Monday, 23 February 2009

Oscars '09: The Results

Monday, 23 February 2009
Well, I got a few of my predictions wrong yesterday (Mickey Rourke beaten to Best Actor by Sean Penn, Marisa Tomei to Best Supporting Actress by Penelope Cruz), but otherwise I got the big awards spot-on. Boo-yah! How funny to think the night's biggest winner, Slumdog Millionaire, only narrowly got distribution after some festival buzz. If you didn't see the show, or can't be bothered to catch the highlights shows today, the full results are below:

Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire

Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
Sean Penn - Milk

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black - Milk

Animated Feature
WALL-E

Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design
The Duchess

Documentary Feature
Man On Wire

Documentary Short
Smile Pinki

Editing
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film
Departures

Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Original Score
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song
'Jai Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Editing
The Dark Knight

Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire

Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes

Live Action Short
Spielzeugland (Toyland)