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Heath Ledger Gets Golden Globe Nod

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By Total Film published 11 December 2008

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Heath Ledger has received a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, marking the only nod to The Dark Knight by the awards body.

Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Frost / Nixon and Doubt led the pack, gaining five nominations each. The Reader, Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire weren't far behind, clocking up four a piece.

The movie nominations in full:

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost / Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress (Drama)

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelia Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristen Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best Actor (Drama)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella, Frost / Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Michey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)

Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actress (Comedy Or Musical)

Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
Emmma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

Best Actor (Comedy Or Musical)

Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell, In Bruges
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey

Best Animated Feature Film

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex
Everlasting Moments
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
Waltz With Bashir

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrester
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Director

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare, The Reader
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
James Newton Howard, Defiance
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

Best Original Song

Down To Eath, Wall-E
Gran Torino, Gran Torino
I Thought I Lost You, Bolt
Once In A Lifetime, Cadillac Records
The Wrestler, The Wrestler

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