OldBoy

Best motion picture of the year
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Kennedy/Marshall Production...
• Frost/Nixon, A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production...
• Milk, A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• The Reader, A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
• Slumdog Millionaire, A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Performance by an actor in a leading role
• 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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Josh Brolin in Milk
• Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
• Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie in Changeling
• Melissa Leo in Frozen River
• Meryl Streep in Doubt
• Kate Winslet in The Reader

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Amy Adams in Doubt
• Penιlope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis in Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Best animated feature film of the year
• Bolt, Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• Kung Fu Panda, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• WALL•E, Andrew Stanton

Achievement in directing
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher
• Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard
• Milk, Gus Van Sant
• The Reader, Stephen Daldry
• Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle

Achievement in art direction
• Changeling, Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• The Dark Knight, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• The Duchess, Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• Revolutionary Road, Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography
• Changeling, Tom Stern
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight, Wally Pfister
• The Reader, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design
• Australia, Catherine Martin
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jacqueline West
• The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
• Milk, Danny Glicker
• Revolutionary Road, Albert Wolsky

Best documentary feature
• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• The Garden, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Man on Wire, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• Trouble the Water, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject
• The Conscience of Nhem En, Steven Okazaki
• The Final Inch, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• The Dark Knight, Lee Smith
• Frost/Nixon, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• Milk, Elliot Graham
• Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year
• The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
• The Class, France
• Departures, Japan
• Revanche, Austria
• Waltz with Bashir, Israel

Achievement in makeup
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
• The Dark Knight, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 written for motion pictures (Original song)
• “Down to Earth” from WALL•E, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
• “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best animated short film
• La Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio Kato
• Lavatory - Lovestory, Konstantin Bronzit
• Oktapodi, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• Presto, Doug Sweetland
• This Way Up, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film
• Auf der Strecke (On the Line), Reto Caffi
• Manon on the Asphalt, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• New Boy, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• The Pig, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hψgh
• Spielzeugland (Toyland), Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing
• The Dark Knight, Richard King
• Iron Man, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Sayers
• WALL•E, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• Wanted, Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• The Dark Knight, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• WALL•E, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• Wanted, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaρo and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• The Dark Knight, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• Iron Man, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• Doubt, Written by John Patrick Shanley
• Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• The Reader, Screenplay by David Hare
• Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
• Frozen River, Written by Courtney Hunt
• Happy-Go-Lucky, Written by Mike Leigh
• In Bruges, Written by Martin McDonagh
• Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
• WALL•E, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Thanks very much to 'DonnachaOne' for compiling the great list!

islandclaws

I set my DVR to record the morning news so I can watch when I get up. I hope we get a few surprises this year, as usual.

tucker

any else getting up at 530am to watch it?
i am rooting for the dark knight!

OldBoy

if someone could post the full list after the announcement i will add to first post later today. thanks in advance.

riotinmyskull

totally forgot these were today...gives me something to look forward to at work today.

Quack

I hope Wall-E gets a nod for Best Picture :-\

NitroJMS

I'll post a list of nominees once they are released.

JPRaup

I'll be posting them live as they come out: http://thefilmstage.com/2009/01/22/2...r-nominations/

They just announced 5 minutes until broadcast.

JPRaup

3 minutes....

Groucho

Wow, you are shameless.

Ronnie Dobbs

Looks like it'll be Slumdog Millionaire's year.

Drexl

Well, I can't say I'm surprised about the lack of nominations for The Dark Knight (aside from Ledger).

riotinmyskull

nevermind.

Ronnie Dobbs

which guy?

RDJ for Tropic Thunder. Thats a surprise

Mr. Cinema

Benjamin Button: 13 nominations

Slumdog Millonaire: 10 nominations

The Reader: 6 nominations

philo

Unbelievable. Leaving out The Dark Knight and Chris Nolan and nominating dreck like Benjamin Button and Frost Nixon.. They can say hello to one of their lowest viewing audiences. Good job Academy.

Charlie Goose

Another nomination for Kate Winslet.

Doughboy

Dark Knight got screwed.

I was glad to see Michael Shannon got a Best Supporting Actor nod for Revolutionary Road. He stole that movie in his brief screentime. Heath Ledger should win though.

Hopefully Mickey Rourke wins Best Actor. I'm really worried that politics will push Sean Penn over the top though.

Honestly I can't think of much else to say. Once again the Academy nominated a handful of solid choices, but completely shut out some damn fine movies that I suppose they considered too mainstream. And they wonder why no one watches their show anymore.

Quack

Damn it >:0

Mr. Cinema

I said many times TDK could get left out. I thought Doubt would take its place, but not The Reader.

Ronnie Dobbs

as if Dark Knight would've won. can't wait to read what the fanboys at aintitcool say. however Nolan should've been nominated for director. huge oversight.

Groucho

I'm very excited to watch the Batman fanboys implode this morning as tears stream down their Joker-makeup faces.

NitroJMS

Well, the seven people who saw The Reader will be happy.

beatccr

but only 1... and best actress is a tight race this year
i have a feeling she's not going to win again...

Doughboy

It never would've won, but a comic book movie being nominated for Best Picture would've been a major breakthrough. And if The Dark Knight couldn't do it, no film in that genre ever will.

You could almost say the same for Wall-E although at least Beauty and the Beast managed to crack that glass ceiling back in 1992.