Administrator Toups Posted January 22, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2009 The 81st Academy Awards telecast: Sunday February 22, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 http://www.oscars.org/awards/81academyawards/nominees.html Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards Best motion picture of the year * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers * “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers * “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer Performance by an actor in a leading role * Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films) * Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) * Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role * Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features) * Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) * Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax) * Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) * Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Performance by an actress in a leading role * Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) * Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal) * Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics) * Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax) * Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an actress in a supporting role * Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax) * Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company) * Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax) * Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) * Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Achievement in directing * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard * “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant * “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle Adapted screenplay * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord * “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan * “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy Original screenplay * “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt * “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh * “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh * “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter Best animated feature film of the year * “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard * “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton Achievement in art direction * “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando * “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway * “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt Achievement in cinematography * “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister * “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle Achievement in costume design * “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West * “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor * “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker * “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky Best 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 Best documentary short subject * “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 Achievement in film editing * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley * “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens Best foreign language film of the year * “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany * “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France * “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan * “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria * “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel Achievement in makeup * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan * “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat * “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard * “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) * “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel * “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar * “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam Best animated short film * “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato * “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit * “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand * “Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland * “This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes Best live action short film * “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi * “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont * “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie * “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh * “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank Achievement in sound editing * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King * “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood * “Wanted” (Universal),Wylie Stateman Achievement in sound mixing * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt * “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt Achievement in visual effects * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron * “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin * “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the pack with 13 nominations, and Slumdog Millionaire is second with 10 nominations. Milk is third with 9 nominations. The Dark Knight is fourth with 8 nominations. My thoughts: Great to see Kate Winslet in LEAD for The Reader. Though Weinstein and company campaigned for that performance to be considered Supporting this award season, it was clearly a Lead role. The Reader totally bitch-slapped The Dark Knight. Weinstein did his thing and got the Academy voters to really go with this overall underwhelming picture. I'm so happy for Melissa Leo getting that Lead nominations for Frozen River. It was a very deserving performance. I'm a bit sad that Sally Hawkins didn't make the final cut for Happy-Go-Lucky, but I'm not surprised she didn't, but she did win the two big critics awards. Supporting Actress is BY FAR the best category. I'm so glad Marisa Tomei, Taraji P. Henson, and Amy Adams made the final cut. As I continued to say all this award season, I'm not surprised that The Dark Knight was snubbed from the major categories. The BAFTA snub coupled with Weinstein's brilliant campaigning for The Reader really sealed the deal. It's about politics folks, Warner Brothers' campaign for The Dark Knight was horribly in-your-face and obnoxious, which may have turned many voters off. That coupled with the fact the Academy tends to skew older and no comic-book film has ever gotten in for Best Picture. I, for the record, believe The Dark Knight DESERVED to get the slot The Reader got, but I see why it didn't happen. As for my predictions. Even though The Curious Case of Benjamin Button got the most nominations, it won't win Best Picture, which is often the case. This