81st Oscars Academy Award 2009 nominees announced

The 81st Academy Award 2009 nominations were announced and the Oscar nominees include the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Richard Jenkins and Marisa Tomei, director Danny Boyle and films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which led the pack with 13 nominations.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kathleen Kennedy [Producer], Frank Marshall [Producer] and Ceán Chaffin [Producer]
* Frost/Nixon
Brian Grazer [Producer], Ron Howard [Producer] and Eric Fellner [Producer]
* Milk
Dan Jinks [Producer] and Bruce Cohen [Producer]
* The Reader
Anthony Minghella [Producer], Sydney Pollack [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer] and Redmond Morris [Producer]
* Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson [Producer]

Best Director

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Brad Pitt
* Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella
* Milk
Sean Penn
* The Visitor
Richard Jenkins
* The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taraji P. Henson
* Doubt
Viola Davis
* Doubt
Amy Adams
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Penelope Cruz
* The Wrestler
Marisa Tomei

Best Animated Feature

* Bolt
Chris Williams [Director] and Byron Howard [Director]
* Kung Fu Panda
John Stevenson [Director] and Mark Osborne [Director]
* WALL·E
Andrew Stanton

Best Art Direction

* Changeling
James J. Murakami [Art Direction] and Gary Fettis [Set Decoration]
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Donald Graham Burt [Art Direction] and Victor J. Zolfo [Set Decoration]
* The Dark Knight
Nathan Crowley [Art Direction] and Peter Lando [Set Decoration]
* The Duchess
Michael Carlin [Art Direction] and Rebecca Alleway [Set Decoration]
* Revolutionary Road
Kristi Zea [Art Direction] and Debra Schutt [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

* Changeling
Tom Stern
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight
Wally Pfister
* The Reader
Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Costume Design

* Australia
Catherine Martin
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Jacqueline West
* The Duchess
Michael O'Connor
* Milk
Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road
Albert Wolsky

Best Documentary Feature

* The Betrayal
Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* The Garden
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* Man on Wire
James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best Documentary Short Subject

* The Conscience of Nhem En
Steven Okazaki
* The Final Inch
Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* Smile Pinki
Megan Mylan
* The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best Editing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight
Lee Smith
* Frost/Nixon
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* Milk
Elliot Graham
* Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens

Best Foreign Language Film

* The Baader Meinhof Complex
* The Class
* Departures
* Revanche
* Waltz with Bashir

Best Makeup

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Greg Cannom
* The Dark Knight
John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Original Score

* 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 Original Song

* Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya"
A.R. Rahman [Music and Lyrics] and Maya Arulpragasam [Music and Lyrics]
* Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho"
A.R. Rahman [Music] and Gulzar [Lyrics]
* WALL·E "Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel [Music and Lyrics] and Thomas Newman [Music]

Best Animated Short Film

* La Maison en Petits Cubes
Kunio Kato
* Lavatory - Lovestory
Konstantin Bronzit
* Oktapodi
Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* Presto
Doug Sweetland
* This Way Up
Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best Live Action Short Film

* Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Reto Caffi
* Manon on the Asphalt
Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* New Boy
Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* The Pig
Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Sound Editing

* The Dark Knight
Richard King
* Iron Man
Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Sayers
* WALL·E
Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* Wanted
Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* Slumdog Millionaire
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* WALL·E
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* Wanted
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* The Dark Knight
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* Iron Man
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Roth [Screenplay and Screen Story by] and Robin Swicord [Screen Story by]
* Doubt
John Patrick Shanley [Written by]
* Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan [Screenplay by]
* The Reader
David Hare [Screenplay by]
* Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy [Screenplay by]

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

* Frozen River
Courtney Hunt [Written by]
* Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh [Written by]
* In Bruges
Martin McDonagh [Written by]
* Milk
Dustin Lance Black [Written by]
* WALL·E
Andrew Stanton [Screenplay and Original Story by], Jim Reardon [Screenplay by] and Pete Docter [Original Story by]