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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker announced the nominees for the 2009 Oscars.
Best motion picture of the year
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
* Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
* Sean Penn (Milk)
* Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Josh Brolin (Milk)
* Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
* Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
* Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
* Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
* Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
* Meryl Streep (Doubt)
* Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* 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 animated feature film of the year
* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* WALL•E
Achievement in art direction
* Changeling
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* The Duchess
* Revolutionary Road
Achievement in cinematography
* Changeling, Tom Stern
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight, Wally Pfister
* The Reader, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
* Australia, Catherine Martin
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jacqueline West
* The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
* Milk, Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road, Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
* David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
* Gus Van Sant (Milk)
* Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
* Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best documentary feature
* The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
* Encounters at the End of the World
* The Garden
* Man on Wire
* Trouble the Water
Achievement in makeup
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
* The Dark Knight, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in film editing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight, Lee Smith
* Frost/Nixon, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* Milk, Elliot Graham
* Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
* The Baader Meinhof Complex
* The Class
* Departures
* Revanche
* Waltz With Bashir
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* “Down to Earth” from WALL-E (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam
Achievement in sound editing
* The Dark Knight, Richard King
* Iron Man, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Sayers
* WALL•E, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* Wanted, Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* WALL•E,Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* Wanted, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* The Dark Knight, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* Iron Man, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
* Eric Roth & Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
* Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
* David Hare (The Reader)
* Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Original screenplay
* Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)
* Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
* Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
* Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
* Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon (WALL•E)
Best motion picture of the year
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
* Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
* Sean Penn (Milk)
* Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Josh Brolin (Milk)
* Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
* Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
* Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
* Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
* Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
* Meryl Streep (Doubt)
* Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* 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 animated feature film of the year
* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* WALL•E
Achievement in art direction
* Changeling
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* The Duchess
* Revolutionary Road
Achievement in cinematography
* Changeling, Tom Stern
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight, Wally Pfister
* The Reader, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
* Australia, Catherine Martin
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jacqueline West
* The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
* Milk, Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road, Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
* David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
* Gus Van Sant (Milk)
* Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
* Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best documentary feature
* The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
* Encounters at the End of the World
* The Garden
* Man on Wire
* Trouble the Water
Achievement in makeup
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
* The Dark Knight, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in film editing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight, Lee Smith
* Frost/Nixon, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* Milk, Elliot Graham
* Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
* The Baader Meinhof Complex
* The Class
* Departures
* Revanche
* Waltz With Bashir
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* “Down to Earth” from WALL-E (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam
Achievement in sound editing
* The Dark Knight, Richard King
* Iron Man, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Sayers
* WALL•E, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* Wanted, Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* WALL•E,Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* Wanted, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* The Dark Knight, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* Iron Man, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
* Eric Roth & Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
* John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
* Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
* David Hare (The Reader)
* Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Original screenplay
* Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)
* Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
* Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
* Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
* Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon (WALL•E)