[Movie] ITE: LeHah Lists The Oscar Nominations For 2009

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
* Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

* “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

* “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

* “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

* “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

* “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
* “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
* “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
* “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
* “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
* “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
* “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), 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

Best motion picture of the year

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

* “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
* “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
* “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* “Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
* “This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
* “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* “Wanted” (Universal),Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

* “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
* “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
* “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Not a bad list all around. Nice to see that The Dark Knight got more or less snubbed once again. Good picks for Best Actor.

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I wouldn't call The Dark Knight getting 8 nominations a "snub," but the hilarious post-popularity internet hate-boner towards that movie is welcome to continue.

If anything, the biggest snub of this year's nominations goes to Kate Winslet, who somehow missed out on a nod for her amazing performance in Revolutionary Road.

Overall though, as you said, not a bad list. Slumdog is the critical darling this year and is the only real shoo-in, but I'm hoping for a few surprises. I'd love to see Milk or Frost/Nixon take best picture over Slumdog, just to fuck with the foreign press.

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So it's this rumble again, huh. Nothing surprising there.

Thirteen for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Seriously? And why would anyone be surprised The Dark Knight isn't award material, anyway. Too much Frost/Nixon. Loving the fact that Happy-Go-Lucky got the shaft. That annoying piece of poo deserves nothing.

Agreeing with sprout, DiCaprio and Winslet would've at least deserved a mention for their excellent work in Revolutionary Road, even though the movie itself wasn't anything special.

At least Milk got some love. And a great amount of nods for Wall-E too. =o

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

I wouldn't call The Dark Knight getting 8 nominations a "snub," but the hilarious post-popularity internet hate-boner towards that movie is welcome to continue.

You and I and everyone else knows that no one actually gives a fuck about technical oscars. Does Joe America sit in his EZ Boy, beer in hand, wondering whos going to win for Production Design? Of course not.

Its a movie that should be hated.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

Its a movie that should be hated.

No, it's a movie that you hate, and therefore should be hated, like everything else that enters your internet crosshairs.

The Dark Knight is not a bad film. Nor is it a perfect film by any stretch, like most of Earth makes it out to be. Beyond anything else, it's just a good, fun action film that's actually character driven. It's not as deep or brilliant as it thinks it is, but it's still a boatload smarter than most action films out there. It's cut from the same cloth as Batman Begins, which is good enough for me. Nolan and his team are some of the most talented filmmakers working today. Does TDK deserve all the praise it gets? Probably not. But the Oscars it got nominated for? Definitely.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Slumdog Millionaire, on the other hand, is genuinely not a very good film, and doesn't deserve to be anywhere near these nominations, but for some reason art critics these days jerk off to anything that takes place in India.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

It's not as deep or brilliant as it thinks it is, but it's still a boatload smarter than most action films out there.

No, its a movie that thinks its intelligent, when its not. See: Halo, Battlestar Galactica, people who teach 1984 as a criticism of government.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

Lets not get our hands dirty with this again, shall we? If you want to do the ol fisticuff internet routine, I can start a topic in my journal.

That'd be fine, but I think I'm still banned from the ol' e-fort

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That might be the worst line up for Best Picture I've ever seen.

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No, it's a movie that you hate, and therefore should be hated, like everything else that enters your internet crosshairs.

hey did you see when The Joker made that pen disappear!? I was like HOLY SHIT

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Did 2008 really suck that bad in terms of movies that they could only see a handful of movies deemed 'fit' to be nominated in nearly every single category?

I'm sure Button, Milk, Nixon are all good movies, but I remember the days where there was maybe one movie at the oscars that was nominated for more than five awards and that was it. Scanning down that list it seems this award show could just be called: "Which of these three movies wins the most? Oh and we have some other stuff too, but if Benjamin button had one scene of CG in it, oh you bet your ass we'd have it in Animated Achievement too."

Once again, not saying that the movies that were nominated more than likely don't deserve it, but I could have thought there were at least some other movies out there that didn't suck hardcore. I could be wrong though.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

I'd love to see Milk or Frost/Nixon take best picture over Slumdog, just to fuck with the foreign press.

This would suggest that the Oscars are awarded via some sort of merit system rather than being given out on the basis of "Gifts" to the judges and an attempt to make some kind of lame political statement (Ian Mackellen was seriously upset they chose the year he was nominated to make the statement of giving a gong to a black rather than a gay by all accounts) and that anyone outside America pays that much attention to them, beyond seeing what ludicrous dresses everyone turns up in.

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I still haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire or Milk out of the Best Picture list but it's a pretty weak list overall. If Milk is everything those who have seen it make it out to be, that would be my nomination because even movies that I actually liked (Like Curious Case of Benjamin Button) probably don't deserve to go up there this year.

Seriously, people? Angelina Jolie for The Changeling? That movie was awful.

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I enjoyed Benjamin Button. But I don't think it's anything amazing, nor is it anything we haven't already seen.

