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    Thursday
    Jan222009

    Oscar Nomimations Announced

    The Nominations for for the 81st Academy Awards were made today and the biggest snubs went to 'The Wrestler' and 'The Dark Knight'. Arnofosky's gritty but brilliant movie was obviously too edgy for the Academy much like his Requiem for a Dream, and he was denied a best director nom and the film a best picture nom.

    As I suspected all along, TDK was snubbed due to it's genre, the film has vastly greater review scores than 'The Reader' yet somehow it is overlooked ? in fact it has a better review score than anything else nominated, the truth is by nominating a poorly reviewed arthouse film like 'The Reader' the Academy are saying loudly "We are better than you", it's an act of cowardice and regression in my opinion. This year was a chance for the Acadmey to change the pereception the mainstream has of it being redundent.

    However even the Academy could not deny Heath Ledger a best supproting actor nomination, or Mickey Rourke a best actor nomination, so there is some measure of satisifaction, the only question now is if the Academy will actually follow through and award them on the big night.

    Kate Winslet must be having mixed emotions right now, she was nominated for best actress for her role in 'The Reader' NOT as suspected for her role in 'Revolutionary Road', general consensus is that the latter was the strong performance, the same thing happened to Leonardo DiCaprio when he was nominated for the 'Blood Diamond' instead of his role in 'The Departed'.

    Most of the other nominations were as expected although Clint Eastwood, who is an Academy favourite, failed to slip into the best actor category at the last minute for Gran Torino, as some had predicted.

    The Full list is below:

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

    Richard Jenkins - THE VISITOR
    Frank Langella - FROST/NIXON
    Sean Penn - MILK
    Brad Pitt - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    Mickey Rourke - THE WRESTLER

    PERFORMANCE BY AN 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

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

    Anne Hathaway - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
    Angelina Jolie - CHANGELING
    Melissa Leo - FROZEN RIVER
    Meryl Streep - DOUBT
    Kate Winslet - THE READER

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

    Amy Adams - DOUBT
    Penélope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
    Viola Davis - DOUBT
    Taraji P. Henson - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    Marisa Tomei - THE WRESTLER

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

    BOLT
    KUNG FU PANDA
    WALL-E

    ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION:

    CHANGELING
    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    THE DUCHESS
    REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

    ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:

    CHANGELING
    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    THE READER
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

    ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN:

    AUSTRALIA
    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DUCHESS
    MILK
    REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

    ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    FROST/NIXON
    MILK
    THE READER
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

    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:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    FROST/NIXON
    MILK
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR:

    THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
    THE CLASS
    DEPARTURES
    REVANCHE
    WALTZ WITH BASHIRWALTZ WITH BASHIR

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE):

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    DEFIANCE
    MILK
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
    WALL-EWALL-E

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG):

    WALL-E - "Down to Earth"
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - "Jai Ho"
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - "O Saya"

    BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    FROST/NIXON
    MILK
    THE READER
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

    LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
    LAVATORY - LOVESTORY
    OKTAPODI
    PRESTO
    THIS WAY UP

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

    AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
    MANON ON THE ASPHALT
    NEW BOY
    THE PIG
    SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)

    ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING:

    THE DARK KNIGHT
    IRON MAN
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
    WALL-E
    WANTED

    ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
    WALL-E
    WANTED

    ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    THE DARK KNIGHT
    IRON MAN

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

    THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    DOUBT
    FROST/NIXON
    THE READER
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRES

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

    FROZEN RIVER
    HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
    IN BRUGES
    MILK
    WALL-E

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