Ovaj film u nominacijama prati 'Slumdog Millionaire', priča o siromašnom dječaku koji pobijedi na kvizu 'Ko želi biti milioner?', koji je nominiran u deset kategorija.
Po osam nominacija imaju filmovi 'Milk' i 'The Dark Knight'.
Glumica Kate Winslet nominirana je za Oscara za ulogu u filmu 'The Reader', a ove godine je dobila već dva Zlatna globusa.
Za najbolju mušku sporednu ulogu u filmu 'The Dark Knight' nominiran je pokojni glumac Heath Ledger, a ljubavni par Jolie-Pitt je osvojio nominacije za najbolju žensku tj najbolju mušku ulogu u flmovima 'The Changeling' i 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'.
Glumica Meryl Streep ove godine je 15. put nominirana za prestižnu nagradu za ulogu u filmu 'Doubt', a ponosna je vlasnica dvaju zlatnih kipića za uloge u filmovima 'Kramer Vs. Kramer' i 'Sophie's Choice'.
Kompletna lista nominiranih za Oscara:
Najbolji film:
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Najbolja ženska glavna uloga
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - The Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Najbolja muška glavna uloga
Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler
Frank Langhella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Najbolja ženska sporedna uloga:
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraiji P Henson - the Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Amy Adams - Doubt
Najbolja muška sporedna uloga
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Najbolja režija:
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Froxt/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Najbolji animirani film
Wall-E
Bolt
King-Fu Panda
Najbolji strani film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Najbolji adaptirani scenarij:
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Najbolji originalni scenarij:
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy Go Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E
Najbolji umjetnički direktor James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis - The 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
Najbolja kinematografija
The Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Najbolji zvuk:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Najbolja kostimografija:
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Najbolji dokumentarni film
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water.
Najbolja originalna filmska muzika:
WALL-E - Down to Earth
Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho
Slumdog Millionaire - O Saya
Najbolja filmska muzika:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman