Best Picture:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button,”
“Frost/Nixon,”
“Milk,”
“The Reader,”
“Slumdog Millionaire.”
Actor:
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”;
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”;
Sean Penn, “Milk”;
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”
Actress:
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”;
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”;
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”;
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”;
Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”
Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, “Milk”;
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”;
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”;
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”;
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road.”
Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, “Doubt”;
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”;
Viola Davis, “Doubt”;
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler.”
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.”
Foreign Film:
“The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany;
“The Class,” France;
“Departures,” Japan;
“Revanche,” Austria;
“Waltz With Bashir,” Israel.
Adapted Screenplay:
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt”;
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”;
David Hare, “The Reader”;
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Original Screenplay:
Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”;
Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”;
Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges”;
Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”;
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, “WALL-E.”
Animated Feature Film:
“Bolt”; “Kung Fu Panda”; “WALL-E.”
Art Direction: “Changeling,”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“The Duchess,”
“Revolutionary Road.”
Cinematography:
“Changeling,”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“The Reader,”
“Slumdog Millionaire.”
Sound Mixing:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Slumdog Millionaire,”
“WALL-E,” “Wanted.”
Sound Editing:
“The Dark Knight,”
“Iron Man,”
“Slumdog Millionaire,”
“WALL-E,”
“Wanted.”
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.
Original Song:
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman;
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar;
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.
Costume:
“Australia,”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Duchess,”
“Milk,”
“Revolutionary Road.”
Documentary Feature:
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),”
“Encounters at the End of the World,”
“The Garden,”
“Man on Wire,”
“Trouble the Water.”
Documentary (short subject): “The Conscience of Nhem En,”
“The Final Inch,”
“Smile Pinki,”
“The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306.”
Film Editing:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Frost/Nixon,”
“Milk,”
“Slumdog Millionaire.”
Makeup:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”
Animated Short Film:
“La Maison en Petits Cubes,”
“Lavatory – Lovestory,”
“Oktapodi,”
“Presto,”
“This Way Up.”
Live Action Short Film:
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line),”
“Manon on the Asphalt,”
“New Boy,”
“The Pig,”
“Spielzeugland (Toyland).”
Visual Effects:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“The Dark Knight,”
“Iron Man.”
