2009 Oscar Nominations



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2009 Oscar Nominations

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MAJOR OSCAR CATEGORIES
Best Picture	Best Actress	Best Actor
Best Director	Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Art Direction
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Best Original Musical Score	Best Make-Up	Best Documentary

And the winner is...

Best Picture:

	THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	FROST/NIXON
	MILK
	THE READER
	SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Director:

	David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON
	Gus Van Sant, MILK
	Stephen Daldry, THE READER
	Danny Boyle, 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
	Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
	Viola Davis, DOUBT
	Taraji P. Henson, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER

Best Foreign Language Film:

	THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, Germany
	THE CLASS, France
	DEPARTURES, Japan
	REVANCHE, Austria
	WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel

Best Documentary Film:

	THE BETRAYAL (Nerakhoon)
	ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
	THE GARDER
	MAN ON WIRE
	TROUBLE THE WATER

Best Adapted Screenplay:

	Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	John Patrick Shanley, DOUBT
	Peter Morgan, FROST/NIXON
	David Hare, THE READER
	Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Original Screenplay:

	Courtney Hunt, FROZEN RIVER
	Mike Leigh, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
	Martin McDonagh, IN BRUGES
	Dustin Lance Black, MILK
	Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter, WALL-E

Best Original Score:

	Alexandre Desplat, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	James Newton Howard, DEFIANCE
	Danny Elfman, MILK
	A.R. Rahman, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
	Thomas Newman, WALL-E

Best Editing:

	Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	Lee Smith, THE DARK KNIGHT
	Mike Hill, Dan Hanley, FROST/NIXON
	Elliot Graham, MILK
	Chris Dickens, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Make-Up:

	Greg Cannom, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan, THE DARK KNIGHT
	Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz, HELLBOY II, THE GOLDEN ARMY

Best Art Direction:

	James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis, CHANGELING
	Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, THE DARK KNIGHT
	Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway, THE DUCHESS
	Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Best Costume Design:

	Catherine Martin, AUSTRALIA
	Jacqueline West, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
	Michael O'Connor, THE DUCHESS
	Danny Glicker, MILK
	Albert Wolsky, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD