Oscars: Nominations by picture
81st Academy Awards
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81st Academy Awards
Posted: Thurs., Jan.
22, 2009, 9:18am PT
• Oscar nominations announced
• Full list of nominations
• 'Knight' misses bid for best picture
• Reactions
• Specialty pics pounce on Oscar buzz
• 'Reader' beats odds, nabs Oscar nom
• This year's Oscar oddities
• Oscar voting system deciphered
• Films with two or more nominations
• Oscars: Nominations by picture
• Full list of nominations
• 'Knight' misses bid for best picture
• Reactions
• Specialty pics pounce on Oscar buzz
• 'Reader' beats odds, nabs Oscar nom
• This year's Oscar oddities
• Oscar voting system deciphered
• Films with two or more nominations
• Oscars: Nominations by picture
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| Complete list of nominated films | ||
| “Australia,” a 20th Century Fox/Bazmark Film 2 Pty Ltd Production (20th Century Fox) | (1 nomination) | |
| Costume design | ||
| “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” a Constantin Film Production | (1 nomination) |
| Best foreign language film (Germany) |
| “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),” a Pandinlao Films Production (Cinema Guild) | (1 nomination) |
| Documentary feature |
| “Bolt,” a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) | (1 nomination) |
| Best animated feature film |
| “Changeling,” a Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production (Universal) | (3 nominations) |
| Angelina Jolie - Performance by an actress in a leading role Art direction Cinematography |
| “The Class,” a Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics) | (1 nomination) |
| Best foreign language film (France) |
| “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a Kennedy/Marshall Production (Paramount and Warner Bros.) | (13 nominations) |
| Brad Pitt - Performance by an actor in a leading role Taraji P. Henson - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Art direction Cinematography Costume design Directing Film editing Makeup Original score Best picture Sound mixing Visual effects Adapted screenplay |
| “The Dark Knight,” a Cape Road Limited Production (Warner Bros.) | (8 nominations) |
| Heath Ledger - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Art direction Cinematography Film editing Makeup Sound editing Sound mixing Visual effects |
| “Defiance,” a Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls Production (Paramount Vantage) | (1 nomination) |
| Original score |
| “Departures,” a Departures Film Partners Production (Regent Releasing) | (1 nomination) |
| Best foreign language film (Japan) |
| “Doubt,” a Scott Rudin Production (Miramax) | (5 nominations) |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role Amy Adams - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Viola Davis - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Adapted screenplay |
| “The Duchess,” a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films in association with Pathé Renn and BIM Distribuzione Production (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) | (2 nominations) |
| Art direction Costume design |
| “Encounters at the End of the World,” a Creative Differences Production (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment) | (1 nomination) |
| Documentary feature |
| “Frost/Nixon,” a Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production (Universal) | (5 nominations) |
| Frank Langella - Performance by an actor in a leading role Directing Film editing Best picture Adapted screenplay |
| “Frozen River,” a Harwood Hunt Production (Sony Pictures Classics) | (2 nominations) |
| Melissa Leo - Performance by an actress in a leading role Original screenplay |
| “The Garden,” a Black Valley Films Production | (1 nomination) |
| Documentary feature |
| “Happy-Go-Lucky,” a Thin Man Films/Simon Channing Williams Production (Miramax) | (1 nomination) |
| Original screenplay |
| “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” a Universal Pictures Production (Universal) | (1 nomination) |
| Makeup |
| “In Bruges,” a Blueprint Pictures Production (Focus Features) | (1 nomination) |
| Original screenplay |
| “Iron Man,” a Marvel Studios Production (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) | (2 nominations) |
| Sound editing Visual effects |
| “Kung Fu Panda,” a DreamWorks Animation LLC Production (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) | (1 nomination) |
| Best animated feature film |
| “Man on Wire,” a Wall to Wall Production (Magnolia Pictures) | (1 nomination) |
| Documentary feature |
| “Milk,” a Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production (Focus Features) | (8 nominations) |
| Sean Penn - Performance by an actor in a leading role Josh Brolin - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Costume design Directing Film editing Original score Best picture Original screenplay |
| “Rachel Getting Married,” a Clinica Estetico Production (Sony Pictures Classics) | (1 nomination) |
| Anne Hathaway - Performance by an actress in a leading role |
| “The Reader,” a Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production (The Weinstein Company) | (5 nominations) |
| Kate Winslet - Performance by an actress in a leading role Cinematography Directing Best picture Adapted screenplay |
| “Revanche,” a Prisma Film/Fernseh Production (Janus Films) | (1 nomination) |
| Best foreign language film (Austria) |
| “Revolutionary Road,” an Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films and Neal Street Production (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) | (3 nominations) |
| Michael Shannon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Art direction Costume design |
| “Slumdog Millionaire,” a Celador Films Production (Fox Searchlight) | (10 nominations) |
| Cinematography Directing Film editing Original score Original song - “Jai Ho” Original song - “O Saya” Best picture Sound editing Sound mixing Adapted screenplay |
| “Tropic Thunder,” a Red Hour Production (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/ Paramount) | (1 nomination) |
| Robert Downey Jr. - Performance by an actor in a supporting role |
| “Trouble the Water,” an Elsewhere Films Production (Zeitgeist Films) | (1 nomination) |
| Documentary feature |
| “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” a Weinstein Company Production (The Weinstein Company) | (1 nomination) |
| Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role |
| “The Visitor,” a Groundswell, Participant, Next Wednesday Production (Overture Films) | (1 nomination) |
| Richard Jenkins - Performance by an actor in a leading role |
| “WALL-E,” a Pixar Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney) | (6 nominations) |
| Best animated feature film Original score Original song - “Down to Earth” Sound editing Sound mixing Original screenplay |
| “Waltz with Bashir,” a Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production (Sony Pictures Classics) | (1 nomination) |
| Best foreign language film (Israel) |
| “Wanted,” a Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Production (Universal) | (2 nominations) |
| Sound editing Sound mixing |
| “The Wrestler,” a Protozoa Pictures/Wild Bunch Production (Fox Searchlight) | (2 nominations) |
| Mickey Rourke - Performance by an actor in a leading role Marisa Tomei - Performance by an actress in a supporting role |
| This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects. |
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