The Oscar Nominees For 2009

BEST PICTURE

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• "Frost/Nixon"
  
• "Milk"
  
• "The Reader"
  
• "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ACTOR

• Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
  
• Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
  
• Sean Penn, "Milk"


• Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
  

BEST ACTRESS

• Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
  
• Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
  
• Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
  
• Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
  
• Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Josh Brolin, "Milk"
  
• Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
  
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
  
• Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
  
• Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"
  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, "Doubt"
  
• Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
  
• Viola Davis, "Doubt"
  
• Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"
  

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
  
• "The Class," France
  
• "Departures," Japan


• "Revanche," Austria
  
• "Waltz With Bashir," Israel
  

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"
  
• Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"
  
• David Hare, "The Reader"
  
• Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
  
• Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
  
• Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
  
• Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"


• Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E"
  

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• "Bolt"
  
• "Kung Fu Panda"
  
• "WALL-E"

BEST ART DIRECTION

• "Changeling"
  
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"


• "The Dark Knight"
  
• "The Duchess"
  
• "Revolutionary Road"
  

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• "Changeling"
  
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• "The Dark Knight"
  
• "The Reader"
  
• "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST SOUND MIXING

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• "The Dark Knight"
  
• "Slumdog Millionaire"


• "WALL-E"
  
• "Wanted"
  

BEST SOUND EDITING

• "The Dark Knight"


• "Iron Man"
  
• "Slumdog Millionaire"
  
• "WALL-E"
  
• "Wanted"
  

BEST 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
  

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
  
• "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar


• "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
  

BEST COSTUME

• "Australia"
  
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  
• "The Duchess"


• "Milk"
  
• "Revolutionary Road"
  

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
  
• "Encounters at the End of the World"
  
• "The Garden"
  
• "Man on Wire"


• "Trouble the Water"
  

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• "The Conscience of Nhem En"
  
• "The Final Inch"
  
• "Smile Pinki"


• "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"
  

BEST MAKEUP

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"


• "The Dark Knight"
  
• "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
  

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• "La Maison en Petits Cubes"


• "Lavatory - Lovestory"
  
• "Oktapodi"
  
• "Presto"
  
• "This Way Up"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• "Auf der Strecke" (On the Line)
  
• "Manon on the Asphalt"
  
• "New Boy"
  
• "The Pig"
  
• "Spielzeugland" (Toyland)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"


• "The Dark Knight"
  
• "Iron Man"
  

Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Jerry Lewis

Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull