81st Academy Awards - Oscars 2009

JP Liz

The nominations for the 81st Academy Award will be announced on Jan. 22 at 5:30 a.m. The Oscar ceremony will be a month later, on Feb. 22.

This is pure speculation on who i think could be nominated based on other award wins and nominations.

BEST PICTURE:
The Dark Knight
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon / The Wrestler / Revolutionary Road / Doubt (i'm not sure which one will take the 5th spot)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR:
Sean Penn - Milk
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS:
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo - Frozen River

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes -The Duchess
Josh Brolin - Milk / James Franco - Milk (i'm not sure which one will take the spot both great performances)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rachel Getting Married.
Kate Winslet - The Reader *
Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

From the nominees i would love to see TDK and Winslet win - she is long overdue

robby^5

Uuugh lots of the potential nominations this year haven't even been released here yet, which sort of spoils all the speculation and predictions for me.

As it stands, I'd go with:

Best Picture - The Dark Knight
Best Director - Christopher Nolan
Best Actor - Clint Eastwood (haven't see it but would still love for Clint to win and be acknowledged for the amazing actor he is)
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger (Heath hands down to win. I'd absolutely love for James Franco to win as he's one of my favourite actors, but I have a feeling he'll have many more oscar nods down the road)

Really hope I can catch at least all the Best Picture nominations before the awards

BEST PICTURE:
The Dark Knight
Milk


BEST DIRECTOR:
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR:
Sean Penn - Milk

BEST ACTRESS:
Meryl Streep - Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

irish_bob

while i would have no problem whatsoever with the dark knight winning best picture , thier is as much chance of that happening as thier mel gibson becoming israels next prime minister
films like the dark knight simply dont win best picture , a nomination would be a triumph for a movie of its kind, raiders of the lost ark which is a better movie than the dark knight , got nominated in 1981 for best pic but lost to chariots of fire , jaws which while a blockbuster is less a popcorn movie than batman couldnt win in 1976 , star wars in 1977 got nominated aswell and its an all time classic yet didnt win , the only movie that earned several hundred million dollars at the box office and still won best pic is titanic and at least it has the historical event thingy going for it

p.s , i hope but id be surprised if heath ledger even wins and oscar

phasers

I don't see TDK coming away with anything more than best supporting actor tbh, it's too much of a "blockbuster"

MisterAnarchy

phasers wrote: »

I don't see TDK coming away with anything more than best supporting actor tbh, it's too much of a "blockbuster"

I've seen nearly all of the expected Oscar nominated films this year and TDK is the best.
Frank Langella as Nixon in Frost/Nixon is a shoe in for best supporting actor I'd say.

BenjAii

While 'Dark Knight' is a great summer blockbuster film, films of this type never win best picture. Whilst I thought it was a well made, entertaining flick, I'm genuinely puzzled by the level of adulation it seems to bring forth from some, it's not that great !

I would love to see Micky Rourke get Best Actor, it would certainly be merited for The Wrestler.

Viola Davis the mother in 'Doubt' seems to me mentioned a lot as possible nomination for BSA.

Apart from special effects/technical things I can't see Benjamin Button getting anything.

robby^5

With the critical response The Dark Knight got I'd be suprised if it wasnt nominated. As for winning, well it's a close one this year imo cant really pick out any noticeable clear winners so it's all up to the Academy! I'd like for it to win simply because it's a great film, the biggest of the year and a critical success to boot.

To be honest if Return of the King (a film with plenty of flaws and I think awarded basically to recognise the massive undertaking of all filming all 3 films) can win it then of course The Dark Knight has a shot at winning and it would be a well deserved win imo.

Handsome Bob

irish_bob wrote: »

while i would have no problem whatsoever with the dark knight winning best picture , thier is as much chance of that happening as thier mel gibson becoming israels next prime minister
films like the dark knight simply dont win best picture , a nomination would be a triumph for a movie of its kind, raiders of the lost ark which is a better movie than the dark knight , got nominated in 1981 for best pic but lost to chariots of fire , jaws which while a blockbuster is less a popcorn movie than batman couldnt win in 1976 , star wars in 1977 got nominated aswell and its an all time classic yet didnt win , the only movie that earned several hundred million dollars at the box office and still won best pic is titanic and at least it has the historical event thingy going for it

p.s , i hope but id be surprised if heath ledger even wins and oscar

Pretty much agree with all of this. The Academy will feel they've done their deed by just nominating Heath, I'd be shocked if TDK even gets a nomination for Best Picture. I do think that on merit both actor and film deserve nominations, I just can't see the Academy playing ball.

