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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)
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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)
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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)
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Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in ?Doubt? (Miramax)
• Pen?lope 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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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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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, Path? 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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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
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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, Path? and BBC Films), Michael O?Connor
• ?Milk? (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
• ?Revolutionary Road?? (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
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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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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 in association with Red Box Films Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• ?Trouble the Water? (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
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Best documentary short subject

• ?The Conscience of Nhem En? A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• ?The Final Inch? Vermilion Films in association with Google.org, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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?Ce?n 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, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and?Redmond Morris, Producers
• ?Slumdog Millionaire? (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer
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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??cole 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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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 H?gh
• ?Spielzeugland (Toyland)? A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
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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), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
• ?WALL-E? (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• ?Wanted? (Universal), Wylie Stateman
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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. Monta?o and Petr Forejt
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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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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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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
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