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The Oscars 2009 (81st Academy Awards) 22nd Feb 2009

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The Oscars 2009 Schedule Date: Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
The Oscars 2009 Awards Site: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
The Oscars 2009 Host: Hugh Jackman
The Oscars 2009 Producer: Bill Condon, Laurence Mark
The Oscars 2009 TV in US: ABC

The Oscars 2009 Winners, 81st Academy Award Winners

The Oscars 2009 best actor in Leading Role Winner: Sean Penn (MILK)
The Oscars 2009 best actor in Supporting Role Winner: Heath Leader (THE DARK KNIGHT)
The Oscars 2009 best actress in Leading Role Winner: Kate Winslet (THE READER)
The Oscars 2009 best actress in Supporting Role Winner: Penelope Cruze (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA)
The Oscars 2009 best Animated Feature Film Winner: WALL-E
The Oscars 2009 best Art Direction Winner: THE CURIOUS CASE BENJAMIN BUTTON
The Oscars 2009 best Cinematography Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Costume Design Winner: THE DUCHESS
The Oscars 2009 best Directing Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Documentary Feature Winner: MAN ON WIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Documentary Short Winner: SMILE PINKI
The Oscars 2009 best Film Editing Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Foreign Language Film Winner: DEPARTURES
The Oscars 2009 best Makeup Winner: THE CURIOUS CASE BENJAMIN BUTTON
The Oscars 2009 best Music (Score) Winner: "Jai Ho" SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Music (Song) Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Best Picture Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Short Film (Animated) Winner: LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
The Oscars 2009 best Short Film (Live Action) Winner: SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
The Oscars 2009 best Sound Editing Winner: THE DARK KNIGHT
The Oscars 2009 best Sound Mixing Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Visual Effects Winner: THE CURIOUS CASE BENJAMIN BUTTON
The Oscars 2009 best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Oscars 2009 best Writing (Original Screenplay) Winner:MILK

Oscars 2009 Nomination categories

• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best actor in Leading Role
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best actor in Supporting Role
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best actress in Leading Role
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best actress in Supporting Role
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Animated Feature Film
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Art Direction
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Cinematography
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Costume Design
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Directing
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Documentary Feature
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Documentary Short
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Film Editing
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Foreign Language Film
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Makeup
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Music (Score)
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Music (Song)
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Best Picture
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Short Film (Animated)
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Short Film (Live Action)
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Sound Editing
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Sound Mixing
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Visual Effects
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
• The Oscars 2009 Nomination for best Writing (Original Screenplay)

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
• Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Best animated feature film of the year

• "Bolt" (Walt Disney)
  Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount)
  John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Andrew Stanton

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for art direction

• "Changeling" (Universal)
  Art Direction: James J. Murakami
  Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt
  Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
  Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films)
  Art Direction: Michael Carlin
  Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
  Art Direction: Kristi Zea
  Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for cinematography

• "Changeling" (Universal)
  Tom Stern
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Claudio Miranda
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Wally Pfister
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
  Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Anthony Dod Mantle

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in costume design

• "Australia" (20th Century Fox)
  Catherine Martin
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Jacqueline West
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films)
  Michael O'Connor
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  Danny Glicker
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
  Albert Wolsky

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in directing

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  David Fincher
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
  Ron Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  Gus Van Sant
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
  Stephen Daldry
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Danny Boyle

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for 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

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for 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

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in film editing

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Lee Smith
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
  Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  Elliot Graham
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Chris Dickens

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Best foreign language film of the year

• "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production - Germany
• "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production - France
• "Departures" (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production - Japan
• "Revanche" (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production - Austria
• "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production - Israel

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in makeup

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Greg Cannom
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
• "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal)
  Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Alexandre Desplat
• "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage)
  James Newton Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  Danny Elfman
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  A.R. Rahman
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Thomas Newman

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
  Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Music by A.R. Rahman
  Lyric by Gulzar
• "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Best motion picture of the year

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  A Kennedy/Marshall Production
  Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
  A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production
  Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production
  Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
  A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production
  Nominees to be determined
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  A Celador Films Production
  Christian Colson, Producer

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for 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" (Talantis Films)
  A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production
  Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• "Presto" (Walt Disney)
  A Pixar Animation Studios Production
  Doug Sweetland
• "This Way Up"
  A Nexus Production
  Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for 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

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in sound editing

• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Richard King
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment)
  Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Tom Sayers
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• "Wanted" (Universal)
  Wylie Stateman

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in sound mixing

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• "Wanted" (Universal)
  Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Achievement in visual effects

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
  Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment)
  John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Adapted screenplay

• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  Screenplay by Eric Roth
  Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• "Doubt" (Miramax)
  Written by John Patrick Shanley
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
  Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
  Screenplay by David Hare
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
  Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

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The Oscars 2009 Nomination for Original screenplay

• "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
  Written by Courtney Hunt
• "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax)
  Written by Mike Leigh
• "In Bruges" (Focus Features)
  Written by Martin McDonagh
• "Milk" (Focus Features)
  Written by Dustin Lance Black
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
  Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
  Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter