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The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony scheduled for February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Best Picture

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
 * Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner
 * Milk - Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
 * The Reader - Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Redmond Morris, Donna Gigliotti
 * Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson

Best Director

 * Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
 * Stephen Daldry – The Reader
 * David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
 * Gus Van Sant – Milk

Best Actor

 * Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
 * Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
 * 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
 * Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

 * Josh Brolin – Milk
 * Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
 * Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
 * Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

 * Amy Adams – Doubt
 * Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
 * Viola Davis – Doubt
 * Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay

 * WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter
 * Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
 * Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
 * In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
 * Milk - Dustin Lance Black

Best Adapted Screenplay

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
 * Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
 * The Reader - David Hare
 * Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
 * Doubt - John Patrick Shanley

Best Animated Feature

 * Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
 * Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
 * WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

Best Foreign Language Film

 * Revanche (Austria) in German - Götz Spielmann
 * The Class (France) in French - Laurent Cantet
 * The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) in German
 * Departures (Japan) in Japanese
 * Waltz with Bashir (Israel) in Hebrew - Ari Folman

Best Animated Short

 * La Maison En Petits 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 Art Direction

 * Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
 * The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
 * The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
 * Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Cinematography

 * Changeling – Tom Stern
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
 * The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
 * The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
 * Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

Best 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

Best Documentary Feature

 * Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
 * Encounters at the End of the World
 * The Garden
 * Man on Wire
 * Trouble the Water

Best Documentary Short

 * The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki
 * The Final Inch
 * Smile Pinki
 * The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Best Film Editing

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
 * The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
 * Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
 * Milk – Elliot Graham
 * Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

Best Live Action Short

 * On the Line (Auf der Strecke)
 * Manon On the Asphalt
 * New Boy (Ireland)
 * The Pig (Grisen)
 * Toyland (Spielzeugland)

Best Makeup

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
 * The Dark Knight – John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
 * Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best 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

Best Original Song

 * "Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)
 * "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
 * "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.

Best 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

Best Sound Mixing

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
 * The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
 * Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
 * WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
 * Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
 * The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
 * Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

 * Jerry Lewis

Multiple nominations
The following 15 films have been nominated for two or more Academy Awards:

Film was nominated for Best Picture

Film won Best Picture (TBA)

Reactions
Reactions were diverse; some pronounced the Oscar nominations this year to be surprising, particularly at Kate Winslet's sole nomination for The Reader, and not for the expected film Revolutionary Road. Nominations for Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road and Viola Davis for Doubt were also met with surprise, as both have under ten minutes of screen time. Further, the Academy has been accused of snubbing WALL-E and The Dark Knight, all of which were considered contenders for Best Picture nominations. After winning a Golden Globe for his song "The Wrestler", Bruce Springsteen was not nominated for Best Song.