I really enjoyed Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him walk away with the award. It'll come down to either him or Sean Penn (and the Academy likes Penn quite a lot).

I'm sure Slumdog is going to take best picture. I personally thought it was a pretty cheesy fluff movie, just set in a different country. I wonder if our romantic fluff is as well regarded overseas?

Josh Brolin was great in Milk. Doubt was pretty awful, and I think it's benefiting from being recently released and by having a lot of overrated actors in it (PSH and Meryl). I think Winslet is going to take the best actress for The Reader, especially since she wasn't nominated for Revolutionary Road.

And of course, WALL-E for best animated (shouldn't this be called the Disney award?)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Disney didn't do WALL-E.

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Disney and Pixar are the same thing now. So yes they did.

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Being a subsidiary is not the same as being an in-house studio.

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Unfortunately out of the "big 3", I haven't yet seen Milk or Slumdog, only Benjamin Button---which I thoroughly enjoyed, mind you, despite :forrestgump:. Brad Pitt won't, or at least shouldn't get best actor though; from what I've seen that should go to Penn.

I'm a bit disheartened at the lack of a Cate Blanchett "Best Supporing Actress" nomination for Benjamin Button, though. The woman puts on the guise of a sickly old woman pretty well, and did her own dancing in the film (as a professional ballerina). C'mon.

And WALL-E should definitely bag a couple of awards.

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I have not seen Milk or Slumdog either (unfortunately), but I can tell you I did not enjoy Button.

I've seen the story before. It wasn't an interesting story. In fact, I disliked the pacing and the execution. It was a pretty film, and both Pitt and Blanchett did well. But the film is REALLY not one of the best I've seen.

WALL-E was much much better (and more deserving), and this is coming from a person who adamantly loathes animated films. There are very few I like, and WALL-E is among them.

As for the Dark Knight, I laugh at all the nominations it's getting. The only justifiable one would be Heath Ledger as best actor, but he's dead, so there are favorites being played there I think. The DK is not something I would personally consider ground-breaking, thought-provoking, or awesome film-making. Now, I'm not an expert, and I am biased when it comes to Batman movies, but I really think it would say something for the films of 2008 if the Dark Knight got any real awards besides Heath Ledger.

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If you ever think about watching Milk watch The Life and Times of Harvey Milk instead.

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Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I really think it would say something for the films of 2008 if the Dark Knight got any real awards besides Heath Ledger.

I think it shows how utterly lame the nomination is. Brad Renfro died last year under similar circumstances, and was a far better actor than Ledger was yet he is completely forgotten. Now people want a tribute video to Ledger during the Oscar ceremonies?

Honestly, people with any sort of self-respect need to distance themselves from this Christopher Nolan crap immedeately. Guilt by association is like a cancer, and theres a lot of idiots in terminal condition.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

I think it shows how utterly lame the nomination is.

I agree, everyone is like "oh wow, he so totally deserves the award because he's.... dead". Uh yeah. Best thing is, he will win the award. No doubt about that.

As for the other nominations, I approve most of them. It's nice to see that Hollywood continues to reward sophisticated art instead of poor action flicks for the unemployed.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

I agree, everyone is like "oh wow, he so totally deserves the award because he's.... dead".

I don't know where you people get these fantastic quotes from, but I can only imagine its from the GameFAQs of the entertainment industry.

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Best thing is, he will win the award. No doubt about that.

Because he's dead rite lol.

Look, everyone knows that Ledger's performance was pretty much hyped off the face of the Earth thanks to internet people like everyone here. Fact is, I don't think one single moron, genius, or average moviegoer who saw Dark Knight said, "Damn that was a great performance because he's dead." That's fucking retarded and you know it. Sure, there's plenty of tainting in the Academy Awards, but do you honestly think they would have nominated the guy if his performance (or the movie) was reviled by everybody?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well duh, that's why Brandon Lee won so many Oscars, because Hollywood just loves the hell out of dead guys. C'mon Sprout, use your brain.

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Before anyone thinks I am completely agreeing with LeHah, I'd like to state that I believe Ledger got so MANY nods because he's dead.

I don't think it's the only reason he's up there.

If you ask me (and as I've stated before), Ledger was the only reason to see that movie. This is from a chick who doesn't like Batman very much, though. I looooved his performance, but you can't say that if he was alive, he'd be getting the same acclaim.

I'm just saying it may have a PART in it. Not THE reason, but part of the reason.

I think he did extremely well in the role, and I would watch his performance over and over and over again if I could skip through the rest of the movie. Ledger made the movie worth it.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

Fact is, I don't think one single moron, genius, or average moviegoer who saw Dark Knight said, "Damn that was a great performance because he's dead."

Hey, that's true, but I think the fact he's died a couple of weeks after the shooting was finished pretty much affected the discussion.

I mean, look how everyone is like "wow, he's gonna be the second actor to get awarded posthumously. Now is that spectacular or not?

Needless to say, his acting was good. Not perfect, but good. It's just that I think that people should stop making such a fuss about it.

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