The Oscars 2008 (fake 2009) (81st Acadamy Awards)

[Sammeth.]

Here is a breakdown of the top dogs in terms of films (stolen off Wikipedia so you can click on the links to find out more about the film):


13 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_%28film%29)
10 Slumdog Millionaire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire)
8 The Dark Knight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_%28film%29), Milk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_%28film%29)
6 WALL-E (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E)
5 Doubt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt_%282008_film%29), Frost/Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost/Nixon_%28film%29), The Reader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reader_%28film%29)
3 Changeling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling_%28film%29), Revolutionary Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Road_%28film%29)
2 The Duchess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_%28film%29), Frozen River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_River), Wanted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_%28film%29), The Wrestler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrestler_%282008_film%29), Iron Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_%28film%29)

And the full list of nominees:

Best Film
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Director
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter - WALL-E

Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Garden
Man On Wire
Trouble The Water

Documentary Short
The Conscience Of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From The Balcony of Room 306

Editing
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Austria
Waltz With Bashir
Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Original Score
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard - Defiance
Danny Elfman - Milk
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman - WALL-E
Original Song
'Down to Earth' - WALL-E
'Jai Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire
'O Saya' - Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

Sound Mixing
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Live Action Short
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon On The Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)




The ceremony will be held at The Kodak Theatre on the 22nd February with Hugh Jackman (for some reason) hosting the ceremony. Dunno about you guys, but I love awards shows. The Oscars is the tip top, so I'm lookin forward to it. Hoping Slumdog Millionaire picks up a bunch :D

[kk.]

i think you mean the oscars 2009 :P

Heath ledger will hopefully win, not because hes dead, but because he played the role amazingly

[Alkaz]

I never understand why things like this are at the beginning of the year.. unless they are for the previous year. Post above confussed me :P

[Sammeth.]

Its Oscars 2008 because its acknowledging film of 2008, rather than 2009 :8!

Edit: At Alkaz: They hold it at the start of the next year so as many films as possible released the previous year can be included in the nominations :D They don't call it the Awards Season for nothing :P

[kk.]

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Host Bio

Hugh Jackman will host the 2009 Academy Awards.
http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/

Its 2009 because the awards happen in 2009

[N-Dubz]

Slumdog Millionare to win them all!

[Neversoft]

Why did Bolt make it through to the nominiations for Best Animated Feature. :@

Slumdog Millionaire has done amazingly well so far, I really have to get around to seeing it.

[kk.]

ive only seen an hour of it (damn DIVX!!!)
bu what i have seen of it, it deserves to win some awards. A completely different approach to a film and shows a lot of the things people dont know happen in india

[Alkaz]

Its Oscars 2008 because its acknowledging film of 2008, rather than 2009 :8!

Edit: At Alkaz: They hold it at the start of the next year so as many films as possible released the previous year can be included in the nominations :D They don't call it the Awards Season for nothing :P
Ahh ok. I just didnt understand cause some things like that are well wierd :P

[Sammeth.]

http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/

Its 2009 because the awards happen in 2009

Innit, but the industry refer to them as The Oscars 2008, including members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who vote on the winners. "The 81st Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2008". It might not be technically, but its a tradition ;D

[kk.]

yeh but theyre classed as Oscars 2009. I'm really sure of this :S

Brits does the same: BRITs 2009 – Homepage http://www.brits.co.uk/

[Sammeth.]

yeh but theyre classed as Oscars 2009. I'm really sure of this :S

Brits does the same: BRITs 2009 – Homepage http://www.brits.co.uk/
I'm a man of tradition :'(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Academy_Awards Wikipedia will too, if you go to the bottom for the drop down menu to select other Oscar ceremonies it will class it as 2008. I know its just Wikipedia, but still!

[kk.]

yeh because its the awards of 2009 to show their respect for films in 2008.

More evidence :P:
http://www.film.com/features/story/predictions-the-2010-oscar-race/25347816

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:&rlz=1I7ADBF_en-GB&q=oscars+2009&btnG=Search

[dirrty]

its 2009 :l

[Sammeth.]

Exactly so 2008 is the year honoured, so traditionally its 2008, soz soz soz lalalalala Im not listening. MOVING ON :(

[kk.]

ahah you know we're right :P
but yes, some films should be there that arent :(

[Sammeth.]

I think Kate Winslet should be up for Best Supporting Actress too. Snub much! Its like Leona at last years Brits :(

[kk.]

and this years at both brits and the american awards (forgot the name)

[Alkaz]

I think Kate Winslet should be up for Best Supporting Actress too. Snub much! Its like Leona at last years Brits :(
Ye, Kate deserves an oscar for BSA.

[Sammeth.]

and this years at both brits and the american awards (forgot the name)

Snubbed for Best New Artist at the Grammys :( But this year for the Brits she was only eligible for the category she was nominated in so thats good :8

I hope Ricky Gervais is presenting and award. The last two awards shows he has presented at (Emmys and Golden Globes) he made drab awards shows look good :8! Kate Winslet better win her category this year or that makes it 6 nominations and no wins. We want it 5 (or 6 if you she wins and its still classed as a nominationa nd w in) nominations and 1 win :D

[RedStratocas]

I never understand why things like this are at the beginning of the year.. unless they are for the previous year. Post above confussed me :P

yeah, its for the previous year. which is why usually (although for some reason not so much this year) movies that end up being up for best picture are released in december, so they are fresh in the judges' minds. most production companies know what movies are considered oscar-worthy.

[Frodo13.]

I'm secretly routing for Kate Winslet - she is like, one of the biggest losers in Hollywood.

[Sammeth.]

She won both Golden Globes which is a good indicator! All though they aren't always *** for tat, it gives a good perception on what kind of winners you might get :8! Fingers crossed!