2008 Oscar Noms

Let the fanboy screaming of no Dark Knight Best Picture nomination begin!

Best Motion Picture of the Year
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
-Frost/Nixon (2008): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
-Milk (2008): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
-The Reader (2008): Nominees to be determined
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
-Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
-Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
-Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
-Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
-Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
-Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
-Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
-Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
-Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)
-Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
-Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
-Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
-Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
-Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
-Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
-Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
-Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
-Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
-Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
-Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
-Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
-Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
-David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
-Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
-Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
-Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
-Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
-In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
-Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
-WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
-Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
-Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
-The Reader (2008): David Hare
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography
-Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
-The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
-The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
-The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith
-Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
-Milk (2008): Elliot Graham
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
-Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
-The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
-The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
-Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
-Australia (2008): Catherine Martin
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West
-The Duchess (2008): Michael O’Connor
-Milk (2008): Danny Glicker
-Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
-The Dark Knight (2008): John Caglione Jr., Conor O’Sullivan
-Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008): Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
-Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
-Milk (2008): Danny Elfman
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
-WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar(“Jai Ho”)
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, M.I.A(“O Saya”)
-WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman(“Down to Earth”)

Best Achievement in Sound
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
-The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
-WALL·E (2008)
-Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
-The Dark Knight (2008)
-Iron Man (2008)
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
-WALL·E (2008)
-Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Edson Williams
-The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
-Iron Man (2008)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
-Bolt (2008)
-Kung Fu Panda (2008)
-WALL·E (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
-Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
-Entre les murs (2008)(France)
-Revanche (2008)(Austria)
-Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
-Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
-The Betrayal – Nerakhoon (2008)
-Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
-The Garden (2008/I)
-Man on Wire (2008)
-Trouble the Water (2008)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
-The Conscience of Nhem En
-The Final Inch
-Smile Pinki
-The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

Best Short Film, Animated
-Ubornaya istoriya – lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
-La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
-Oktapodi (2007): Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
-Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
-This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
-Auf der Strecke (2007)
-Manon on the Asphalt
-New Boy (2007)
-The Pig
-Spielzeugland (2007)

The Reader is a surprise (not a pleasant one), as is Robert Downey Jr. in Best Supporting Actor. I hope he beats Ledger just to see all the nerd rage that will result.