The 81st Academy Awards (Oscars 2009) Winners
● Hugh Jackman's Opening


● BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Cean Chaffin
Slumdog Millionaire    Christian Colson
Milk    Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
The Reader    Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti
Frost/Nixon    Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner

● BEST DIRECTOR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    David Fincher
Slumdog Millionaire    Danny Boyle
Milk    Gus Van Sant
The Reader    Stephen Daldry
Frost/Nixon    Ron Howard

● BEST ACTOR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Brad Pitt
Milk    Sean Penn
The Wrestler    Mickey Rourke
Frost/Nixon    Frank Langella
The Visitor    Richard Jenkins

● BEST ACTRESS
Changeling    Angelina Jolie
Doubt    Meryl Streep
The Reader    Kate Winslet
Rachel Getting Married    Anne Hathaway
Frozen River    Melissa Leo

● BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
The Dark Knight    Heath Ledger
Tropic Thunder    Robert Downey, Jr.
Doubt    Philip Seymour Hoffman
Milk    Josh Brolin
Revolutionary Road    Michael Shannon

● BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Taraji P. Henson
Doubt    Viola Davis
Doubt    Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona    Penelope Cruz
The Wrestler    Marisa Tomei

● BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WALL-E    Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon.Story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter.
Milk    Written by Dustin Lance Black
In Bruges    Written by Martin McDonagh
Happy-Go-Lucky    Written by Mike Leigh
Frozen River    Written by Courtney Hunt

● BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Screenplay by Eric Roth. Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord.
Slumdog Millionaire    Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Doubt    Written by John Patrick Shanley
The Reader    Screenplay by David Hare
Frost/Nixon    Screenplay by Peter Morgan

● BEST EDITING
The Dark Knight    Lee Smith
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Slumdog Millionaire    Chris Dickens
Milk    Elliot Graham
Frost/Nixon    Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
 
● BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Dark Knight    Wally Pfister
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Claudio Miranda
Slumdog Millionaire    Anthony Dod Mantle
Changeling    Tom Stern
The Reader    Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

● BEST ART DIRECTION
The Dark Knight    Nathan Crowley (Art Direction); Peter Lando (Set Decoration)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)
Changeling    James J. Murakami (Art Direction); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
Revolutionary Road    Kristi Zea (Art Direction); Debra Schutt (Set Decoration)
The Duchess    Michael Carlin (Art Direction); Rebecca Alleway (Set Decoration)

● BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Jacqueline West
Australia    Catherine Martin
Milk    Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road    Albert Wolsky
The Duchess    Michael O'Connor

● BEST MAKEUP
The Dark Knight    John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Greg Cannom
Hellboy II: The Golden Army    Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

● BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Dark Knight    Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
Iron Man    John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

● BEST SOUND
The Dark Knight    Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WALL-E    Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
Wanted    Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano and Petr Forejt
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
Slumdog Millionaire    Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

● BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight    Richard King
Iron Man    Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
WALL-E    Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted    Wylie Stateman
Slumdog Millionaire    Tom Sayers

● BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WALL-E    Thomas Newman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button    Alexandre Desplat
Slumdog Millionaire    A.R. Rahman
Milk    Danny Elfman
Defiance    James Newton Howard

● BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WALL-E    "Down to Earth" -- Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
Slumdog Millionaire    "O Saya" -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Slumdog Millionaire    "Jai Ho" -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar

● BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E    Andrew Stanton
Kung Fu Panda    John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
Bolt    Chris Williams and Byron Howard

● BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Waltz with Bashir    Israel
The Class    France
Departures    Japan
Revanche    Austria
The Baader Meinhof Complex    Germany

● BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE
Man on Wire    James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Encounters at the End of the World    Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
Trouble the Water    Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
The Betrayal    Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
The Garden    Scott Hamilton Kennedy

● BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT
Smile Pinki    Megan Mylan
The Conscience of Nhem En    Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch    Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306    Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

● BEST ANIMATED SHORT
La Maison En Petits Cubes    Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory    Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi    Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
Presto    Doug Sweetland
This Way Up    Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

● BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)    Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt    Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
New Boy    Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
Spielzeugland (Toyland)    Jochen Alexander Freydank
The Pig    Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hogh

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