The Nominees

by admin on January 26, 2009

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 81ST AWARDS - NOMINEES

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Richard Jenkins - THE VISITOR
Frank Langella - FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn - MILK
Brad Pitt - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke - THE WRESTLER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Anne Hathaway - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Angelina Jolie - CHANGELING
Melissa Leo - FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep - DOUBT
Kate Winslet - THE READER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Josh Brolin - MILK
Robert Downey Jr. - TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman - DOUBT
Heath Ledger - THE DARK NIGHT
Michael Shannon - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams - DOUBT
Penelope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis - DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTOON
Marissa Tomei - THE WRESTLER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Chris Williams and Byron Howard - BOLT
John Stevenson and Mark Osborne - KUNG FU PANDA
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

ART DIRECTION

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY

CHANGELING - Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT - Wally Pfister
THE READER - Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Anthony Dod Mantle

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

DIRECTING

David Fincher - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Ron Howard - FROST NIXON
Gus Van Sant - MILK
Stephen Daldry - THE READER
Danny Boyle - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) (Cinema Guild)
A Pandinlao Films Production - Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment) A Creative Differences Production - Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
THE GARDEN A Black Valley Films Production - Scott Hamilton Kennedy
MAN ON WIRE (Magnolia Pictures)
A Wall to Wall Production - James Marsh and Simon Chinn
TROUBLE THE WATER (Zeitgeist Films)
An Elsewhere Films Production - Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN - A Farallon Films Production- Steven Okazaki
THE FINAL INCH- A Vermilion Films Production- Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
SMILE PINKI -A Principe Production- Megan Mylan
THE WITNESS -FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 -A Rock Paper Scissors Production - Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

FILM EDITING

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Germany - THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX - A Constantin Film Production
France - THE CLASS - (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production
Japan - DEPARTURES - (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production
Austria - REVANCHE - (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production
Israel - WALTZ WITH BASHIR - (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production

MAKEUP

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

ACADEMY AWARD(S)®, OSCAR(S)®, OSCAR NIGHT® and OSCAR® statuette design mark are the registered trademarks and service marks, and the OSCAR® statuette the copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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