Oscar Nominations Full List - Heath Ledger Gets a Nod
The Academy Award nominations are in! At the crack of dawn today the 2009 Oscar contenders were announced.
One year ago Heath Ledger passed away at the height of his career. January 22, 2008 was a viscously sad day as the burning talent of Ledger was gone all too soon. It is bittersweet that his role in “The Dark Knight” as the Joker has earned him an Oscar nomination. Today, a year later, friends and family are still grieving and healing. Let’s hope that this recognition can give them something to further their pride in Heath and provide a small light to focus on.
The nomination predictions for big categories like Best Picture were theorized to go to “The Dark Knight,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“. Actresses like Kate Winslet (who won 2 Golden Globes this year) and Angelina Jolie were also up for accolades in early predictions. So how did they fair?
2009 Academy Award Nominees:
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz - “Vicky Cristna Barcelona”
Viola Davis - “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei - “The Wrestler”
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. - “Tropic Thunder”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - “Doubt”
Heath Ledger - “The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon - “Relolutionary Road”
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway - “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie - “The Changeling”
Melissa Leo - “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep - “Doubt”
Kate Winslet “ The Reader”
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins - “The Visitor”
Frank Langella - “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn - “Milk”
Brad Pitt - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke - “The Wrestler”
Best 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”
Best Screen Play
Courtney Hunt - “Frozen River”
Mike Leigh - “Happy Go Luck”
Martin McDonough - “In Bruge”
Dustin Lance Black - “Milk”
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter - “Wall-E”
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - “Benjamin Button”
John Patrick Shanley - “Doubt”
Peter Morgan - “Frost/Nixon”
David Hare - “The Reader”
Simon Beaufoy - “Slumdog Millionaire”
Foreign Language
“Der Baader Meinhof Komplex”
“The Class”
“Departures”
“Revanche”
“Waltz with Bashir”
Animated Film
“Bolt”
“Kung Fun Panda”
“WALL-E”
The Rest of the 2009 Academy Award Nominations List After the Fold - Click “Read More…”
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”
“Dark Knight”
“The Duchess”
“Revolutionary Road”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Changeling” Tom Stern
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Anthony Dod Mantle
“The Reader,” Chris Menges
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight,” Wally Pfister,
BEST FILM EDITING
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
“The Dark Knight,” Lee Smith
“Frost/Nixon,” Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
“Milk,” Elliot Graham
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Chris Dickens
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Australia,” Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” Jacqueline West
“The Duchess,” Michael O’Conner
“Milk”, Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road,” Albert Wolsky
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“The Garden”
“Man on Wire”
“Trouble the Water”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman
“Slumdog Millionaire,” “O Saya,” A.R. Rahman & M.I.A.
“Wall-E,” “Down To Earth,” Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman
BEST 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
BEST MAKEUP
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Colleen Callaghan, Fionagh Cush
“The Dark Knight,” Peter Robb-King, John Caglione Jr.
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz
BEST SOUND EDITING
“The Dark Knight,” Richard King
“Iron Man,” Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Tom Sayers
“Wall-E,” Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
“Wanted,” Wylie Stateman
BEST SOUND MIXING
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Mark Weingarten, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce
“The Dark Knight,” Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
“Wall-E,” Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick
“Wanted,” Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Eric Barba
“The Dark Knight,” Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
“Iron Man,” John Nelson
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”
“Manon on the Asphalt”
“New Boy”
“The Pig”
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“La Maison en Petits Cubes”
“Lavatory - Lovestory”
“Oktapodi”
“Presto”
“This Way Up”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
“The Conscience of Nhem En” “The Final Inch” “Smile Pinki” “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306″
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