Winners of 81st Academy Awards
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk - WINNER
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader - WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight - WINNER
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for Doubt
Amy Adams for Doubt
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona - WINNER
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler
Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Best Writing, (Original Screenplay)
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
Milk: Dustin Lance Black - WINNER
WALL·E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Best Writing, (Adapted Screenplay)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
The Reader: David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy - WINNER
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister
The Reader: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle - WINNER
Best Achievement in Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight: Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk: Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens - WINNER
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling: James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo - WINNER
The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess: Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Australia: Catherine Martin
Australia: Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West
The Duchess: Michael O'Connor - WINNER
Milk: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky
Best Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom - WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom - WINNER
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat
Defiance: James Newton Howard
Milk: Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman - WINNER
WALL-E: Thomas Newman
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar - WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar - WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, M.I.A
WALL-E: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight: Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight - WINNER
The Dark Knight - WINNER
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Barba, Edson Williams - WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Barba, Edson Williams - WINNER
The Dark Knight: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E - WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Entre les murs (France)
Revanche (Austria)
Okuribito (Departures) (Japan) - WINNER
Vals Im Bashir (Israel)
Best Documentary, Features
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire - WINNER
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki - WINNER
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Best Short Film, Animated
Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit
Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit
La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato - WINNER
Oktapodi: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
Presto: Doug Sweetland
This Way Up: Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Best Short Film, Live Action
Auf der Strecke
Auf der Strecke
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland - WINNER