Topic: The 81st Academy Awards
Whitaker and Sid Ganis, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, read out the nomination list for Oscar winner.
Whitaker and Ganis, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, read out the nomination list for best picture in the Oscar.
At 5: 30am local time on Thursday 22nd, and at 21: 30pm Beijing time on 22nd, Forest Whitaker and Sid Ganis, president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, jointly read out the nomination list for the 81st Oscar at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt, won the Oscar despite nothing at the Golden Globe Awards, and won 13 nominations including best film, best director and best actor. The Golden Globe best film Slumdog Millionaire was slightly defeated, with only 10 nominations, and the two will continue to compete for the Oscar for best picture. Brad Pitt will compete with phillip rourke, the Golden Globe winner. What makes people feel interesting is that following Brad Pitt’s footsteps, Angelina Jolie was nominated for Best Actress for "Changing the Son".
Phillip rourke won the Golden Globe for The Wrestler. (data map)
It was rumored that Kawara Tsutomu the Robot was expected to be the best animated film nominated again after Beauty and the Beast. Finally, Kawara Tsutomu the Robot decided to compete with Kung Fu Panda and Lightning Dog for the best animated film Oscar.
The list of nominations for the 81st Academy Awards is as follows:
Best Picture (best picture)
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
Frost/Nixon, The World.
Milk, the focus.
The Reader, Varnstam.
Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Best director (Directing)
Danny Bauer, Slumdog Millionaire.
Steven Dowley, The Reader.
David fincher, The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Ron Howard, Foster’s Dialogue with Nixon (Frost/Nixon)
Garth Van Sant, Milk.
Best actor (Actor in a Leading Role)
Richard jenkins, The Visitor.
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon.
Sean penn, Milk.
Brad Pitt, The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Phillip rourke, The The Wrestler.
Best actress (Actress in a Leading Role)
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married.
Angelina Jolie, Changeling the Baby.
Melissa leo, Frozen River.
Meryl Streep, Doubt of Child Abuse (DOBT)
Kate Winslet, The Reader.
Best supporting actor (Actor in a Supporting Role)
Josh brolin, Milk.
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder.
Philip seymour hoffman, Doubt of Child Abuse (DOBT)
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight.
Michael shannon, Revolutionary Road.
Best supporting actress (Actress in a Supporting Role)
Amy adams, Doubt of Child Abuse (DOBT)
Penélope Cruz Sánchez , Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Viola Davis, Doubt of Child Abuse (Doubt)
Taraji Henson, The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Melissa Tome, The The Wrestler.
Best Animated Feature Film (animated feature film)
Bolt, Disney Company
Kung Fu Panda, Paramount DreamWorks
Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E), Disney.
Best Foreign Language Film (foreign language film)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Entre les murs/The Class (France)
"Embarrassment", sent to people/Okuribito, Japan
Revenge (Revanche, Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Best score (Music Score)
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
"Resistance", Paramount looked at it.
Milk, the focus.
Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E), Disney.
The best song (Music Song)
Jaiho, A. R. Rahman; Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Back to Earth, Peter Gabriel/Thomas Newman; Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E), Disney.
O Saya, A. R. Rahman; Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Best original screenplay (Writing Original Screenplay)
Dustin lance black, Milk.
Andrew stanton, Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E)
Courtney hunt, Frozen River.
Mike leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky.
Martin mcdonagh, "Killers Don’t Have Holidays" (In Bruges)
Best adapted screenplay (Writing Adapted Screenplay)
Eric roth, The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
John patrick shanley, Doubt of Child Abuse (DOBT)
Peter morgan, Foster’s Dialogue with Nixon (Frost/Nixon)
David Hare, The Reader.
Simon beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire.
Best Sound Editing (sound editing)
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
Iron Man, Paramount
Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E), Disney.
Wanted, Universal
Best Sound Mixing
Wanted, Universal
Kawara Tsutomu the Robot (Wall-E), Disney.
Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The).
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
Best Visual Effects (visual effects)
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
Iron Man, Paramount
Best Art Direction (art direction)
Changeling the Baby, Universal.
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
The Duchess, focus
Revolutionary Road, Mayquez, Milla.
Best Makeup (make up)
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal.
Best photography (Cinematography y)
Deborah Harper, Changeling the Baby.
Claudio Miranda, The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Wiley Pfister, The Dark Knight.
Roger deakins, Chris Mungis, The Reader.
Anthony dod mantle, Slumdog Millionaire.
Best Costume Design (Costume design)
Australia, 20th Century Fox.
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
The Duchess, focus
Milk, the focus.
Revolutionary Road, Mayquez, Milla.
The best editing (Film Editing)
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The), Paramount.
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
Frost/Nixon, The World.
Milk, the focus.
Slumdog Millionaire, Fox searchlight.
Best live Short Film (Live Action)
Auf der Strecke/On the Line
Manon on the Asphalt.
New Boy
The Pig
Toyland (Spielzeugland/Toyland)
Best animated Short Film (Animated)
《La Maison en Petits Cubes》
《Lavatory – Lovestory》
《Oktapodi》
《Presto》
《This Way Up》
Best Documentary Feature (documentary feature)
The Betrayal-Nerakhoon, North American distribution company to be determined.
Adventures at the end of the world, thoughts
The Garden, North American distribution company to be determined.
Man on Wire, Mulan Pictures
Trouble the Water, the spirit of the times
Best documentary short film (Documentary Short）
The conscience of Nhem En the conscience of nhemen
The last inch The Final Inch
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Smiling pinki
Editor: Feng Ye