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*''[[The Reader (film)|The Reader]]'' [[Anthony Minghella]], [[Sydney Pollack]], [[Redmond Morris]],[[Donna Gigliotti]] |
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Revision as of 19:11, 4 February 2009
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony scheduled for February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Major awards
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
- Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner
- Milk - Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
- The Reader - Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Redmond Morris,Donna Gigliotti
- Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson
- Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry – The Reader
- David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant – Milk
- Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn – Milk
- Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
- Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie – Changeling
- Melissa Leo – Frozen River
- Meryl Streep – Doubt
- Kate Winslet – The Reader
- Josh Brolin – Milk
- Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
- Amy Adams – Doubt
- Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis – Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
- WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter
- Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
- Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
- In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
- Milk - Dustin Lance Black
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
- Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
- The Reader - David Hare
- Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
- Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
- Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
- Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
- WALL-E – Andrew Stanton
- Revanche (Austria) in German - Götz Spielmann
- The Class (France) in French - Laurent Cantet
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) in German
- Departures (Japan) in Japanese
- Waltz with Bashir (Israel) in Hebrew - Ari Folman
Other awards
- 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
- Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
- The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
- The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
- Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
- Changeling – Tom Stern
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
- The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
- The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
- Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
- Australia – Catherine Martin
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
- The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
- Milk – Danny Glicker
- Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
- Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
- Encounters at the End of the World
- The Garden
- Man on Wire
- Trouble the Water
- The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki
- The Final Inch
- Smile Pinki
- The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
- The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
- Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
- Milk – Elliot Graham
- Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
- On the Line (Auf der Strecke)
- Manon On the Asphalt
- New Boy
- The Pig (Grisen)
- Toyland (Spielzeugland)
- 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
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
- Defiance – James Newton Howard
- Milk – Danny Elfman
- Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
- WALL-E – Thomas Newman
- "Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)
- "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
- "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.
- 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
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
- The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
- Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
- WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
- Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
- The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
- Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan
Honorary awards
Multiple Nominations
Most nominations
Table denotes films that have been nominated for 5 or more awards
| Film | Release Date | # Nominations | Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | December 25, 2008 | 13 | $155,049,574 [1] |
| Slumdog Millionaire | November 12, 2008 | 10 | $96,271,927 [2] |
| The Dark Knight | July 18, 2008 | 8 | $998,478,369 [3] |
| Milk | November 26, 2008 | 8 | $28,853,456 [4] |
| WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | 6 | $532,942,547 [5] |
| Doubt | December 12, 2008 | 5 | $29,555,806 [6] |
| Frost/Nixon | December 5, 2008 | 5 | $18,495,871 [7] |
| The Reader | December 10, 2008 | 5 | $19,617,575 [8] |
- Film is nominated for Best Picture
Other films with multiple nominations
Notable nominations and awards
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- If Heath Ledger wins the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight, it will make him the second actor in Academy Award history to win posthumously, the first being another Australian, Peter Finch, for Network, who won for Best Actor.
- Robert Downey Jr. is the first actor to be nominated for a role played in blackface since Laurence Olivier in 1965 for his performance in Othello.
- Frank Langella's nomination, at age 71, ranks him as the sixth oldest nominee ever for Best Actor in the history of the Academy Awards.
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tied with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Chicago as the films with the most nominations of the decade (13), including Best Picture.
- Slumdog Millionaire has the highest number of nominations for a non-American production this decade (10).
- WALL·E received six nominations, tying it with Beauty and the Beast for the most nominated animated film.[9] If WALL-E wins for screenplay, it will be the first animated picture to be awarded this honor.
- The Dark Knight gathered a total of eight nominations, making it the most nominated superhero film in Academy Award history.
- Stephen Daldry's Best Director nomination for The Reader makes him the first director be nominated in the category for his first three films. He was previously nominated for Billy Elliot and The Hours.
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, domestic partners, have both been nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
Reactions
Reactions were diverse; some pronounced the Oscar nominations this year to be surprising, particularly at Kate Winslet's sole nomination for The Reader, and not for the expected film Revolutionary Road.[10] Nominations for Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road and Viola Davis for Doubt were also met with surprise, as both have under ten minutes of screen time.[11] Further, the Academy has been accused of snubbing WALL-E, Doubt and The Dark Knight, all of which were considered contenders for Best Picture nominations.[12][13]
See also
References
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "Slumdog Millionaire".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "The Dark Knight".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "Milk".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "WALL-E".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "Doubt".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "Frost/Nixon".
- ^ Box Office Mojo. "The Reader".
- ^ [1]
- ^ Telegraph.co.uk
- ^ Variety - Oscar nominations
- ^ Bandyk, Matthew (2009-01-22), Academy Awards Controversy: Wall-E Gets Snubbed For Best Picture Oscar, U.S. News & World Report, retrieved 2009-01-22
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Academy accused of snubbing Dark Knight, Wall-E, ABC News, 2009-01-22, retrieved 2009-01-22
External links
- Oscar Nominees from official Academy Awards website Retrieved 22 Jan 2009
- BBC News | Entertainment | Oscar 2009: The Nominees retrieved 22 Jan 2009