Acadamy Award Nominations

The Academy Award nominations were announced today. Here are the nominees:

Best Actress:

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

Best Actor:

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

Best Actress In A Supporting Role:

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

Best Actor In A Supporting Role:

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

Best Picture:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Reader
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk

Achievement In Directing:

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

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

Best Animated Feature Film:

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• Wall-e

Achievement In Art Direction:

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

Achievement In Cinematography:

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

Achievement In Costume Design:

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

Best Documentary Feature:

• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
• Encounters at the End of the World
• The Garden
• Man on Wire
• Trouble the Water

Best Documentary Short Subject:

• The Conscience of Nhem En
• The Final Inch
• Smile Pinki
• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Achievement In Film Editing:

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

Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
• The Class (France)
• Departures (Japan)
• Revanche (Austria)
• Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Tune into Sounds of Cinema this Sunday, January 25th, to hear my assessment of 2008, including my picks of the best and worst films of the past year.