Oscar nominations Announced !

[EXPAT]

List of 81st annual Oscar nominations is announced

 

 

Complete list of 81st annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday:

 

1. Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""Frost/Nixon,""Milk,""The Reader,""Slumdog Millionaire."

2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"; Sean Penn, "Milk"; Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."

3. Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"; Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"; Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"; Meryl Streep, "Doubt"; Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

4. Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"; Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"; Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"; Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road."

5. 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."

6. Director: David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"; Gus Van Sant, "Milk"; Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"; Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."

7. Foreign Film: "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany; "The Class," France; "Departures," Japan; "Revanche," Austria; "Waltz With Bashir," Israel.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"; Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"; David Hare, "The Reader"; Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."

9. Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"; Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"; Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"; Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Bolt"; "Kung Fu Panda"; "WALL-E."

11. Art Direction: "Changeling,""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""The Duchess,""Revolutionary Road."

12. Cinematography: "Changeling,""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""The Reader,""Slumdog Millionaire."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""Slumdog Millionaire,""WALL-E,""Wanted."

14. Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight,""Iron Man,""Slumdog Millionaire,""WALL-E,""Wanted."

15. 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.

16. Original Song: "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

17. Costume: "Australia,""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Duchess,""Milk,""Revolutionary Road."

18. Documentary Feature: "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),""Encounters at the End of the World,""The Garden,""Man on Wire,""Trouble the Water."

19. Documentary (short subject): "The Conscience of Nhem En,""The Final Inch,""Smile Pinki,""The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306."

20. Film Editing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""Frost/Nixon,""Milk,""Slumdog Millionaire."

21. Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""Hellboy II: The Golden Army."

22. Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes,""Lavatory - Lovestory,""Oktapodi,""Presto,""This Way Up."

23. Live Action Short Film: "Auf der Strecke (On the Line),""Manon on the Asphalt,""New Boy,""The Pig,""Spielzeugland (Toyland)."

24. Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,""The Dark Knight,""Iron Man."

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Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Jerry Lewis

Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull

[Guest Tristan]

The official Oscar site now groups nominations by category and film. It also has a printer-friendly version and background on each of the nominees.

 

http://www.oscars.com/nominees/?pn=nominees#top

[JT Brooklyn]

Slumdog Millionaire - Mickey Rourke-IMHO Definitely worth a Nom..

 

But ya never know, when ya tell alot of people to go F#*k themselves it can come back to Bite ya in the Ass..As we've all seen around here over the Years with some "Best Of" Working Guys Falling way off the List! ;-)

[Cooper]

Interesting that Kate Winslet, winner of the Golden Globe for best actress in Revolutionary Road, was not nominated for an Oscar in that movie. However, her Oscar nomination is well deserved for her acting in The Reader.

[Guest EuropTravl]

Just a quick glance - I watched Golden Globes and I noticed Bruce Springsteen who WON Best Song for "The Wrestler" isn't nominated.

[+ Lucky]

How come the cute boy in The Reader didn't get nominated for Best Dick on screen?

[Cooper]

"How come the cute boy in The Reader didn't get nominated for Best Dick on screen?"

 

The cute boy is David Kross and, yes, he should be nominated for his Dick.

 

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[+ Lucky]

Let's all jump for joy in seeing the penis make an appearance here!

 

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[JT Brooklyn]

We'd see even more.. or it probably would Photo Better, look bigger with less of a BUSH around it! ;-)

[jackhammer91406]

I have to have my SAG ballot in tomorrow so just finished seeing the movies nominated with the last film today BENJAMIN BUTTON.

Boy it's a tough call. I have enjoyed all the nominated movies this year, all for different reasons.

Standing out in my mind are:

The performance of Meryl Streep in DOUBT

The performance of Heath Ledger in DARK KNIGHT

The performance of Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON (I remember him in one of his first films THE 12 CHAIRS by Mel Brooks. Boy what a career this guy has had.)

The performance of Sean Penn in MILK.

Everything about SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

 

I am surprised the nominations for Cinematography did not include AUSTRALIA (a film I enjoyed greatly tho it wasn't a big box office performer in this country).

 

I have been staring at my ballot for 30 minutes and still don't know who to vote for....

x(

[+ Lucky]

My friends walked out on Australia, and no doubt I would too. I liked Slumdog as much as anyone. I think Streep is highly overrated, and any good actor could have played the part in Doubt without breaking a nail.

 

I saw Langella do the role live on stage in London, and was amazed. Then I thought his film performance was even better.

 

As for Sean Penn, yes, he was great. But he played a man that few alive would know, so we really don't know how well he played the man. Langella had the much harder task of playing a well-known villain. And he humanized him, and no one doubted that he played Nixon.

 

So there. Vote for the kid in The Reader with the cock..I know, a write-in, but hey, it's your ballot!

[Guest zipperzone]

>The performance of Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON (I remember

>him in one of his first films THE 12 CHAIRS by Mel Brooks.

>Boy what a career this guy has had.)

 

In his earliest films he was so handsome it made your heart stop.

[uwsman2]

Langella was such a suave Dracula that he could bite my kneck anytime. But then remember Diary of a Mad Housewife???

[ManToManDave]

So glad that the Academy did the right thing and recognized Melissa Leo for Frozen River. I am one of the few who saw the movie -- based on the raves she had been getting.

 

She was so real and so raw -- that before long I felt I was watching a reality TV show -- rather than a scripted movie. She is THAT good -- and the movie is a nail-biter too.

 

She has no shot at winning -- but, like Amy Ryan last year, this will give a career shot in the arm to another talented character actress who has always been brilliant -- but never became a "name" star.

 

Dave

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