| 81st Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 22, 2010 | |||
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
| Host | Hugh Jackman | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Slumdog Millionaire | |||
| Most wins | Slumdog Millionaire (8) | |||
| Most nominations | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13) | |||
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The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was televised in the United States on ABC. Actor Hugh Jackman hosted the show.
Best Picture
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — Christian Colson
- Nominees
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
- Frost/Nixon — Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
- Milk — Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
- The Reader — Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris[1]
Best Actor
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Sean Penn for Milk
- Nominees
- Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
- Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
- Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best Actress
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Nominees
- Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie for Changeling
- Melissa Leo for Frozen River
- Meryl Streep for Doubt
Best Supporting Actor
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight[2]
- Nominees
- Josh Brolin for Milk
- Robert Downey, Jr. for Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
- Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Nominees
- Amy Adams for Doubt
- Viola Davis for Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler
Best Director
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Nominees
- Stephen Daldry for The Reader
- David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant for Milk
Best Original Screenplay
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Milk — Dustin Lance Black
- Nominees
- Frozen River — Courtney Hunt
- Happy-Go-Lucky — Mike Leigh
- In Bruges — Martin McDonagh
- WALL·E — Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — Simon Beaufoy
- Nominees
- Doubt — John Patrick Shanley
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
- Frost/Nixon — Peter Morgan
- The Reader — David Hare
Best Cinematography
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — Anthony Dod Mantle
- Nominees
- Changeling — Tom Stern
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Claudio Miranda
- The Dark Knight — Wally Pfister
- The Reader — Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
Best Film Editing
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — Chris Dickens
- Nominees
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
- The Dark Knight — Lee Smith
- Frost/Nixon — Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
- Milk — Elliot Graham
Best Art Direction
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
- Nominees
- Changeling — James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
- The Dark Knight — Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
- The Duchess — Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
- Revolutionary Road — Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Best Costume Design
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- The Duchess — Michael O'Connor
- Nominees
- Australia — Catherine Martin
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Jacqueline West
- Milk — Danny Glicker
- Revolutionary Road — Albert Wolsky
Best Makeup
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Greg Cannom
- Nominees
- The Dark Knight — John Caglione, Jr., Conor O’Sullivan
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army — Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz
Best Original Score
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman
- Nominees
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Alexandre Desplat
- Defiance — James Newton Howard
- Milk — Danny Elfman
- WALL·E — Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman, Gulzar
- Nominees
- "Down To Earth" from WALL·E — Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
- "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman, M.I.A.
Best Sound Mixing
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Slumdog Millionaire — Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
- Nominees
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
- The Dark Knight — Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick
- WALL·E — Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
- Wanted — Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt
Best Sound Editing
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- The Dark Knight — Richard King
- Nominees
- Iron Man — Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
- Slumdog Millionaire — Tom Sayers, Glenn Freemantle
- WALL·E — Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
- Wanted — Wylie Stateman
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
- Nominees
- The Dark Knight — Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
- Iron Man — John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan
Best Animated Feature
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- WALL·E — Andrew Stanton
- Nominees
- Bolt — Chris Williams, Byron Howard
- Kung Fu Panda — John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Best Foreign Language Film
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Departures — Yôjirô Takita from Japan
- Nominees
- The Baader Meinhof Complex — Uli Edel from Germany
- The Class — Laurent Cantet from France
- Revanche — Götz Spielmann from Austria
- Waltz With Bashir — Ari Folman from Israel
Best Documentary Feature
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Man on Wire — James Marsh, Simon Chinn
- Nominees
- The Betrayal - Nerakhoon — Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
- Encounters at the End of the World — Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
- The Garden — Scott Hamilton Kennedy
- Trouble the Water — Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Best Documentary Short
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Smile Pinki — Megan Mylan
- Nominees
- The Conscience of Nhem En — Steven Okazaki
- The Final Inch — Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
- The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 — Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde
Best Animated Short
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The House of Small Cubes — Kunio Katô
- Nominees
- Lavatory Lovestory — Konstantin Bronzit
- Oktapodi — Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
- Presto — Doug Sweetland
- This Way Up — Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Best Live Action Short
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Toyland — Jochen Alexander Freydank
- Nominees
- Manon on the Asphalt — Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
- New Boy — Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
- On the Line — Reto Caffi
- The Pig — Tivi Magnusson, Dorte Høgh
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
References
- ↑ The nominations for Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were made posthumously.
- ↑ This nomination and award were given posthumously, and accepted by Ledger's father, mother, and sister.