Oscars 2009: Nominees revealed

With British talent heading this year’s Academy Awards EXPRESS.CO.UK brings you the full list of Oscar nominees…

Best picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

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Best actress

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie, Changeling

Melissa Leo, Frozen River

Meryl Streep, Doubt

Kate Winslet, The Reader

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 supporting actress

Amy Adams, Doubt

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis, Doubt

Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

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 director

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

Gus Van Sant, Milk

Stephen Daldry, The Reader

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best foreign language film

The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany

The Class, France

Departures, Japan

Revanche, Austria

Waltz With Bashir, Israel

Best adapted screenplay

Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon

David Hare, The Reader

Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay

Courtney Hunt, Frozen River

Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky

Martin McDonagh, In Bruges

Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, WALL-E

Animated feature film

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

WALL-E

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

Sound mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

Sound editing

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

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

Original song

Down to Earth from WALL-E, Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman

Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman & Gulzar

O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman & Maya Arulpragasam

Costume

Australia

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Duchess

Milk

Revolutionary Road

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

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

Animated short film

La Maison en Petits Cubes

Lavatory - Lovestory

Oktapodi

Presto

This Way Up

Live action short film

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

The Pig

Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Visual effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

The 81st Academy Awards take place on February 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.