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February 23, 2009

#641 The 81st Annual Academy Awards



I watched the show from beginning till the end!
The show was hosted by Hugh Jackman!
Who got a brilliant opening!
The winner of the night is Slumdog Millionaire
Who won 8 awards!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button only won 3 awards from the 13 nomination!
The loser of the night!
The Best Supporting Actress won by Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona wasvery suprising!


The Results:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]

Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008], Frost/Nixon [2008], Milk [2008],The Reader [2008]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Sean Penn for Milk [2008]

Nominees: Richard Jenkins for The Visitor [2007], Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon [2008], Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008], Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler [2008]



Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Kate Winslet for The Reader [2008]

Nominees: Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married [2008], Angelina Jolie for Changeling [2008], Melissa Leo for Frozen River [2008], Meryl Streep for Doubt [2008]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight [2008]

Nominees: Josh Brolin for Milk [2008], Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder [2008], Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt [2008], Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road [2008]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona [2008]

Nominees: Amy Adams for Doubt [2008], Viola Davis for Doubt [2008], Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008], Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler [2008]

Best Achievement in Directing
WINNER: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire [2008]

Nominees: Stephen Daldry for The Reader [2008], David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008], Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon [2008], Gus Van Sant for Milk [2008]

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
WINNER: Milk [2008]: Dustin Lance Black

Nominees:Frozen River [2008]: Courtney Hunt, Happy-Go-Lucky [2008]: Mike Leigh, In Bruges [2008]: Martin McDonagh, WALL·E [2008]: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: Simon Beaufoy

Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, Doubt [2008]: John Patrick Shanley, Frost/Nixon [2008]: Peter Morgan, The Reader [2008]: David Hare

Best Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: Anthony Dod Mantle

Nominees: Changeling [2008]: Tom Stern, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Claudio Miranda, The Dark Knight [2008]: Wally Pfister, The Reader [2008]: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges

Best Achievement in Editing
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: Chris Dickens

Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter, The Dark Knight [2008]: Lee Smith, Frost/Nixon [2008]: Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill, Milk [2008]: Elliot Graham

Best Achievement in Art Direction
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Nominees: Changeling [2008]: James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis, The Dark Knight [2008]: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, The Duchess [2008]: Michael Carlin & Rebecca Alleway, Revolutionary Road [2008]: Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
WINNER: The Duchess [2008]: Michael O'Connor

Nominees: Australia [2008]: Catherine Martin, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Jacqueline West, Milk [2008]: Danny Glicker, Revolutionary Road [2008]: Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Greg Cannom

Nominees: The Dark Knight [2008]: John Caglione Jr. & Conor O'Sullivan, Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008]: Mike Elizalde & Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: A.R. Rahman

Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Alexandre Desplat, Defiance [2008]: James Newton Howard, Milk [2008]: Danny Elfman, WALL·E [2008]: Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: A.R. Rahman & Sampooran Singh Gulzar("Jai Ho")

Nominees: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam("O Saya"), WALL·E [2008]: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")



Best Achievement in Sound
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Mark Weingarten, The Dark Knight [2008]: Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg & Gary Rizzo, WALL·E [2008]: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick & Ben Burtt, Wanted [2008]: Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño & Petr Forejt



Best Achievement in Sound Editing
WINNER: The Dark Knight [2008]: Richard King

Nominees:Iron Man [2008]: Frank E. Eulner & Christopher Boyes, Slumdog Millionaire [2008]: Tom Sayers, WALL·E [2008]: Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood, Wanted [2008]: Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [2008]: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron

Nominees:The Dark Knight [2008]: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber & Paul J. Franklin, Iron Man [2008]: John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick & Shane Mahan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WINNER: WALL·E [2008]

Nominees:Bolt [2008], Kung Fu Panda [2008]



Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WINNER: Okuribito [2008][Japan]

Nominees: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex [2008][Germany], Entre les murs [2008][France], Revanche [2008][Austria], Vals Im Bashir [2008][Israel]

Best Documentary, Features
WINNER: Man on Wire [2008]: James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Nominees: The Betrayal - Nerakhoon [2008]: Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath, Encounters at the End of the World [2007]: Werner Herzog & Henry Kaiser, The Garden [2008]: Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Trouble the Water [2008]: Tia Lessin & Carl Deal

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
WINNER: Smile Pinki [2008]: Megan Mylan

Nominees: The Conscience of Nhem En [2008]: Steven Okazaki, The Final Inch [2009]: Irene Taylor Brodsky & Tom Grant, The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 [2008]: Adam Pertofsky & Margaret Hyde

Best Short Film, Animated
WINNER:La Maison en petits cubes [2008]: Kunio Katô

Nominees:Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya [2007]: Konstantin Bronzit, Oktapodi [2007]: Emud Mokhberi & Thierry Marchand, Presto [2007]: Doug Sweetland, This Way Up [2008]: Alan Smith & Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
WINNER: Spielzeugland [2007]: Jochen Alexander Freydank

Nominees: Auf der Strecke [2007]: Reto Caffi, Manon sur le bitume [2007]: Elizabeth Marre & Olivier Pont, New Boy [2008]: Steph Green & Tamara Anghie, Grisen [2008]: Tivi Magnusson & Dorthe Warnø Høgh

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