solidified more to me that Slumdog Millionaire will walk away with the top prize at the end of award season. It looks like the little film that could will win Best Picture, after all. I also think this is Kate Winslet's year to win that elusive Best Actress prize. Hathaway might have gotten more support from the critics, but Winslet has the buzz and momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 22, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2009 Damn, no TDK for Best Picture! But at least Heath was nominated. God, I hope he wins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rakesh Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 He will. Clint was robbed as lead actor. Nice list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bandbfan Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I love my Meryl, so glad to see her get the nom. I'd be suprised if she wins though. Haven't seen any of the other female pictures but it sounds like there's some tough competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I loved The Visitor and I'm glad Richard Jenkins was nominated although I doubt he'll actually win. I'm rooting for him, Anne Hathaway and Viola Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I feel kind of sad for Warner Brothers. They spent a ridiculous amount of money campaigning for The Dark Knight and they're re-releasing it tomorrow and they only did that initially with the hope they'd get a Best Picture nomination, and build momentum with the re-release. It backfired, nonetheless. LOL! It's still a shame the The Reader of all films took The Dark Knight's spot. Interesting enough, the film they gave away, Slumdog Millionaire (though they're splitting the profits with Fox Searchlight), is the front-runner to win the Best Picture, and they also co-distributed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PAsoapfan Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 Interesting to see who will walk away a winner in the Best Supporting Actress Catergory since Kate Winslet is in the lead Catergory for THE READER. Glad to see Heath with a Nom and hopefully a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bandbfan Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I forgot about Viola Davis. I loved her performance as well. I'd be very shocked if Amy Adams got it. I don't mind her, but I don't think she did anything that great. Natalie Portman could've knocked that part out of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted January 23, 2009 Members Share Posted January 23, 2009 Other than the glaring The Dark Knight snub, the nominations I guess aren't that bad.... predictable, but not that bad. I had prepared myself for the snub, so it really wasn't all that shocking, but disappointing none the less. The most important was Heath so I am still happy. But 8 nominations, and not a best picture nomination. A little suspicious. I was also very shocked they didn't even get a nomination for Original Score. I still don't quite understand what is so special about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I saw it, and sure it was a decent film with a rather interesting story, but I found it boring and it had no over arching theme. Technically speaking it was very good, however 13 nominations good? I don't think so. I was happy to see Traci P. Henson get it as she was an absolute scene stealer in the movie. To a lesser extent its nice to see Brad Pitt finally get a nomination, however that should have came a year ago for Jesse James. Kate Winslet for The Reader is a very interesting development.... however a good one. She was never supporting in that film to begin with. The fact that The Reader won over the academy voters would suggest that she has it in the bag.... however I still am quite worried she will go home yet again empty handed. I am a bit puzzled and disappointed at the Sally Hawkins snub. Melissa Leo is fine, Angelina Jolie is the one who shouldn't be there. This year is obviously Slumdog Millionaire's to lose. I am glad though they didn't throw in an acting nomination. I felt the acting was the weakest part of the film... it was decent enough as an ensemble and it all came together well.... but I was against this Dev Patel bandwagon.... he was mediocre at best. Yay Michael Shannon!!!!! A year ago if you had told me Revolutionary Road would be this low on the radar I would have gasped. The movie was hyped for such a long time and was a complete disappointment considering who was involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted January 23, 2009 Members Share Posted January 23, 2009 I think if Kate Winslet had been double nominated it would of hurt her chances at the Oscars. The Golden Globes is a MUCH smaller voting pool then the Oscar's or even the SAG Awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 23, 2009 Members Share Posted January 23, 2009 Shannon was one of those WTF nominees to me, I didn't find him particularly appealing in Revolutionary Road, I was very surprised when he got the nomination. And yes, what a load of over-hyped crap that film turned out to be. The first hour of Benjamin Button to me was an absolute snooze, and still, the only decent thing about it to me was Cate Blanchette. Its nominations in the technical categories are deserved though. It could really steal Best Picture from Slumdog Millionaire too, since it scored the most nominations and could have that psychologial element to it. But I still give Slumdog Millionaire the edge. I think they just gave her this nomination to make up for last year's snub, though that spot should've really gone to Hawkins. Dreamgirls also had 8 nominations and no Best Picture nomination. Its happened quite a few times actually, but Weinstein's campaign for The Reader really hurt The Dark Knight and the BAFTA snub really solidified it all to me. I think being ineligible and then being eligible really hurt them in that category. Voters were probably confused as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 23, 2009 Members Share Posted January 23, 2009 Also, even if they wanted to nominate her for both roles, they couldn't do it in the same category. Even though Weinstein campaigned for her as Supporting in The Reader, much like at the BAFTA'S, voters smartly voted her her in the Lead category. She was obviously Lead in Revolutionary Road too, and since the rules prohibit more than one nomination in a particular category for one actor, one of her performances was bound to get overlooked. The majority of the voters went with the right performance IMO. She was much better in The Reader, though that film on its own isn't very good and shouldn't be up for Best Picture, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted January 23, 2009 Members Share Posted January 23, 2009 I wonder who will win an Oscar for original screenplay. The adapted one will go to Slumdog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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