The 81st Academy Awards nominees

And the nominees are:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
* Sean Penn in “Milk”
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Josh Brolin in “Milk”
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Amy Adams in “Doubt”
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
* Viola Davis in “Doubt”
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

Best animated feature film of the year
* “Bolt”, Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* “Kung Fu Panda”, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* “WALL-E”, Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction
* “Changeling”, Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* “The Dark Knight”, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* “The Duchess”, Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* “Revolutionary Road”, Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

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
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, David Fincher
* “Frost/Nixon”, Ron Howard
* “Milk”, Gus Van Sant
* “The Reader”, Stephen Daldry
* “Slumdog Millionaire”, 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”, 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” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* “The Class”, A Haut et Court Production, France
* “Departures”, A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
* “Revanche”, A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* “Waltz with Bashir”, A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

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 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”, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Frost/Nixon”, A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* “Milk”, A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* “The Reader”, A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
* “Slumdog Millionaire”, 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”, A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* “Presto”, 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”, Richard King
* “Iron Man”, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* “Slumdog Millionaire”, Glenn Freemantle and 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
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* “Doubt”, Written by John Patrick Shanley
* “Frost/Nixon”, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* “The Reader”, Screenplay by David Hare
* “Slumdog Millionaire”, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
* “Frozen River”, Written by Courtney Hunt
* “Happy-Go-Lucky”, Written by Mike Leigh
* “In Bruges”, Written by Martin McDonagh
* “Milk”, Written by Dustin Lance Black
* “WALL-E”, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

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