2009 Predict The Oscars! Ballot

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7th Annual Predict The Oscars! Ballot

For the 81st Academy Awards (Feb 22, 2009)

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Best Picture - 8 Points

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) Nominees to be determined
WinnerSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Christian Colson, Producer

Best Director - 8 Points

WinnerDanny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Stephen Daldry, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company)
David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures)
Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures)
Gus Van Sant, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features)

Best Actor - 7 Points

Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR (Groundswell Productions, Participant Productions; Overture Films)
Frank Langella, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures)
WinnerSean Penn, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features)
Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures)
Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER (Protozoa Pictures, Saturn Films, Wild Bunch; Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actress - 7 Points

Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions; Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie, CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures)
Melissa Leo, FROZEN RIVER (Harwood Hunt Productions, The Cohen Media Group , OffHollywood Pictures; Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films)
WinnerKate Winslet, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company)

Best Supporting Actor - 6 Points

Josh Brolin, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr., TROPIC THUNDER (Red Hour Films)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films)
WinnerHeath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage)

Best Supporting Actress - 6 Points

Amy Adams, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films)
WinnerPenélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Mediapro, Gravier Productions, Antena 3 TV; MGM Distribution Company, The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films)
Taraji P. Henson, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures)
Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER (Protozoa Pictures, Saturn Films, Wild Bunch; Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Foreign Language Film - 5 Points

BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (Germany) (Constantin Film, Nouvelles Editions de Films, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (W)
THE CLASS (France) (Haut et Court, France 2 Cinema; Sony Pictures Classics)
WinnerDEPARTURES (Japan) (Asahi Shimbunsha, Dentsu, Mainichi Hoso, Sedic International Inc, Shochiku Company, Ltd., Shogakukan Production Company, Tokyo B; Regent Releasing)
REVANCHE (Austria) (Prisma Film/Fernseh; Janus Films)
WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Israel) (Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d Ici, Razor Film Produktion; Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Original Screenplay - 4 Points

WinnerWritten by Dustin Lance Black, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features)
Written by Courtney Hunt, FROZEN RIVER (Harwood Hunt Productions, The Cohen Media Group , OffHollywood Pictures; Sony Pictures Classics)
Written by Mike Leigh, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Potboiler Productions, Ingenious Film Partners, Film4, Summit Entertainment, LLC, Thin Man Films, Ltd., Untitled 06 Distribution; Miramax Films)
Written by Martin McDonagh, IN BRUGES (Blue Print Pictures; Focus Features)
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution)

Best Adapted Screenplay - 4 Points

WinnerScreenplay by Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Screenplay by David Hare, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company)
Screenplay by Peter Morgan, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures)
Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures)
Written by John Patrick Shanley, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films)

Best Original Song - 4 Points

"Down To Earth" - WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Music By Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman, Lyrics By Peter Gabriel
Winner"Jai Ho" - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Music By A.R. Rahman, Lyrics By Gulzar
"O Saya" - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Music and Lyrics By A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Original Score - 4 Points

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Alexandre Desplat
DEFIANCE (Bedford Falls Company, Grosvenor Park; Paramount Vantage) James Newton Howard
MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Danny Elfman
WinnerSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) A.R. Rahman
WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Thomas Newman

Best Cinematography - 4 Points

CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures) Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Wally Pfister
THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
WinnerSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Documentary Feature - 3 Points

THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) (Pandinlao Films LLC; Cinema Guld, Cinema Guild, Inc.) Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Creative Differences Productions; ThinkFilm, Image Entertainment) Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
THE GARDEN (Black Valley Films) Scott Hamilton Kennedy
WinnerMAN ON WIRE (Discovery Channel Productions, BBC (Main Listing), U.K. Film Council, Wall to Wall Productions, Red Box Films; Magnolia Pictures, Discovery Channel Productions) James Marsh and Simon Chinn
TROUBLE THE WATER (Louverture Films, Elsewhere Films; Zeitgeist Films) Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best Animated Feature - 3 Points

BOLT (Walt Disney Feature Animation, Stormcoast Pictures; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Chris Williams and Byron Howard
KUNG FU PANDA (Pacific Data Images; Paramount Pictures) John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
WinnerWALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Andrew Stanton

Best Visual Effects - 3 Points

WinnerTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
IRON MAN (Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment; Paramount Pictures) John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Best Costume Design - 3 Points

AUSTRALIA (Bazmark Films, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners; 20th Century Fox Distribution) Catherine Martin
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Jacqueline West
WinnerTHE DUCHESS (Qwerty Films, Magnolia Mae Productions, BBC Films, Pathe Renn Productions, BIM Distribuzione; Paramount Vantage) Michael O’Connor
MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Danny Glicker
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage) Albert Wolsky

Best Sound - 3 Points

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WinnerSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
WANTED (Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC, Relativity Media, Kickstart Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Entertainment; Universal Pictures) Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Best Sound Editing - 3 Points

WinnerTHE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Richard King
IRON MAN (Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment; Paramount Pictures) Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Tom Sayers
WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
WANTED (Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC, Relativity Media, Kickstart Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Entertainment; Universal Pictures) Wylie Stateman

Best Film Editing - 3 Points

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Elliot Graham
WinnerSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Chris Dickens

Best Art/Set Direction - 3 Points

CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures) Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
WinnerTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
THE DUCHESS (Qwerty Films, Magnolia Mae Productions, BBC Films, Pathe Renn Productions, BIM Distribuzione; Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Best Make-up - 3 Points

WinnerTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Greg Cannom
THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Relativity Media, Dark Horse Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions; Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing) Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Documentary Short - 2 Points

THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN (Farallon Films) Steven Okazaki
THE FINAL INCH (Vermilion Films) Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
WinnerSMILE PINKI (Principe) Megan Mylan
THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 (Rock Paper Scissors) Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best Live Action Short Film - 2 Points

AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE) (Academy of Media Arts Cologne; Short Film Agency Hamburg) Reto Caffi
MANON ON THE ASPHALT (La Luna) Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
NEW BOY (Zanzibar Films) Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
THE PIG (M & M Production; Danish Filminstitute) Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
WinnerSPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) (Mephisto Film) Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Animated Short Film - 2 Points

WinnerLA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (Robot Communications) Kunio Kato
LAVATORY - LOVESTORY (Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company) Konstantin Bronzit
OKTAPODI (Gobelins, L’école de l’image) Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
PRESTO (Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures) Doug Sweetland
THIS WAY UP (Nexus) Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
   

 

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