Academy Award Nominations: Oscar 2009

Here is the list of nominees for the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. See the Oscar nominees and join us Sunday night to watch the Oscars and converse about what you see. Show-time begins at 3pm.



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Best motion picture of the year

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” from Paramount and Warner Bros.
“Frost/Nixon” from Universal
“Milk” from Focus Features
“The Reader” from The Weinstein Company
“Slumdog Millionaire” from Fox Searchlight

Best Actor in a leading role

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

Best Actor in a supporting role

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

Best Actress in a leading role

Anne Hathaway for “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie for “Changeling”
Melissa Leo for “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep for “Doubt”
Kate Winslet for “The Reader”

Best Actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams for “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis for “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei for “The Wrestler”

Best Animated feature film of the year

“Bolt” from Walt Disney
“Kung Fu Panda” from DreamWorks Animation
“WALL-E” from Walt Disney

Achievement in cinematography

Tom Stern for “Changeling”
Claudio Miranda for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Wally Pfister for “The Dark Knight”
Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for “The Reader”
Anthony Dod Mantle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

Achievement in costume design

Catherine Martin for “Australia”
Jacqueline West for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Michael O’Connor for “The Duchess”
Danny Glicker for “Milk”
Albert Wolsky for “Revolutionary Road”

Achievement in directing

David Fincher for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard for “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant for “Milk”
Stephen Daldry for “The Reader”
Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

Achievement in film editing

Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Lee Smith “The Dark Knight”
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley for “Frost/Nixon”
Elliot Graham for “Milk”
Chris Dickens for “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best foreign language film of the year

“The Baader Meinhof Complex” from Germany
“The Class” from France
“Departures” from Japan
“Revanche” from Austria
“Waltz with Bashir” from Israel