1.22.09: 2009 Academy Awards- Probable Winners

 And the Oscar probably goes to … Well, you have to wait until Sunday, Feb. 22 to get the real answer, but don’t worry we have you covered until then. We spent some time this morning arguing over who we think the Academy will pick to take home the most hardware. Check out the complete list here

Let's just say we think one movie will be a lucky "dog" and look like a "million" bucks in the eyes of Oscar. Got that, slum?

***What The Academy Will Most Likely Pick in Bold*** 

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk 
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees:
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Amy Adams for Doubt
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
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, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees:
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
Milk: Dustin Lance Black
WALL•E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees:
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

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees:
Changeling: Tom SternThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister
The Reader: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:
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

Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees:
Changeling: James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess: Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees:
Australia: Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West
The Duchess: Michael O’Connor
Milk: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight: John Caglione Jr., Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat
Defiance: James Newton Howard
Milk: Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman
WALL•E: Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees:
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar(“Jai Ho”)
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, M.I.A(“O Saya”)
WALL•E: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman(“Down to Earth”)

Best Achievement in Sound Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL•E
Wanted

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL•E
Wanted

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees:
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL•E

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Entre les murs (France)
Revanche (Austria)
Okuribito (Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (Israel)

Best Documentary, Features Nominees:
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Comments

[kjdsf]

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE THE BEST PICTURE OF 2008....HAHAHA... YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME.

[kjdsf]

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE THE BEST PICTURE OF 2008....HAHAHA... YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME.

[B Heath]

I think the best performance by an supporting actor is without a doubt the late great Heath ledger I think the movie would not have gross no where the amount it did without his great preformance as the joker. Heath will live on in or hearts and minds.He will be one who will be missed....

[Thomas Riest]

I think that WALL-E is such a fantastic accomplishment. It should definately win in the animation category as well as a sound award. Kate winslet also deserves an oscar for the reader, finally!

[JEANNINE NELSON]

Thanks for the info, but I was also looking for Best Short Film Animated and Best Documentary Short.

[martin]

Of all the nominees this year, Kate and Heath deserve most to win.
I still believe that "The Dark Knight" should have been nominated for best film. It's my best picture winner. .

[Deborah]

Brad Pitt was great in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a great show!! I hope he wins.

[Vanessa]

Why there's always have to be the same actors? It's not right. We always have to see the same faces, no opportunities for other actors and the same goes for magazines. Too much of the same. Other actors don't even have the chance because they don't get the good scripts. Enough of Jolie, Brad, etc.

[Isis]

of course Kate and Heath are going to win the best actor. 'Slumdog' also deserves an oscar. It was so touching and beautiful. A.R.rahman's music was absolutely awesome.

[sanjeewasm]

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
will win most of them...

[Miriam]

I think, above all other categories, that Mickey Rourke should win for The Wrestler. . . Have you seen that movie? Before you decide any other way, you REALLY should.

[Mike Fabiano]

Let's just give every award to Slumdog Millionaire. What a joke. It was average and predictable at best. It's like the Academy said: "We only saw ONE foreign film this year, so IT gets the nomination." What about the french film "Tell No One," what about "Boy A," what about Mike Leigh's "Happy Go Lucky" what about the Italian crime epic "Gomorrah"?

[VENICE PARRISH]

There is a lot of varying opinions out there and it seems that each critic has their own choices. I just wanted to comment on the format that this article was presented in. Listing all the nominees and then bolding the predicted winner. Excellent format. Most of the other articles I've read are convoluted, obtuse and confusing. Thank you for being so straightforward and making your article so easy to understand.

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[sue]

I think SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE will be the best movie of the year. They have come up with the great story.A.R.Rahman music is my prediction to be win.

[sue]

definataly slumdog millionaire will be the best movie.

Brad pitt willbe the best actor.

Kate Winslet for the best actress.

[Gavin]

Best Movie-Slumdog millionaire
Best Actor-Brad Pitt
best Actress-Kate winslet

[marikstule]

Who wins in BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS?
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curoiscase of banjamine best film
best actor brad pitte

I've seen all the films nominated for best picture, and although Slumdog is getting all the hype, and it was definately a worthy nomination, i don't agree that it was the best film. I think Milk and Benjamin Button were much better films with a lot more depth and emotion.

[Micheal]

Best Movie-Slumdog millionaire
Best Achievement in Directing-Danny Boyle
Best Actor-Brad Pitt
best Actress-Kate winslet
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score-A R Rahman
Best Achievement in Sound-Slumdog millionaire
Best Achievement in Sound editing-Slumdog millionaire
Best Achievement in Visual Effects-Iron Man

[Kitty]

It is a crime that Cate Blanchett was not nominated for Best Actress or Supporting Actress because she was fantastic in Benjamin Button. Taraji was good in this role but was better in Hustle and Flow.

[Mike]

Dark Knight and WALL-E should of been in best picture list not Reader or Curious Case. Dark Knight best pic, Sean Penn best actor, Kate Winslett for Rev. Road (not Reader) best actress and best acting performance of anyone Heath Ledger as the Joker. He should of got it for Brokeback in 2004 along with the movie as best pic but, the academy had their heads up their asses.