I'd love to see both Dev Patel, Danny Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire itself getting nominations.

Hope Rourke gets Best Actor, but my head tells me Penn will get it.

Heath Ledger deserves a nomination on merit, whether it's enough to win it on merit is something I don't know. I believe his loss and Hoffman's victory in 2005 will have a big role to play in how this plays out.

That_Guy

When are the Oscars on?

mewso

That_Guy wrote: »

When are the Oscars on?

Just scroll up a bit to the first post that you speed read.

mewso

As to the oscars. As long as that film about some old bloke getting younger who goes on a boat for a while then turns into a baby wins nothing I'll be happy. Oh and fingers crossed for Rourke.

JP Liz

Hugh Jackman is presenting the show

ben bedlam

The Dark Knight has zero chance of winning best picture. The last time a popular blockbuster won best pic was The Return of the King, and that was mainly a single reward for all three LOTR films. The academy hate blockbusters and comedies.

Basq

ben bedlam wrote: »

The Dark Knight has zero chance of winning best picture. The last time a popular blockbuster won best pic was The Return of the King, and that was mainly a single reward for all three LOTR films. The academy hate blockbusters and comedies.

Didn't RoTK sweep the awards that year?! :rolleyes:

ginoginelli

Havnt seen all the films listed, but Mickey rourkes incredibe performance in the wrestler is defo oscar worthy. Ledger gotta be a favourite for best supporting..

JP Liz

Ledger seems to have won every award he was nominated for TDK so i think its safe to say he is a lock for Best Supporting Actor

Nichololas

robby^5 wrote: »

Best Actor - Clint Eastwood (haven't see it but would still love for Clint to win and be acknowledged for the amazing actor he is)

You mean, apart from the 2 Best Actor Oscars and 4 Best Director Oscars he already has?

BEST PICTURE
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Wrestler
3. Let The Right One In
4. Frost/Nixon
5. The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
1. Sean Penn (Milk)
2. Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
3. Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
4. Ben Kingsley (Elegy)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Heath Ledger (TDK)
2. Josh Brolin (Milk)
3. Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

BEST SUPPORING ACTRESS
1. Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
2. Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

ART DIRECTION
1. The Fall
2. Hellboy 2
3. The Dark Knight

VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Hellboy 2
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Fall
4. Cloverfield

BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. Man On Wire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Wall-E

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
1. The Counterfeiters
2. Let The Right One In

DIRECTING
1. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
2. Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
3. Tomas Alfredson (Let The Right One In)
4. Gus van Sant (Milk)
5. Steven Soderbergh (Che)

JP Liz

nominations announcement now!

http://www.etonline.com/awards/oscars/2009/

live feed

JP Liz

Performance by an 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)

Performance by an 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)

Performance by an 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)

Performance by an 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)

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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 andMaya Arulpragasam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NO TDK :mad:

NO Bruce for best song :mad:

lostexpectation

new thread please

Handsome Bob

It would have been a big change in mentality had the Academy given TDK a Best Picture nod. I'm sure it killed them enough just to give it a supporting actor nod.:pac:

Disappointed that Dev Patel missed out.

Basq

Disappointed that 'Let The Right One In' didn't even get a Best Foreign Picture nod!

mike65

Quite an "indy vibe" to many of the catagories.

Basq

mike65 wrote: »

Quite an "indy vibe" to many of the catagories.

The word you're looking for is "obvious"..

jdscrubs

I have not seen any of the films nominated for best picture as 3 arent out yet&the other 2 havent gotten round to seeing them yet but I will. Thankfully I have my cineworld card as it will be busy over the next few weeks.

