2009 Oscar Winners

The results are in for the 2009 81st Annual Oscar Awards:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
• Frank Langella – Frost / Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Melissa Leo – Frozen
• Meryl Streep – Doubt
• Kate Winslet – The Reader

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• Wall-E

DIRECTING

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

BEST PICTURE

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost / Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• Frozen River
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Milk
• Wall-E

MUSIC (SCORE)

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Defiance
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E

MUSIC (SONG)

• “Down to Earth” – Wall-E (Peter Gabriel)
• “Jai Ho” – Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
• “O Saya” – Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman & Maya Arulpragasam)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

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

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• The Conscience of Nhem En
• The Final Inch
• Smile Pinki
• The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• La Maison en Petits Cubes
• Lavatory – Lovestory
• Oktapodi
• Presto
• This Way Up

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• Auf der Streke (On the Line)
• Manon on the Asphalt
• New Boy
• The Pig
• Spielzeugland (Toyland)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Der Bader Meinhof Komplex
• The Class
• Departures
• Revanche
• Waltz with Bashir

ART DIRECTION

• Changeling
• 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
• Slumdog Millionaire

COSTUME DESIGN

• Australia
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Duchess
• Milk
• Revolutionary Road

FILM EDITING

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost / Nixon
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

MAKEUP

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army

SOUND EDITING

• The Dark Knight
• Iron Man
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E
• Wanted

SOUND MIXING

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E
• Wanted

VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Iron Man
• The Dark Knight