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2008 Academy Awards — 109 nominations across 24 categories.

Best Picture

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

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

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

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

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

★ Vicky Cristina Barcelona IMDB — Penélope Cruz
Doubt IMDB — Amy Adams
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button IMDB — Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler IMDB — Marisa Tomei

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

★ WALL-E IMDB — Andrew Stanton
Bolt IMDB — Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda IMDB — John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

ART DIRECTION

CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

COSTUME DESIGN

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

DIRECTING

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

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

FILM EDITING

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

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

★ Departures IMDB — Japan
The Baader Meinhof Complex IMDB — Germany
The Class IMDB — France
Revanche IMDB — Austria
Waltz with Bashir IMDB — Israel

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

MUSIC (Original Score)

★ Slumdog Millionaire IMDB — A.R. Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button IMDB — Alexandre Desplat
Defiance IMDB — James Newton Howard
Milk IMDB — Danny Elfman
WALL-E IMDB — Thomas Newman

MUSIC (Original Song)

SHORT FILM (Animated)

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

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

SOUND EDITING

★ The Dark Knight IMDB — Richard King
Iron Man IMDB — Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire IMDB — Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
WALL-E IMDB — Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted IMDB — Wylie Stateman

SOUND MIXING

VISUAL EFFECTS

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

WRITING (Original Screenplay)