{"id":387,"date":"2009-01-23T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2009\/01\/2008-academy-award-nominations.html"},"modified":"2009-01-23T19:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T23:51:00","slug":"2008-academy-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"2008 Academy Award Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost\/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em><\/p>\n

Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor<\/em>
Frank Langella, Frost\/Nixon<\/em>
Sean Penn, Milk<\/em>
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler<\/em><\/p>\n

Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk<\/em>
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder<\/em>
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt<\/em>
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight<\/em>
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road<\/em><\/p>\n

Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married<\/em>
Angelina Jolie, Changeling<\/em>
Melissa Leo, Frozen River<\/em>
Meryl Streep, Doubt<\/em>
Kate Winslet, The Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt<\/em>
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/em>
Viola Davis, Doubt<\/em>
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler<\/em><\/p>\n

Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda<\/em>
WALL-E<\/em><\/p>\n

Art Direction
Changeling, <\/em>Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando
The Duchess<\/em>, Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road<\/em>, Art Direction: Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt<\/p>\n

Cinematography
Changeling<\/em>, Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Wally Pfister
The Reader<\/em>, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Anthony Dod Mantle<\/p>\n

Costume Design
Australia<\/em>, Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Jacqueline West
The Duchess<\/em>, Michael O’Connor
Milk<\/em>, Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road<\/em>, Albert Wolsky<\/p>\n

Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>
Ron Howard, Frost\/Nixon<\/em>
Gus Van Sant, Milk<\/em>
Stephen Daldry, The Reader<\/em>
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire<\/em><\/p>\n

Documentary
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)<\/em>
Encounters at the End of the World<\/em>
The Garden<\/em>
Man on Wire<\/em>
Trouble the Water<\/em><\/p>\n

Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En<\/em>
The Final Inch<\/em>
Smile Pinki<\/em>
The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306<\/em><\/p>\n

Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Lee Smith
Frost\/Nixon<\/em>, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Milk<\/em>, Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Chris Dickens<\/p>\n

Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex<\/em>, Germany
The Class<\/em>, France
Departures<\/em>, Japan
Revanche<\/em>, Austria
Waltz with Bashir<\/em>, Israel<\/p>\n

Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight<\/em>, John Caglione Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/em>, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz<\/p>\n

Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Alexandre Desplat
Defiance<\/em>, James Newton Howard
Milk<\/em>, Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, A.R. Rahman
WALL-E<\/em>, Thomas Newman<\/p>\n

Original Song
“Down to Earth” from WALL-E<\/em>, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam<\/p>\n

Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes<\/em>
Lavatory – Lovestory<\/em>
Oktapodi<\/em>
Presto<\/em>
This Way Up<\/em><\/p>\n

Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)<\/em>
Manon on the Asphalt<\/em>
New Boy<\/em>
The Pig<\/em>
Spielzeugland (Toyland)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sound Editing
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Richard King
Iron Man<\/em>, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Tom Sayers
WALL-E<\/em>, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted<\/em>, Wylie Stateman<\/p>\n

Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
WALL-E<\/em>, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
Wanted<\/em>, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaqo and Petr Forejt<\/p>\n

Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
The Dark Knight<\/em>, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
Iron Man<\/em>, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan<\/p>\n

Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt<\/em>, Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost\/Nixon<\/em>, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
The Reader<\/em>, Screenplay by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy<\/p>\n

Original Screenplay
Frozen River<\/em>, Written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky<\/em>, Written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges<\/em>, Written by Martin McDonagh
Milk<\/em>, Written by Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E<\/em>, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best PictureThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonFrost\/NixonMilkThe ReaderSlumdog Millionaire ActorRichard Jenkins, The VisitorFrank Langella, Frost\/NixonSean Penn, MilkBrad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonMickey Rourke, The Wrestler Supporting ActorJosh Brolin, MilkRobert Downey Jr., Tropic ThunderPhilip Seymour Hoffman, DoubtHeath Ledger, The Dark KnightMichael Shannon, Revolutionary Road ActressAnne Hathaway, Rachel Getting MarriedAngelina Jolie, ChangelingMelissa Leo, Frozen RiverMeryl … Continue reading 2008 Academy Award Nominations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1656],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-oscars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}