Oscars® 2009: Οι υποψηφιότητες

Ανακοινώθηκαν μόλις οι υποψηφιότητες για τα 81α Όσκαρ κι όσο ο cheaplog ακονίζει τα μαχαίρια του ενώ σκίζει αφίσες των Όσκαρ με το άλλο χέρι και με τις πατούσες του ψάχνει διευθύνσεις ακαδημαϊκών, μπορείς, στα σχόλια, να συμμετάσχεις στη λαϊκή οργή για το παραλυτικό σνομπάρισμα του The Dark Knight στις κύριες κατηγορίες, πλην της ερμηνείας του Heath Ledger.

Οι βασικές κατηγορίες:

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 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 Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin ("Milk")
Robert Downey Jr. ("Tropic Thunder")
Phillip Seymour Hoffman ("Doubt")
Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight")
Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road")

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams ("Doubt")
Penélope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona")
Viola Davis ("Doubt")
Taraji P. Henson ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
Marisa Tomei ("The Wrestler")

Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire")
Stephen Daldry ("The Reader")
David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
Ron Howard ("Frost/Nixon")
Gus Van Sant ("Milk")

Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt ("Frozen River")
Mike Leigh ("Happy-Go-Lucky")
Martin McMcDonough ("In Bruges")
Dustin Lance Black ("Milk")
Andrew Stanton ("Wall-E")

Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
John Patrick Shanley ("Doubt")
Peter Morgan ("Frost/Nixon")
David Hare, ("The Reader")
Simon Beaufoy, ("Slumdog Millionaire")

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

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

Animated feature film of the year
"Wall-E"
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"

Foreign language film of the year
"Waltz With Bashir" (Israel)
"Revanche" (Austria)
"The Class" (France)
"Der Baader Meinhof Komplex" (Germany)
"Departures"(Japan)