Post by betahat on Jan 22, 2009 13:09:57 GMT -5
So they just announced the Oscar nominees for this year. www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees
Any thoughts? Did they screw over the Dark Knight by denying it a Best Picture nod? And will Heath Ledger everstop winning posthumous awards (right around the time Biggie stops releasing posthumous remixed tracks)?
This is the first time in a while I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nods. I guess I had better get going...
***************************************
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 and Maya 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
Any thoughts? Did they screw over the Dark Knight by denying it a Best Picture nod? And will Heath Ledger everstop winning posthumous awards (right around the time Biggie stops releasing posthumous remixed tracks)?
This is the first time in a while I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nods. I guess I had better get going...
***************************************
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 and Maya 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