Nomination of 2009 Oscar Award


BEST PICTURE

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire (winner)



BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (winner)
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Gus Van Sant - Milk


BEST ACTOR

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk (winner)
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 (winner)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (winner)
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

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


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire (winner)


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E (winner)


BEST ANIMATED SHORT

La Maison en Petits Cubes (winner)
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up


BEST ART DIRECTION

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (winner)
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire (winner)


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess (winner)
Milk
Revolutionary Road



BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire (winner)
Trouble the Water


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki (winner)
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306


BEST EDITING

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire (winner)


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan) (winner)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

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


BEST MAKEUP

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (winner)
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 (winner)
Thomas Newman - WALL-E


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Down to Earth," WALL-E
"Jai Ho," Slumdog Millionaire (winner)
"O Saya," Slumdog Millionaire


BEST SOUND EDITING

The Dark Knight (winner)
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted


BEST SOUND MIXING

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire (winner)
WALL-E
Wanted


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (winner)
The Dark Knight
Iron Man