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Copied from 2009 Academy Award Nominee thread:
My picks in BOLD
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
MILK
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
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 ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, MILK
Bradd 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
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
WALL-E
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
ANIMATED FEATURE
BOLT
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
ANIMATED SHORT
La Maison de Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
LIVE ACTION SHORT (Haven't seem any)
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
MILK
Revolutionary Road
FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
MILK
Slumdog Millionaire
MAKE-UP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted ( I just want to hear the phrase.... And the Oscar goes to, WANTED, once in my life time...)
SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted (It really did sound badass)
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
MILK
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Dark Knight (Wait.... again, no nom? oh, f*ck you Oscars.)
ORIGINAL SONG
"Down to Earth", WALL-E
"Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya", Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler", The Wrestler (Wait.... no nom? WHAT!)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (Only one I've seen)
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
DOCUMENTARY SHORT (Haven't seen any)
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Lunch
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (Haven't seen any!)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
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Last edited by Lennon; 02-22-09 at 05:57 PM.
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Too funny.
