Slumdog Millionaire is a good movie, saw it like a month and a half ago, but hot dayum, there's a lot of hype for this flick. Geezus. I'm kind of in love with the Academy, you want them on your side. Once you're in, you are in!
Sean Penn was the upset. I wanted Mickey Rourke to get his trophy, but I'm really happy for Sean and his powerful pro-gay marriage speech.
Kate Winslet, I love you, woman! So excited for her. Excited for Slumdog, too. I have no complaints. I saw pretty much all the movies nominated this year, with the exception of a few. Handing out the awards is clearly the best part of the Oscars, all the Broadway musical shit and performances had me doing other things.
Anyway, here goes the list of winners:
Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- WINNER Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- WINNER Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- WINNER Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
- Josh Brolin, Milk
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- WINNER Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- WINNER Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Taraji Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Director
- WINNER Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- Gus Van Sant, Milk
Best Original Screenplay
- Frozen River
- WINNER Milk
- In Bruges
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Wall*E
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- WINNER Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Film
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- WINNER Wall*E
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Baader Meinhof Complex
- The Class
- WINNERDepartures
- Revanche
- Waltz With Bashir
Best Art Direction
- Changeling
- WINNER The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- The Duchess
- Revolutionary Road
Cinematography
- Changeling
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- The Reader
- WINNER Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- WINNER Slumdog Millionaire
- Wall*E
- Wanted
Sound Editing
- WINNER The Dark Knight
- Iron Man
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Wall*E
- Wanted
Original Score
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Defiance
- Milk
- WINNER Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL*E
Original Song
- "Down to Earth" from WALL*E
- WINNER "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
- "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire
Costume
- Australia
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- WINNER The Duchess
- Milk
- Revolutionary Road
Documentary Feature
- The Betrayal
- Encounters at the End of the World
- The Garden
- WINNER Man on Wire
- Trouble the Water
Documentary (short subject):
- The Conscience of Nhem En
- The Final Inch
- WINNER Smile Pinki
- The Witness â" From the Balcony of Room 306
Makeup
- WINNER The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Animated Short Film
- WINNER La Maison en Petits Cubes
- Lavatory â" Lovestory
- Oktapodi
- Presto
- This Way Up
Live Action Short Film
- Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
- Manon on the Asphalt
- New Boy
- The Pig
- WINNER Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Visual Effects
- WINNER The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Iron Man
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February 23rd, 2009 4:04 PM
I can't believe how much I enjoyed the show this year. Hugh Jackman was a great host. Super funny!
February 23rd, 2009 4:01 PM
Mickey seemed a lil' upset at the Oscars when Sean Penn accepted his award and in post-interviews, as if he was gonna go all "Wrestler" over someone at any point.
February 23rd, 2009 3:29 PM
Thanks FC!
February 23rd, 2009 1:56 PM
Here you go - video of Heath's family accepting his award - Heath wins video
February 23rd, 2009 1:55 PM
So who accepted Heath's award last night? Sorry - I didn't watch the show. Not because there was a big NASCAR race on or anything like that.
February 23rd, 2009 1:43 PM
Boo... hiss to the rigged awards :( Mickey was robbed!