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Nominations 5 Jan 09 • Awards 18 Jan 08

Notes by Rich: Once again, the online critics come up with a slightly over-serious list of nominees, that draws heavily on buzz and awards expectations - which is pointedly clear in the large number of nominations for American darling The Dark Knight and audience favourite Slumdog Millionaire. There aren't many real surprises (no sign of either Clint Eastwood film), but there are some interesting quirks (Waltz With Bashir in foreign and animated categories, but not as a doc). Plus lots of love for WALL-E. Look for the winners to be more of an attempt to predict Oscar than to truly express the critics' real favourites. But I'm voting for my faves!
Rich Cline has been a member of the OFCS since September 2003.

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W I N S /
N O M I N A T I O N S

3/6 WALL-E
4/5 Let the Right One In
1/1 Man On Wire
4/7 The Dark Knight
2/5 The Wrestler
1/7 Slumdog Millionaire
1/1 Wendy and Lucy
0/6 The Curious Case of
     Benjamin Button
0/4 Doubt
   Milk
0/2 Che
   Dear Zachary
   Frost/Nixon
   Happy-Go-Lucky
   In Bruges
   Revolutionary Road
   Synecdoche, New York
   Waltz with Bashir
0/1 Australia
   Bolt
   A Christmas Tale
   The Counterfeiters
   Horton Hears a Who
   Encounters at the End
     of the World
   The Fall
   Forgetting Sarah Marshall
   Hunger
   I.O.U.S.A.
   I've Loved You So Long
   Kung Fu Panda
   My Winnipeg
   Rachel Getting Married
   The Reader
   Tropic Thunder
   Vicky Cristina Barcelona
   The Visitor

A L L   T H E   N O M I N E E S

F I L M

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER WALL-E
The Wrestler

F O R E I G N   F I L M

A Christmas Tale
The Counterfeiters
I've Loved You So Long
WINNER Let the Right One In
Waltz with Bashir

D O C U M E N T A R Y

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
WINNER Man On Wire
My Winnipeg

A N I M A T E D   F E A T U R E

Bolt
Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
Kung Fu Panda
WINNER WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

D I R E C T O R

Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
WINNER Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

E D I T O R

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Milk - Elliot Graham
WINNER Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
WALL-E - Stephen Schaffer

A C T O R

Benicio Del Toro - Che
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
WINNER Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

A C T R E S S

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Doubt
WINNER Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R

Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
WINNERHeath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S

Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
WINNER Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R

Russell Brand - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Kare Hedebrant - Let the Right One In
WINNER Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Brandon Walters - Australia

B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R

WINNER Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York
Kurt Kuenne - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Steve McQueen - Hunger

O R I G I N A L   S C R E E N P L A Y

In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman
WINNER WALL-E - Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon
The Wrestler - Robert D. Siegel

A D A P T E D   S C R E E N P L A Y

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
WINNER Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y

Che - Peter Andrews
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
WINNER The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Fall - Colin Watkinson
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

S C O R E

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
WINNER The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman
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