81st Annual Academy Awards® Nominations

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
o Frost/Nixon (2008)
o Milk (2008)
o The Reader (2008)
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
NVDL: No Dark Knight? No Australia?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:

o Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
o Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
o Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
o Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
o Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

o Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
o Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
o Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
o Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)
o Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

o Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
o Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
o Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
o Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
o Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

o Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
o Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
o Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
o Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
o Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

o Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
o Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
o David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
o Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
o Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:

o Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
o Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
o In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
o Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
o WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
o Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
o Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
o The Reader (2008): David Hare
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy


Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:

o Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
o The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
o The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle


Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
o The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith
o Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
o Milk (2008): Elliot Graham
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens


Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:

o Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
o The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
o The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
o Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt


Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:

o Australia (2008): Catherine Martin
o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West
o The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor
o Milk (2008): Danny Glicker
o Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky


Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
o The Dark Knight (2008)
o Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
o Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
o Milk (2008): Danny Elfman
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
o WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:

o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar ("Jai Ho")
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, M.I.A("O Saya")
o WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")


Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
o The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
o WALL·E (2008)
o Wanted (2008)


Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:

o The Dark Knight (2008)
o Iron Man (2008)
o Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
o WALL·E (2008)
o Wanted (2008)


Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:

o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Edson Williams
o The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
o Iron Man (2008)


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:

o Bolt (2008)
o Kung Fu Panda (2008)
o WALL·E (2008)
NVDL: Horton Hears a Who?


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

o Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
o Entre les murs (2008)(France)
o Revanche (2008)(Austria)
o Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
o Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)


Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:

o The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008)
o Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
o The Garden (2008/I)
o Man on Wire (2008)
o Trouble the Water (2008)


Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:

o The Conscience of Nhem En
o The Final Inch
o Smile Pinki
o The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306


Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

o Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
o La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
o Oktapodi (2007): Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
o Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
o This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes


Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:

o Auf der Strecke (2007)
o Manon on the Asphalt
o New Boy (2007)
o The Pig
o Spielzeugland (2007)