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A.R. Rahman gets 3 Oscar nominations
And it's 10 for Slumdog Millionaire
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British director Danny Boyle's hit film "Slumdog Millionaire" has won 10 Oscar nominations, three of them for Indian musician maestro A.R. Rahman for his original score and two songs composed by him.
He got the nomination for two songs composed by him - "O Saya" and "Jai Ho".
The film also was nominated in the sound editing and sound mixing categories.
Other nominations for "Slumdog Millionaire" are:
* Best Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
* Best Director: Danny Boyle
* Adapted screenplay: Simon Beaufoy
* Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
* Film editing: Chris Dickens
* Sound editing: Tom Sayers
* Sound mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
The 81st annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 22, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and will be broadcast live in over 200 countries around the world.
This past weekend, the film climbed to number 10 on the North American box office chart and has grossed $44.2 million to date. It is currently the number one movie in Britain and releases in India on January 23.
After it swept the Golden Globes, including one for original score for Rahman, the Oscar nominations for the heart warming story of an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who goes on to win a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" game show, were not a surprise.
Music maestro Alla Rakha Rahman, who has become the first Indian artiste to get Oscar nomination in the main category for his score in "Slumdog Millionaire", says he is very excited and thanks the nation for its best wishes.
"I love this film. The nominations have given me a great feeling. My inspiration to compose the music was the movie itself, its thought and the message in the film," Rahman told a TV channel after the nominations were disclosed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, US.
"Everyone has worked very hard for the film and I am actually feeling on top of the world right now. I want to thank everyone for their wishes," he added during a chat with Times Now TV news channel.
"The beauty of music is that we don't think about awards while creating it. I'm very happy that I'm with my family at the moment. All members of the film are very excited. It will surely be a great energy booster for all the musicians in the country," said Rahman, whose latest offering "Delhi-6" is ruling the charts.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" can't stop rejoicing.
"We are so excited. There's so much excitement and celebration everywhere. Everyone is joyous. I cannot tell you how crazy this feeling is," lead actress Freida Pinto told IANS on phone from Mumbai.
"Slumdog Millionaire", which is based on diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A". Apart from Freida, the film stars British Indian debutant Dev Patel and Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan.
"We were not expecting so much at all. We were hoping...but 10 nominations is so unreal! And A.R. Rahman has made a wonderful track record. He totally deserves the three nominations and has made the country proud. Without his music, 'Slumdog…' wouldn't have been the same. The happiness for winning the Golden Globe has still not sunk in, so 10 Oscar nominations will take a lot of time for us to register," said Freida.
Noted film critic Saibal Chatterjee hailed the film as "one of the finest films shot in India".
"It is full of energy and strikes a chord. That's why the Academy has also given it its due recognition. With Rahman's three nominations, Indian technicians too will get global recognition," he said.
According to co-director Loveleen Tandon, the multiple Oscar nominations for the film are a "celebration of Indian moviemaking".
"It's a celebration of our (Indian) moviemaking and the songs that we have in our films. People always used to say that Indian films have a lot of songs and that's why they don't work but with 'Slumdog…' and Rahman's music, we have proved everyone wrong," Tandon told a news channel.
Even Anil Kapoor, who plays a game show host in the movie, couldn't control his joy.
"We just cannot believe what has happened. As if the whole India has been nominated. It's just great," said an elated Kapoor.
Following is the complete nomination list for the 81st Annual Academy Awards announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best motion picture of the year
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Cen Chaffin, Producers
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• "Milk" (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer
Achievement in directing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle
Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
• Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Penlope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year
• "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
Achievement in art direction
• "Changeling" (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Path and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in cinematography
• "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
• "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Path and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
Best documentary feature
• "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best documentary short subject
• "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Achievement in film editing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
• "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
• "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
Achievement in makeup
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
• "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
• "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
• "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyrics by Gulzar
• "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best animated short film
• "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'cole de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best live action short film
• "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hgh
• "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in sound editing
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montao and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
• "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
• "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
• "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
(List courtesy www.oscars.org)
Indo-Asian News Service
He got the nomination for two songs composed by him - "O Saya" and "Jai Ho".
