Oscars 2009: The Award Goes To…
Here is the list of the winners of the 81st Academy Oscar Awards, which was scheduled on 22nd February 2009 in the Kodak Theatre of Los Angeles.
Best adapted screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: Doubt; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Reader; Frost/Nixon
Best original screenplay: Milk
Nominated: Happy-Go-Lucky; In Bruges; Wall-E; Frozen River
Best animated feature film: Wall-E
Nominated: Kung Fu Panda; Bolt
Best animated short film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Nominated: Oktapodi; Lavatory – Lovestory; Presto; This Way Up
Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: Frost/Nixon; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Milk; The Reader
Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Nominated: Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler; Viola Davis – Doubt; Amy Adams – Doubt; Taraji P Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Nominated: Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder; Josh Brolin – Milk; Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road; Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Best actress: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Nominated: Meryl Streep – Doubt; Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married; Melissa Leo – Frozen River; Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Best actor: Sean Penn – Milk
Nominated: Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon; Richard Jenkins – The Visitor; Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler; Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best director: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: Stephen Daldry – The Reader; Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon; David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Gus Van Sant – Milk
Art direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominated: The Dark Knight; Changeling; Revolutionary Road; The Duchess
Costume design: The Duchess
Nominated: Australia; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Milk; Revolutionary Road
Make-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominated: Hellboy II: The Golden Army; The Dark Knight
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: The Dark Knight; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Reader; Changeling
Best live action short film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Nominated: Manon on the Asphalt; Auf der Strecke (On The Line) ; The Pig; New Boy
Best documentary feature: Man on Wire
Nominated: Encounters at the End of the World; The Betrayal; Trouble The Water; The Garden
Best documentary short subject: Smile Pinki
Nominated: The Final Inch; The Conscience of Nhem En; The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306
Visual effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominated: Iron Man; The Dark Knight
Sound editing: The Dark Knight
Nominated: Iron Man; Slumdog Millionaire; Wanted; Wall-E
Sound mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Wanted; The Dark Knight; Wall-E
Film editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Frost/Nixon; The Dark Knight; Milk
Best original score: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Milk; Slumdog Millionaire; Defiance; Wall-E
Best original song: Jai Ho – Slumdog Millionaire
Nominated: O Saya – Slumdog Millionaire; Down To Earth – Wall-E
Best foreign language film: Departures – Japan
Nominated: Revanche – Austria; The Baader Meinhof Complex – Germany; The Class – France; Waltz With Bashir – Israel
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