No matter how much one follows the trends of the current award season, one can always count on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to throw some curveballs come Oscar nomination time. And boy, did they this morning.We'll start with Best Picture nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire. That's right, no The Dark Knight, a fact that will be bemoaned by fanboy bloggers now 'til doomsday. The director nods match the top five exactly, including out filmmakers Gus Van Sant and Stephen Daldry.
The surprises continue in the acting categories, where indie faves Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) and Melissa Leo (Frozen River) were in, Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) were out. Meanwhile, Golden Globe double-winner Kate Winslet was only nominated for Best Actress (and for The Reader, not Revolutionary Road as campaigned).
And the shocks went all the way down the line, such as no Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona for Original Screenplay and (my "guilty pleasure" category) the oft-maligned Best Original Song limited to only three tunes (WALL-E's "Down to Earth" and two from Slumdog; you can hear them in full at the Official Movie Dearest MySpace page). For a quick look at all the nominees in every category, see the comments section below.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be presented Sunday February 22 on ABC. Let the predictions, nay saying and second-guessing begin ...
2 comments:
Correction: Kate Winslet was nominated for "The Reader" in Best Actress and not for "Revolutionary Road". And at least you didn't have to worry about writing the words "Academy Award nominee Mylie Cyrus." ;)
Thanks for catching that, I made the correction!
- kch
And here is the complete list of nominees:
Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Actor:
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Actress:
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Director:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay:
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
WALL-E
Cinematography:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Art Direction/Set Decoration:
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
Original Score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Original Song:
"Down to Earth” from WALL-E
"Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire
Film Editing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Animated Feature:
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
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
Make-Up:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Foreign Language Film:
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
Documentary Feature:
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Documentary Short:
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Animated Short:
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Live Action Short:
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
And here's the rundown of total nominations per film (for those with multiple nominations):
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13
Slumdog Millionaire - 10
The Dark Knight - 8
Milk - 8
WALL-E - 6
Doubt - 5
Frost/Nixon - 5
The Reader - 5
Changeling - 3
Revolutionary Road - 3
The Duchess - 2
Frozen River - 2
Iron Man - 2
Wanted - 2
The Wrestler - 2
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