Oscars 2009 nominations announced

The nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards have been announced. Here's the list:

Best Picture

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"Frost/Nixon"

"Milk

"The Reader"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Director

Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"

David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"

Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Best Actor

Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"

Sean Penn, "Milk"

Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Richard Jenkins , "The Visitor"

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"

Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Viola Davis, "Doubt"

Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Best Original Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"

Courtney Hunt , "Frozen River"

Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Marttin McDonagh , "In Bruges"

Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon,"WALL-E"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

David Hare, "The Reader"

Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"

John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"

Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Animated Feature Film

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, Germany

The Class, France

Departures, Japan

Revanche, Austria

Waltz With Bashir, Israel

And now for the minor categories... [page-break]

Art Direction

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Duchess

Revolutionary Road

Achievement In Cinematography

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design

Australia

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Duchess

Milk

Revolutionary Road

Documentary Feature

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

Encounters at the End of the World

The Garden

Man on Wire

Trouble the Water

Documentary Short Subject

The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki

The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Achievement In Film Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement In Makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Achievement In Music (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

Achievement In Music (Original Song)

WALL-E - "Down to Earth"

Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"

Slumdog Millionaire - "O Saya"

Best Animated Short

La Maison de Petits Cubes

Lavatory - Lovestory

Oktapodi

Presto

This Way Up

Live Action Short Film

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

The Pig

Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Achievement In Sound Editing

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

Achievement in Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

Achivement In Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

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