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The 81st Academy Awards have been handed out by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Hosting the event for the first time was Hugh Jackman, who performed multiple musical numbers in a ceremony where the overall winner was Danny Boyle's critical success Slumdog Millionaire. The film, which continues to perform decent numbers in our box office report, won 8 awards at the event.
The late Heath Ledger also took home the prize for Best Supporting Actor from his performance in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which his family (pictured above) accepted on his behalf. The award will be given to his daughter when she turns 18 years of age.
Here's the full list of winners (in bold).
BEST PICTURE:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
Frost/Nixon (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
Milk (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
The Reader (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer
BEST DIRECTOR:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
Frost/Nixon (Universal), Ron Howard
Milk (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor (Overture Films)
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Sean Penn - Milk (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie - Changeling (Universal)
Melissa Leo - Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Josh Brolin - Milk (Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt (Miramax)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams - Doubt (Miramax)
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis - Doubt (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
Milk (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
WALL•E (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Baader Meinhof Complex A Constantin Film Production, Germany
The Class (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
Departures (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
Revanche (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
Waltz with Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Bolt (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
WALL•E (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
ART DIRECTION:
Changeling (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Changeling (Universal), Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle
COSTUME DESIGN:
Australia (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
Milk (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
The Garden A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
FILM EDITING:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Milk (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens
MAKEUP:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
Milk (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
WALL•E (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
ORIGINAL SONG:
"Down to Earth" from WALL•E (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
SOUND MIXING:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
WALL•E (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
Wanted (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
SOUND EDITING:
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Richard King
Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
WALL•E (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted (Universal),Wylie Stateman
VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Conscience of Nhem En A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
La Maison en Petits Cubes A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
Presto (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
This Way Up A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Auf der Strecke (On the Line) (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
New Boy (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
The Pig An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
Spielzeugland (Toyland) A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
What did you Maniacs think about the event and what transpired? Was a film snubbed in your opinion? Did Slumdog deserve the 8 trophies? Chime in below.
Hanso's happy, obviously, so all will be right in the world for another year or so.
Good to see Cruz won in Woody Allen's movie.
Wall-E is no surprised...especially when compared to Bolt and Kung Fu Panda.
Heath winning does surprise me.
I haven't paid attention to Slumdog Millionaire so it's a "no big deal" thing to me.
Good for Wall-E.
To me Oscars was a giant ad for slumdog and not worth watching.
I will just wait for MTV movie awards the real award show.
Its great that Heath won for best supporting actor. I was a little worried at first because the Academy are usually douchebags but I guess the consensus was so overwhelming they would have been seriously vilified. He deserved it. It shouldn't matter that it was a comic book movie.
I saw Slumdog Millionare and it was a really good movie. It was better than Benjamin Button, even though I liked that too. I don`t understand why people didn't like Button. I don`t know what they were expecting. It wasn't going to be like Fight Club or something. It was a romantic fantasy movie. Slumdog is the type of movie that the Academy nuts in their collective pants for, so its no surpise that it won. I didn`t think it woud win so many though.
Good to see Sean Penn up there again. Milk was a good movie. Saying that I was looking through some other sites looking to see who won this morning. Just a observation but I can't believe how many racist, ignorant , homophobic comments I read under the article especially in Yahoo News. One guy said, "Sean Penn winning an Oscar for the portrayal of a gay man was the reason for Americas`s decline" Another person said they mad that slumdog won because Indians were already Doctors and cabdrivers, so why the hell did they need be in movies too and then something about outsourcing. Bottomline, people are fucking ignorant and stupid.
This is the first time I have watched the Oscars the whole way through in years. It was a decent show despite the fact that I haven't seen any of the movies that were nominated in the major categories except for Dark Knight of course. Being that I didn't see any of the movies I really have nothing to complain about except for the WTF? moment of Benjamin Button winning the VFX oscar over Dark Knight and Iron Man. Being in post production and animation, those categories were really the only ones I was excited to see. I was almost as appalled as when neither of the Matrix sequels was even nominated in the category and Master and Commander was a few years back. Sure they did a great job of digitally making Brad Pitt look decrepit and 20 years old again, but come on!
I was also dissapointed with the animated short film that won. I was rooting for Oktapodi. I saw that at Siigraph last year and was amazed. I think the best parts of the show were the movie montages, especially the comedy and action ones. Hugh Jackman was pretty good in the opening too. "How can a billion dollars be unsofisticated?" "I would swim a sea of excrement" "I'm Wolverine!" Great lyrics. But that mid show cabaret was kind of weird. Did it feel awkward to anyone else? And was it just me or was Beyonce singing to a track while Jackman was really singing?
Overall decent show. I just miss the times when I had actually seen the majority of Best Picture nominees which has not been the case in the past few years.
Heath Ledger recived the perfect cap for his career. That's all I care about.
I agree with you ponyboy. People are fucking idiots. I loved Sean Penn's acceptance speech.
Still don't get it… Slumdog wasn't that great, wasn't Boyle's best direction and should not have won. I agree with Boyle's dad, it's is OK.
At least they got one part right and that was Ledger's Oscar. Winselt, well I am glad she won but she was not that great in “The Reader”… goes to show, if you flash tits and have some sex scenes they give you an Oscar.
Slummdog was brilliis agreat cross over film from Bollywood to Hollywood. Very well put together, ewith a both clever and powerful narrative style, And Dev Patel was brilliant in the lead, as were all the kids and the lady who played Latika. Mickey Rourke was genius in the Wrestler, but I haven't seen Seas Penn in Milk so I can't say he wasn't better. Thought Maye Marissa Tomei would get best supporting Actress butt Pewnelope Cruz does look hilarious and cool in the clips of Vickie Chtristina Barcelona, so I'd love to see more. Gotta see Doubtt, what's wioth the bandana or whatever on Philip Seymore Hoffama's head, he wore to the the Independent Spuirit Awwards And I thought it was just im being infrmal, but he wrse a suite and tie andstillthing on his head so I wondered if it was supposed to hve some special meaning.
Reader was excellent too. Glad Winslet won. Loved the show Hugh Jackman wasbrillint, Can't wat for Wolverine. Loved the five past winners preesentng the awards. Someone on Yaoo ssad the supporting actresses looked like they were gonna condemn Zod the the Forbidden Zone, which was kinda funny, but I thought the effect was cool. Thought the whole presentation was cool and classy. Kind of refreshing not to have all the sound and gimmicksf the last few years. The buit from Pinaplle Express was hilarious, and the Frost Nixon number was pretty brilliant. Loved Tina Fey and Steve Matin too.
Thank Gog the Curios Case of Benji won only one Academy, That was the biggest over bloated piece of steaming pile of dog shit that ever was...As for Heath, thank you Academy for reconizing that an actor can put forth a great performance in a comic book movie...As for all the other movies nominated and won, good job...