81ST ACADEMY AWARDS
February 22nd, 2009
KODAK THEATRE
Hosted by Hugh Jackman
BEST PICTURE
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| “Frost/Nixon” |
| “Milk” |
| “The Reader” |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” |
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
| Richard Jenkins – “The Visitor” |
| Frank Langella – “Frost/Nixon” |
| Sean Penn – “Milk” |
| Brad Pitt – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| Mickey Rourke – “The Wrestler” |
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
| Anne Hathaway – “Rachel Getting Married” |
| Angelina Jolie – “Changeling” |
| Melissa Leo – “Frozen River” |
| Meryl Streep – “Doubt” |
| Kate Winslet – “The Reader” |
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
| Josh Brolin – “Milk” |
| Robert Downey, Jr. – “Tropic Thunder” |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman – “Doubt” |
| Heath Ledger – “The Dark Knight” |
| Michael Shannon – “Revolutionary Road” |
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
| Amy Adams – “Doubt” |
| Penélope Cruz – “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” |
| Viola Davis – “Doubt” |
| Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| Marisa Tomei – “The Wrestler” |
ANIMATED FEATURE
| “Bolt” |
| “Kung Fu Panda” |
| “WALL-E” |
ART DIRECTION
| “Changeling” – James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis |
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo |
| “The Dark Knight” – Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando |
| “The Duchess” – Michael Carlin and Rebecca Alleway |
| “Revolutionary Road” – Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt |
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 |
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 |
DIRECTOR
| Danny Boyle – “Slumdog Millionaire” |
| Stephen Daldry – “The Reader” |
| David Fincher – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| Ron Howard – “Frost/Nixon” |
| Gus Van Sant – “Milk” |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
| “The Betrayal – Nerakhoon” |
| “Encounters at the End of the World” |
| “The Garden” |
| “Man On Wire” |
| “Trouble the Water” |
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
| “The Conscience of Nhem En” |
| “The Final Inch” |
| “Smile Pinki” |
| “The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306” |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
| “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Germany) |
| “The Class” (France) |
| “Departures” (Japan) |
| “Revanche” (Austria) |
| “Waltz with Bashir” (Israel) |
FILM EDITING
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
| “The Dark Knight” – Lee Smith |
| “Frost/Nixon” – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley |
| “Milk” – Elliot Graham |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” – Chris Dickens |
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, Thom Floutz |
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 |
ORIGINAL SONG
| “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman |
| “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” – A. R. Rahman |
| “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” – A. R. Rahman and M.I.A. |
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
| “La Maison en Petits Cubes” |
| “Lavatory” |
| “Oktapodi” |
| “Presto” |
| “This Way Up” |
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
| “On the Line” |
| “Manon on the Asphalt” |
| “New Boy” |
| “The Pig” |
| “Toyland” |
SOUND EDITING
| “The Dark Knight” |
| “Iron Man” |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” |
| “WALL-E” |
| “Wanted” |
SOUND MIXING
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| “The Dark Knight” |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” |
| “WALL-E” |
| “Wanted” |
VISUAL EFFECTS
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” |
| “The Dark Knight” |
| “Iron Man” |
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord |
| “Doubt” – John Patrick Shanley |
| “Frost/Nixon” – Peter Morgan |
| “The Reader” – David Hare |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” – Simon Beaufoy |
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
| “Frozen River” – Courtney Hunt |
| “Happy-Go-Lucky” – Mike Leigh |
| “In Bruges” – Martin McDonagh |
| “Milk” – Dustin Lance Black |
| “WALL-E” – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Pete Docter |
- “Australia”
- “The Baader Meinhof Complex”
- “The Betrayal: Nerakhoon”
- “Bolt”
- “Changeling”
- “The Class”
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- “The Dark Knight”
- “Defiance”
- “Departures”
- “Doubt”
- “The Duchess”
- “Encounters at the End of the World”
- “Frost/Nixon”
- “Frozen River”
- “The Garden”
- “Happy-Go-Lucky”
- “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
- “In Bruges”
- “Iron Man”
- “Kung Fu Panda”
- “Man On Wire”
- “Milk”
- “Rachel Getting Married”
- “The Reader”
- “Revanche”
- “Revolutionary Road”
- “Slumdog Millionaire”
- “Tropic Thunder”
- “Trouble the Water”
- “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
- “The Visitor”
- “WALL-E”
- “Waltz with Bashir”
- “Wanted”
- “The Wrestler”
SHORT FILMS
- “The Conscience of Nhem En”
- “The Final Inch”
- “La Maison en Petits Cubes”
- “Lavatory”
- “Manon on the Asphalt”
- “New Boy”
- “Oktapodi”
- “On the Line”
- “The Pig”
- “Presto”
- “Smile Pinki”
- “This Way Up”
- “Toyland”
- “The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306”
