1. Best Picture:
” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
” The Reader “
” Slumdog Millionaire “
2. 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 .”
3. Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”;
Angelina Jolie , ” Changeling “;
Melissa Leo , ” Frozen River “;
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”;
Kate Winslet , “The Reader.”
4. Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin , “Milk”;
Robert Downey Jr ., ” Tropic Thunder “;
Philip Seymour Hoffman , “Doubt”;
Heath Ledger , ” The Dark Knight “;
Michael Shannon , ” Revolutionary Road .”
5. Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams , “Doubt”;
Penelope Cruz , ” Vicky Cristina Barcelona “;
Viola Davis , “Doubt”;
Taraji P. Henson , “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
Marisa Tomei , “The Wrestler.”
6. 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.”
7. Best Foreign Film :
“The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany;
“The Class,” France;
“Departures,” Japan;
“Revanche,” Austria;
” Waltz With Bashir ,” Israel.
8. Best Adapted Screenplay :
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord , “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
John Patrick Shanley , “Doubt”;
Peter Morgan , “Frost/Nixon”;
David Hare, “The Reader”;
Simon Beaufoy , “Slumdog Millionaire.”
9. Best Original Screenplay:
Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”;
Mike Leigh , “Happy-Go-Lucky”;
Martin McDonagh , “In Bruges”;
Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”;
Andrew Stanton , Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, “WALL-E.”
10. Best Animated Feature Film :
“Bolt ” Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda ” Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
“WALL-E” Andrew Stanton
11. Best Art Direction:
“Changeling” – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
“The Dark Knight”– Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
“The Duchess”– Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
“Revolutionary Road.”– Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
12. Best Cinematography :
“Changeling,” – Tom Stern
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”– Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight,”– Wally Pfister
“The Reader,”– Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
“Slumdog Millionaire.”– Anthony Dod Mantle
13. Best Sound Mixing:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Slumdog Millionaire,”
“WALL-E,”
“Wanted.”
14. Best Sound Editing:
“The Dark Knight,”
“Iron Man,”
“Slumdog Millionaire,”
“WALL-E,”
“Wanted.”
15. Best 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 .
16. Best Original Song:
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman;
” Jai Ho ” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar;
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.
17. Best Costume/Costume Design:
“Australia,”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Duchess,”
“Milk,”
“Revolutionary Road.”
18. Best Documentary Feature:
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),”
” Encounters at the End of the World ,”
“The Garden,”
“Man on Wire,”
” Trouble the Water .”
19. Best Documentary ( short subject ):
“The Conscience of Nhem En,”
“The Final Inch,”
“Smile Pinki,”
“The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306.”
20. Best Film Editing:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Frost/Nixon,”
“Milk,”
“Slumdog Millionaire.”
21. Best Makeup:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”
22. Best Animated Short Film:
“La Maison en Petits Cubes,”
“Lavatory – Lovestory,”
“Oktapodi,”
“Presto,”
“This Way Up.”
23. Best Live Action Short Film:
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line),”
“Manon on the Asphalt,”
“New Boy,”
“The Pig,”
“Spielzeugland (Toyland).”
24. Best Visual Effects:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
” Iron Man .”
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