80th Oscar Winners, February 2008.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Richard Jenkins in THE VISITOR;
Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON;
Sean Penn in MILK;
Brad Pitt in THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON;
Mickey Rourke in THE WRESTLER.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Josh Brolin in MILK;
Robert Downey Jr. in TROPIC THUNDER;
Philip Seymour Hoffman in DOUBT;
Heath Ledger in THE DARK KNIGHT;
Michael Shannon in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD.

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Anne Hathaway in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED;
Angelina Jolie in CHANGELING;
Melissa Leo in FROZEN RIVER;
Meryl Streep in DOUBT;
Kate Winslet in THE READER.

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in DOUBT;
Penélope Cruz in VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA;
Viola Davis in DOUBT;
Taraji P. Henson in THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON;
Marisa Tomei in THE WRESTLER.

Best animated feature film of the year

BOLT (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard;
KING FU PANDA (DreamWorks Animation), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne;
WALL-E (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton.

Achievement in art direction

CHANGLING - Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis;
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo;
THE DARK KNIGHT - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando;
THE DUCHESS - Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway;
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt.

Achievement in cinematography

CHANGLING - Tom Stern;
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Claudio Miranda;
THE DARK KNIGHT - Wally Pfister;
THE READER - Chris Menges and Roger Deakins;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Anthony Dod Mantle.

Achievement in costume design

AUSTRALIA - Catherine Martin;
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Jacqueline West;
THE DUCHESS - Michael O’Connor;
MILK - Danny Glicker;
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - Albert Wolsky.

Achievement in directing

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Fincher;
FROST/NIXON - Ron Howard;
MILK - Gus Van Sant;
THE READER - Stephen Daldry;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle.

Best documentary feature

THE BETRAYAL (Nerakhoon);
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD;
THE GARDEN;
MAN ON WIRE.

Best documentary short subject

THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN;
THE FINAL INCH;
SMILE PINKI;
THE WITNESS - From the Balcony of Room 306.

Achievement in film editing

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall;
THE DARK KNIGHT - Lee Smith;
FROST/NIXON - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley;
MILK - Elliot Graham;
SLUMDOG MILILONAIRE - Chris Dickens.

Best foreign language film of the year

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, Germany;
THE CLASS, France;
DEPARTURES, Japan;
REVANCHE (Revenge), Austria;
WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel.

Achievement in makeup

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Greg Cannom;
THE DARK KNIGHT - John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan;
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY - Elizalde and Thom Floutz.

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Alexandre Desplat;
DEFIANCE - James Newton Howard;
MILK - Danny Elfman;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - A.R. Rahman;
WALL-E - Thomas Newman.

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Down to Earth” from WALL-E - Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel;
“Jai Ho” from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar;
“O Saya” from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

Best animated short film

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES - (The House in Small Cubes) - Kunio Kato;
LAVATORY - LOVESTORY - Konstantin Bronzit;
OKTAPODI - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand;
PRESTO - Doug Sweetland;
THIS WAY UP - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes;

Best live action short film

AUF DER STRECKE (On the Line) - Reto Caffi;
MANON ON THE ASPHALT - Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont;
NEW BOY - Steph Green and Tamara Anghie;
THE PIG - Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh;
SPIELZEUGLAND (Toyland) - Jochen Alexander Freydank.

Achievement in sound editing

THE DARK KNIGHT - Richard King;
IRON MAN - Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Tom Sayers;
WALL-E - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood;
WANTED - Wylie Stateman.

Achievement in sound mixing

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten;
THE DARK KNIGHT - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty;
WALL-E - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt;
WANTED - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt.

Achievement in visual effects

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron;
THE DARK KNIGHT - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin.
IRON MAN - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan.

Adapted screenplay

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord;
DOUBT - Written by John Patrick Shanley;
FROST/NIXON - Screenplay by Peter Morgan;
THE READER - Screenplay by David Hare;
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy.

Original screenplay

FROZEN RIVER, Written by Courtney Hunt;
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Written by Mike Leigh;
IN BRUGES, Written by Martin McDonagh;
MILK, Written by Dustin Lance Black;
WALL-E, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter.

Best motion picture of the year

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
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