
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Most Likely Alternates: Doubt; Wall-E
Personal: The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Wall-E, The Wrestler
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Most Likely Alternates: Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky; Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
Personal: Fincher, Nolan, Howard, Boyle, Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Most Likely Alternates: Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Personal: Jenkins, Ben Kingsley (Elegy), Langella, Penn, Rourke
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Most Likely Alternates: Angelina Jolie – Changeling; Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Personal (w/o having seen Frozen River or Wendy and Lucy yet): Blanchett (Benjamin Button), Hathaway, Thomas, Streep, Winslet
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Most Likely Alternates: Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky; Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Personal: Brolin, Downey Jr., Ledger, Marsan, Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading)
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon – Wall-E
Robert D. Siegel – The Wrestler
Most Likely Alternates: Too many to list
Personal: In Bruges, Milk, The Visitor, Wall-E, The Wrestler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer – The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
Most Likely Alternates: The Reader, Revolutionary Road
Personal: Button, Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Reader, Slumdog
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir
Most Likely Alternate: Bolt
Personal (w/o having seen Waltz yet): Bolt, Panda, Wall-E
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Gran Torino – Gran Torino
I Thought I’d Lost You – Bolt
Jaiho – Slumdog Millionaire
Down to Earth – Wall-E
The Wrestler – The Wrestler
BEST SOUND
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E
BEST MAKE-UP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
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