This morning Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. And the nominess are:
Best Picture:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
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
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress:
* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Taraji Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marissa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Director:
* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Gus Van Sant, Milk
Best Original Screenplay:
* Frozen River
* Milk
* In Bruges
* Happy-Go-Lucky
* Wall*E
Best Adapted Screenplay:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Doubt
* Frost/Nixon
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Film:
* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* Wall*E
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
Cinematography:
* Changeling
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
* Wall*E
* Wanted
Sound Editing:
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* Slumdog Millionaire
* Wall*E
* Wanted
Original Score:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Defiance
* Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL*E
Original Song:
* “Down to Earth” from WALL*E
* “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
* “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire
Costume:
* Australia
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Duchess
* Milk
* Revolutionary Road
Documentary Feature:
* The Betrayal
* Encounters at the End of the World
* The Garden
* Man on Wire
* Trouble the Water
Documentary (short subject):
* The Conscience of Nhem En
* The Final Inch
* Smile Pinki
* The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306
Makeup:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Animated Short Film:
* La Maison en Petits Cubes
* Lavatory — Lovestory
* Oktapodi
* Presto
* This Way Up
Live Action Short Film:
* Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
* Manon on the Asphalt
* New Boy
* The Pig
* Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Visual Effects:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. For more details visit the official site for the Oscars. Check back to JoReviews next week where I will be making my predicitions for the Academy Award winners and will be asking for our site visitors to vote on who they think will win. The JoReviews visitor that gets the most correct winners will win a movie prize pack. Click here for your guesses.
