The nominees for this years Academy Awards have been announced.
Slumdog Millionaire led the pack with 10 nominations, although lead actor Dev Patel missed out. The Dark Knight didn’t make the cut for best picture, although Heath Ledger did make the cut in the best supporting actor category.
Here’s the full list of Academy Awards nominations as follows, video of the nominees being read out at the end of the post.
BEST PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Stephen Daldry, The Reader Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST ACTOR Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Sean Penn, Milk Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie, Changeling Melissa Leo, Frozen River Meryl Streep, Doubt Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Milk Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Frozen River, Courtney Hunt Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh In Bruges, Martin McDonagh Milk, Dustin Lance Black WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth Doubt, John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan The Reader, David Hare Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Bolt Kung Fu Panda WALL-E
BEST ANIMATED SHORT La Maison en Petits Cubes Lavatory — Lovestory Oktapodi Presto This Way Up
BEST ART DIRECTION Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Duchess Revolutionary Road
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Duchess Milk Revolutionary Road
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters at the End of the World The Garden Man on Wire Trouble the Water
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Conscience of Nhem En The Final Inch Smile Pinki The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306
BEST EDITING The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) The Class (France) Departures (Japan) Revanche (Austria) Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT Auf der Strecke (On the Line) Manon on the Asphalt New Boy The Pig Spielzeugland (Toyland)
BEST MAKEUP The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SONG ”Down to Earth,” WALL-E ”Jai Ho,” Slumdog Millionaire ”O Saya,” Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SOUND EDITING The Dark Knight Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E Wanted
BEST SOUND MIXING The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E Wanted
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man
