Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)

Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)

Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)

Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

(Paramount and Warner Bros.)

Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)

Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks,

Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)

Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

(DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"

(Sony Pictures Classics)

Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)

Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

(The Weinstein Company)

Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of

Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)

Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

"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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in directing

"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

Best 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

Best documentary short subject

"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

Achievement in 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

Best foreign language film of the year

"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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in music written for
motion pictures (Original score)
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount