List of 81st annual Oscar nominations | ABC30 Fresno

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By ABC30

Saturday, February 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

"Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire."

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."

Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin, "Milk"

Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"

Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

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 Director

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 Foreign Film

"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany

"The Class," France

"Departures," Japan

"Revanche," Austria

"Waltz With Bashir," Israel.

Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth and 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, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."

Animated Feature Film

"Bolt"

"Kung Fu Panda"

"WALL-E."

Art Direction

"Changeling"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"The Dark Knight"

"The Duchess"

"Revolutionary Road"

Cinematography

"Changeling"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"The Dark Knight"

"The Reader"

"Slumdog Millionaire