Not surprised that The Dark Knight didnt get nominated cos although it was a fantastic film, films like that dont get nominated in the big categories. Before anyone says Lord of the Rings, that was based on a critically acclaimed book that has been out for donkey years.

Glad to see Heath Ledger got nominated but if he wins, I hope its to do with his performance and not for the fact that he died after making it.

Dont want Mickey Rourke to win, cos even though he was good, he wasnt outstanding. Will want to see the other 4 films to see if Brad Pitt, Frank Langella, DAvin Jenkins or Sean Penn have done a better job.

Not surprised that Meryl Streep is nominated as she seems to be every year. Glad that Angelina Jolie got nominated cos she was very good in the Changeling which in my view should have gotten more nominations.

Be cool if In Brugge won Best Original Screenplay.

galactus

Dark Knight not nominated!

How can we ever take The Oscars seriously again?

mike65

Eastwood overlooked, Gran Torino is flying at the box office (3 weeks in the top 3) and the IMDB index is very healthy.

Creature

Surprised to see Gomorra not in the Foreign Film category. I thought it was faultless and a definite shoe-in for a nomination.

Good to see Richard Jenkins in there for Best Actor. Guess I wasn't the only person who saw The Visitor after all.

MementoMori

Surely McDonagh is in with a good shout for In Bruges and would probably be classed among the favourites?

I havent seen Milk yet but I just can't see a biography winning Best Original Screenplay, unless it does something dazzling altogether. Also I would be well surprised if Wall-E won it given it's animation. I just think the Academy would be a bit conservative with regard to this. With regard to Happy-Go-Lucky I would be very surprised if it won given the fact that the film is a bit all over the place structurally, and I'm actually a bit surprised it got a nomination. While it was an onjoyable film and the central character was very interesting I would have said the film's main strength was the acting as opposed to the script. As for Frozen River I don't really know anything about it.

The only worry I'd have about In Bruges is whether enough voters see it compared with Wall-E and Milk given it is only up for one award.

Necronomicon

Disappointed not to see Hans Zimmer in the frame for the TDK score. I was hoping to see The Wrestler nominated for Best Picture as well, but I'm delighted Mickey Rourke is in the frame for Best Actor. Like Basquille I'm very disappointed Let The Right One In didn't make it into Best Foreign Picture - in fact, I haven't seen any in that category (J.C.V.D was worth a shout too :pac:).

JP Liz

only 3 songs nominated for best original song and no bruce :mad:

Best supporting actress race is now wide open since Winslet is out

BenjAii

I think 'the curious case of bb' will be one of those films that gets few wins despite the loads of nominations, and those few wins will be for technical things.

Nice to see a film like 'Slumdog' break through at this level.

It all looks quite open to me, no one standing out as obvious winners for any of the big prizes.

Basq

I reckon 'Slumdog Millionaire' will bag a fair few to be honest.

And i reckon 'Curious Case..' will get a few of the smaller technial awards.

Nunu

JP Liz wrote: »

NO Bruce for best song :mad:

Yep, that is the most startling omission in my view...genuinely thought it would be the runaway winner in best song category...baffling really

...why only 3 nominations in best song category? ...kind of makes it an even bigger slap in the face for Springsteen!

Vamoose Killers

basquille wrote: »

Disappointed that 'Let The Right One In' didn't even get a Best Foreign Picture nod!

It wasn't put forward, that's why.

Basq

Yeah.. just read that now (http://www.switchbladecomb.com/news/let-the-right-one-in-not-eligible-for-an-oscar/):

An unfortunate heads-up: when the Academy Award nominations are posted on January 22, the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In will not be among the selected foreign choices. Each country can only pick one nominee contender per year, and Sweden went with another choice.

Aint It Cool is boo-hooing this turn of events, and while it sucks that Let the Right One In won’t be winning any more accolades than it already has, I don’t think anyone over there has even seen Sweden’s actual pick and recent Golden Globe nominee, Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick (Maria Larsson’s Everlasting Moment).

There is also a rumor that Let the Right One In was released too late in Sweden to be considered for the 2009 awards and has a possibility of being offered next year, but who knows?

phasers

I want Robert Downey Jr to win best supporting but everyone knows Heath Ledger's got it in the bag.

