The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads with 13 Nominations.
Here are the 81st Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
Benjamin Button
Milk
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jollie in Changeling
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin in Milk
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marrisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Best Director
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Howard for Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
Best Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt for Frozen River
Mike Leigh for Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Andrew Stanton for Wall-E
Dustin Lance Black for Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon
David Hare for The Reader
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Wall-E
Kung Fu Panda
Best Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Best Cinematography
Changeling
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Best Costumes
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
The Betrayal
The Garden
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory – Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Film Editing
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
Benjamin Button
Milk
Best Foreign Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dark Knight
Hellboy II
Best Original Score
Wall-E
Slumdog Millionaire
Defiance
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Best Original Song
Down to Earth from Wall-E
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Wanted
Iron Man
Wall-E
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight
Wanted
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wall-E
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dark Knight
Wall-E
The Oscars are hosted by Hugh Jackman will take place on February 22nd.
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