Thread: Oscar nominations

The awards take place in Feb 2009, (22nd i think) and below are the nominations.

There are a lot of films on the list that i've not yet seen, and so can't really say who i think will win each catagory.

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Frost/Nixon (200: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
Milk (200: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Reader (200: Nominees to be determined
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees:
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (200
Sean Penn for Milk (200
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (200

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (200
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (200
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (200
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)
Kate Winslet for The Reader (200

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Josh Brolin for Milk (200
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (200
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (200
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (200

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (200
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (200

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (200
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (200
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (200
Gus Van Sant for Milk (200

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees:
Frozen River (200: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (200: Mike Leigh
In Bruges (200: Martin McDonagh
Milk (200: Dustin Lance Black
WALL·E (200: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (200: Peter Morgan
The Reader (200: David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees:
Changeling (200: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (200: Wally Pfister
The Reader (200: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight (200: Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (200: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk (200: Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees:
Changeling (200: James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight (200: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess (200: Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road (200: Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees:
Australia (200: Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Jacqueline West
The Duchess (200: Michael O'Connor
Milk (200: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (200: Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight (200: John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (200: Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (200: James Newton Howard
Milk (200: Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire (200: A.R. Rahman
WALL·E (200: Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees:
Slumdog Millionaire (200: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar ("Jai Ho")
Slumdog Millionaire (200: A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam ("O Saya")
WALL·E (200: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman ("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight (200: Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
WALL·E (200: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted (200: Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees:
The Dark Knight (200: Richard King
Iron Man (200: Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Tom Sayers
WALL·E (200: Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted (200: Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
The Dark Knight (200: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man (200: John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees:
Bolt (200: Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (200: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
WALL·E (200: Andrew Stanton

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (200(Germany)
Entre les murs (200(France)
Revanche (200(Austria)
Okuribito (200(Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (200(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features Nominees:
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (200: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World (2007): Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden (2008/I): Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire (200: James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water (200: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees:
The Conscience of Nhem En: Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306: Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde
Best Short Film, Animated Nominees:
La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi (2007): Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto (200: Doug Sweetland
This Way Up (200: Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees:
Auf der Strecke (2007): Reto Caffi
Manon sur le bitume (2007): Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy (2007): Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
Grisen (200: Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh
Spielzeugland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank