81st Academy Awards nominees and winners
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The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced live on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PST (13:30 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 on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Major awards
- David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Stephen Daldry - The Reader
- Gus Van Sant - Milk
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Sean Penn - Milk
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
- Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- 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
- Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Revanche - Austria
- The Class - France
- The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
- Departures - Japan
- Waltz With Bashir - Israel
Other awards
O Saya - Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire Down to Earth - Wall-E
- The Dark Knight - Richard King
- Iron Man - Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
- Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers
- WALL-E - Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
- Wanted - Wylie Stateman
Notable nominations and awards
If Heath Ledger wins the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight, it will make him the second actor in the awards history to win posthumously, the first being Peter Finch for Network.
References
BBC News | Entertainmet | Oscar 2009: The Nominees http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7842438.stm retrieved 22 Jan 2009