The film also was nominated in the sound editing and sound mixing categories.
Other nominations for "Slumdog Millionaire" are:
* Best Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
* Best Director: Danny Boyle
* Adapted screenplay: Simon Beaufoy
* Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
* Film editing: Chris Dickens
* Sound editing: Tom Sayers
* Sound mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
The 81st annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 22, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and will be broadcast live in over 200 countries around the world.
This past weekend, the film climbed to number 10 on the North American box office chart and has grossed $44.2 million to date. It is currently the number one movie in Britain and releases in India on January 23.
After it swept the Golden Globes, including one for original score for Rahman, the Oscar nominations for the heart warming story of an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who goes on to win a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" game show, were not a surprise.
Music maestro Alla Rakha Rahman, who has become the first Indian artiste to get Oscar nomination in the main category for his score in "Slumdog Millionaire", says he is very excited and thanks the nation for its best wishes.
"I love this film. The nominations have given me a great feeling. My inspiration to compose the music was the movie itself, its thought and the message in the film," Rahman told a TV channel after the nominations were disclosed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, US.
"Everyone has worked very hard for the film and I am actually feeling on top of the world right now. I want to thank everyone for their wishes," he added during a chat with Times Now TV news channel.
"The beauty of music is that we don't think about awards while creating it. I'm very happy that I'm with my family at the moment. All members of the film are very excited. It will surely be a great energy booster for all the musicians in the country," said Rahman, whose latest offering "Delhi-6" is ruling the charts.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" can't stop rejoicing.
"We are so excited. There's so much excitement and celebration everywhere. Everyone is joyous. I cannot tell you how crazy this feeling is," lead actress Freida Pinto told IANS on phone from Mumbai.
"Slumdog Millionaire", which is based on diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A". Apart from Freida, the film stars British Indian debutant Dev Patel and Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan.
"We were not expecting so much at all. We were hoping...but 10 nominations is so unreal! And A.R. Rahman has made a wonderful track record. He totally deserves the three nominations and has made the country proud. Without his music, 'Slumdog…' wouldn't have been the same. The happiness for winning the Golden Globe has still not sunk in, so 10 Oscar nominations will take a lot of time for us to register," said Freida.
Noted film critic Saibal Chatterjee hailed the film as "one of the finest films shot in India".
"It is full of energy and strikes a chord. That's why the Academy has also given it its due recognition. With Rahman's three nominations, Indian technicians too will get global recognition," he said.
According to co-director Loveleen Tandon, the multiple Oscar nominations for the film are a "celebration of Indian moviemaking".
"It's a celebration of our (Indian) moviemaking and the songs that we have in our films. People always used to say that Indian films have a lot of songs and that's why they don't work but with 'Slumdog…' and Rahman's music, we have proved everyone wrong," Tandon told a news channel.
Even Anil Kapoor, who plays a game show host in the movie, couldn't control his joy.
"We just cannot believe what has happened. As if the whole India has been nominated. It's just great," said an elated Kapoor.
Following is the complete nomination list for the 81st Annual Academy Awards announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best motion picture of the year
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Cen Chaffin, Producers
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• "Milk" (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer
Achievement in directing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle
Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
• Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Penlope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year
• "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
Achievement in art direction
• "Changeling" (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Path and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in cinematography
• "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
• "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
• "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Path and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
• "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
Best documentary feature
• "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best documentary short subject
• "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Achievement in film editing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
• "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
• "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
Achievement in makeup
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
• "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
• "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
• "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyrics by Gulzar
• "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best animated short film
• "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'cole de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best live action short film
• "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hgh
• "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in sound editing
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montao and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
• "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
• "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
• "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
• "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
• "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
• "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
• "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
(List courtesy www.oscars.org)
Indo-Asian News Service
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