben Burtt's sound documentary.

Also, what the FUCK is "The Wrestler." Every year, at least one movie appears that I've never heard of in 2008.

Have you been living under a rock? On TV like all the time

[Jason1]

His movie was released January 9, 2009 which means it'll be a part of next year's Oscars not this year's (2008).

Well, I think it was released in certain places in December...im pretty sure it was eligible, the Academy is just stupid and prefers something like Doubt over Gran Torino for whatever screwed up reason. Phillip Seymor Hoffman can suck it. Hes not even any good.

Oh, and Dark Knight was so overrated it almost makes me puke.

[Fyacin]

Heath Ledger better win that.

[The Germanator]

Has anyone watched "Extras"? It's amusing because Kate Winslet jokes in one of the episodes that you have to do a Holocaust movie to finally win an Oscar...She does a Holocaust movie and is nominated...Life imitates art.

[BreakABone]

Have you been living under a rock? On TV like all the time

Worse... he's been in Canada!

[Fox 6]

Worse... he's been in Canada!

SO HAVE YOU!

[BreakABone]

SO HAVE YOU!

I was there less than a week... he's been there his entire life.

[Fyacin]

That made me literally laugh out loud.

[Dyne]

I was there less than a week... he's been there his entire life.

Nope, there's probably a combined period of over a few months to a year where I've travelled outside of Canada.

Also, I went through hell. I mean.. lived in Ontario/Oakville until I was 5.

Anyways no, I haven't been living under a rock, I guess I just watch the wrong channels?

[Krypton]

i hope slumdog millionaire wins.
i haven't saw it yet, but it just looks THAT damn good.

[Angrist]

How can you hope it wins when you haven't even seen it yet? That's just crazy.

[Acebot44]

Here's my shot in the dark...


Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Sean Penn in Milk (Focus Features)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)


Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)


Best animated feature film of the year

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton


Achievement in art direction

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando


Achievement in cinematography

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle


Achievement in costume design

* "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin


Achievement in directing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle


Best documentary feature

* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn


Best documentary short subject

* "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki


Achievement in film editing

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall


Best foreign language film of the year

* "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel


Achievement in makeup

* "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


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar


Best motion picture of the year

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer


Best animated short film

* "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit


Best live action short film

* "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh


Achievement in sound editing

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood


Achievement in sound mixing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty


Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron


Adapted screenplay

* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan


Original screenplay

* "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt

[DarkMaster]

Here's hoping for Waltz with Bashir. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with the film's art director when it was just playing in festivals, and it's pretty amazing to see the reception it's gotten since then.