The 81st Oscar Nominations
(In Italics are my predictions)
Actor In A Leading Role
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Sean Penn in Milk
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Actor In A Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Josh Brolin in Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Actress In A Leading Role
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Angelina Jolie in The Changeling
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Tarija P. Hensen in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Directing
David Fincher in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Milk
Danny Boyle in Slumdog Millionare
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Adapted Screenplay
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
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
Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Documentary Feature
The Betrayal
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Garden
Man On Wire
Trouble The Water
Documentary Short
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
Foriegn Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Reyanche
Waltz With Bashir
Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Music (Score)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Music (Song)
Down To Earth (Wall-E)
Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)
O Saya (Slumdog Millionaire)
Short Film (Animated)
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory-Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Auf Der Streke (On the Line)
Manon On The Ashphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugaland (Toyland)
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
Sound Mixing
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