JP Liz

BenjAii wrote: »

It all looks quite open to me, no one standing out as obvious winners for any of the big prizes.

Ledger is a lock for a best supporting actor win

The only shoe-in is Wall-e for best animated feature and maybe Presto! for best short (animated)

Surprised to see Dark Knight not even get a best film nomination, but was somewhat expecting it.

Theboinkmaster

Necronomicon wrote: »

Disappointed not to see Hans Zimmer in the frame for the TDK score. I was hoping to see The Wrestler nominated for Best Picture as well, but I'm delighted Mickey Rourke is in the frame for Best Actor. Like Basquille I'm very disappointed Let The Right One In didn't make it into Best Foreign Picture - in fact, I haven't seen any in that category (J.C.V.D was worth a shout too :pac:).

+1 TDK score was outstanding

But hey it's the oscars and I don't pay much attention to them at all, they're a bit of a joke - forest gump wins all of shawshank's oscars back in the 90s says it all for me really

MisterAnarchy

13 nominations for Benjamin Button,ridiculous.
The Oscars are a joke anyway.

galactus

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

13 nominations for Benjamin Button,ridiculous.
The Oscars are a joke anyway.

How true, And how about 1980:

Ordinary People won ahead of The Elephant Man, The Coal Miner's Daughter and Raging Bull.

I bet most people reading this thread have never seen or heard of Ordinary People.

thermo66

Nunu wrote: »

Yep, that is the most startling omission in my view...genuinely thought it would be the runaway winner in best song category...baffling really

...why only 3 nominations in best song category? ...kind of makes it an even bigger slap in the face for Springsteen!

can't believe Springsteen didn't get a nom. Ridiculous!! I thought he was even more of a cert than Heath. Whoever picks the nominee's is a joke!!

MisterAnarchy

galactus wrote: »

How true, And how about 1980:

Ordinary People won ahead of The Elephant Man, The Coal Miner's Daughter and Raging Bull.

I bet most people reading this thread have never seen or heard of Ordinary People.

Funny you should say that I actually watched that film a few weeks ago ,its a good film to be fair.
Its all politics as to who gets nominated and wins.
What about such great winners as 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Chicago' ,utter drivel.

JP Liz

Best Director

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

Best Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

All the best picture and director nominees match - this must be a first for a while ????

robgordon

I love the look of Ben Button

Got super excited after reading this review

http://bigscreen.ie/blog/article.asp?ID=45

Basq

Jp Liz wrote:

All the best picture and director nominees match - this must be a first for a while ????

Possibly, but I wouldn't imagine it's that rare.. I mean look at the Oscar nominees each year.

Odds are you'll see the same 5 - 6 films features in the Best Actor / Actress / Supporting Actor / Support Actress / Direction / Picture categories.

For example, last year's Best Picture and Best Director nominations:

BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman, Juno
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

4 outta 5 of the same films in each!

JP Liz

Slumdog Millionaire continues to storm Hollywood, with British director Danny Boyle scooping top honour at the Director's Guild of America awards. At Saturday's LA ceremony - which is seen as an indicator of who'll be taking home the director's Oscar.

JP Liz

Winners at this year's Oscars have been offered $1 million to plug a herbal health supplement during their acceptance speech.

Airborne Health has promised to pay the money to the first recipient of an acting gong who promotes the product on the podium.

An advert on the outfit's website reads: "Simply be the first actor who... hoists a box of Airborne while intoning, 'I’d like to thank Airborne for this award'… and bingo, you win the Mill for your charity!"

Speaking to Access Hollywood, company co-founder Rider McDowell revealed that two Hollywood agencies, who represent 11 nominees between them, have already contacted him about the validity of the offer.
"The upside is huge. We don’t see a downside," he claimed. "A lot of these people are very poised - if they want to take five seconds to win $1 million for charity, it’s a great opportunity."

JP Liz

Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire
Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Sean Penn - Milk
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Animated Feature
WALL-E
Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design
The Duchess
Documentary Feature
Man On Wire
Documentary Short
Smile Pinki
Editing
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film
Departures
Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Original Score
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song
'Jai Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes
Live Action Short
Spielzeugland (Toyland)