Post by ZapRowsdower on Jan 15, 2009 3:18:50 GMT -5
Formerly known as the "Snootchie" awards, I opted to change the name into something I created as opposed to something created by Kevin Smith.
I admit: this year, I cheated a little bit. Some categories have as many as 9 nominees. I figure this year was particularly difficult, and I couldn't NOT recognize some of these movies. So bear with me a bit.
Best Picture
Frost/Nixon
In Bruges
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Previous winners: The Passion of the Christ, Brokeback Mountain*, Children of Men, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino
Colin Farrell as Ray in In Bruges
Hugh Jackman as Drover in Australia
Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel as Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk
Mickey Rourke as Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in The Wrestler
Previous winners: James Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ); Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)*; Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan); Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Scarlett Johansson as Cristina in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins in Changeling
Norah Jones as Elizabeth in My Blueberry Nights
Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley in Australia
Keira Knightley as Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire in The Duchess
Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius in Doubt
Kate Winslet as April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
Previous winners: Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby); Felicity Huffman (Transamerica); Helen Mirren (The Queen); Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin as Dan White in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder
Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney in W.
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon as John Givings in Revolutionary Road
Michael Sheen as David Frost in Frost/Nixon
Previous winners: Clive Owen (Closer); Clive Owen (Sin City); Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls); Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams as Sister James in Doubt
Kathy Bates as Mrs. Helen Givings in Revolutionary Road
Penelope Cruz as Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller in Doubt
Anjelica Huston as Ida Mancini in Choke
Beyonce Knowles as Etta James in Cadillac Records
Natalie Portman as Leslie in My Blueberry Nights
Marisa Tomei as Cassidy in The Wrestler
Previous winners: Maia Morgenstern (The Passion of the Christ); Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener); Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls); Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)*
Best Director
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood for Changeling
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk
John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
Previous winners: Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ); Steven Spielberg (Munich); Martin Scorsese (The Departed); Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Lance Black for Milk
Etan Cohen; Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux for Tropic Thunder
David Koepp and John Kamps for Ghost Town
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Nick Schenk for Gran Torino
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E
J. Michael Straczynski for Changeling
Previous winners: Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind); Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco (Crash)*; Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine); Diablo Cody (Juno)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
David Gordon Green for Snow Angels
Clark Gregg for Choke
Justin Haythe for Revolutionary Road
Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan for The Dark Knight
Eric Roth for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
Previous winners: Patrick Marber (Closer); Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins); David Arata, Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Fergus, Hawk Otsby and Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men); Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Best Cinematography
Eigil Bryld for In Bruges
Roger Deakins for Doubt
Roger Deakins for Revolutionary Road
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight
Eduardo Serra for Defiance
Tom Stern for Changeling
Mandy Walker for Australia
Colin Watkinson for The Fall
Previous winners: Eric Adkins (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow); Memoirs of a Geisha (Dion Beebe); Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men); Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Best Art Direction
Australia – Catherine Martin; Ian Gracie; Karen Murphy; Beverly Dunn
Changeling – James J. Murakami; Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.; Gary Fettis
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Luke Freeborn; Lawrence A. Hubbs; Mark W. Mansbridge; Lauren E. Polizzi; Troy Sizemore; Larry Dias; Alyssa Winter
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea; Teresa Carriker-Thayer; John Kasarda; Nicholas Lundy; Debra Schutt
The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Karen Wakefield, Rebecca Alleway
The Fall – Lisa Hart; Riccardo Pugliese; Cynthia Sleiter
The Other Boleyn Girl – David Allday; Matthew Gray; Emma MacDevitt; Sara Wan
Previous Winners: Apocalypto (Roberto Bonelli); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Dante Feretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo)
Best Sound
Defiance
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Speed Racer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Best Visual Effects
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Speed Racer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Dark Knight
The Fall
The Incredible Hulk
Previous winners: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow; King Kong; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Transformers
Best Film Editing
Tariq Anwar for Revolutionary Road
William Chang for My Blueberry Nights
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Joel Cox and Gary Roach for Changeling
Elliot Graham for Milk
Jon Gregory for In Bruges
Lee Smith for The Dark Knight
Dylan Tichenor for Doubt
Best Costume Design
Australia - Catherine Martin
Changeling - Deborah Hooper
Defiance - Jenny Beavan
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Isis Mussenden
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
The Fall - Eiko Ishioka
The Other Boleyn Girl - Sandy Powell
Best Original Score
Clint Eastwood for Changeling
Danny Elfman for Milk
David Hirschfelder for Australia
James Newton Howard for Defiance
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer for The Dark Knight
Thomas Newman for Revolutionary Road
Thomas Newman for WALL-E
John Powell and Hans Zimmer for Kung Fu Panda
Previous winners: John Debney (The Passion of the Christ); Gustavo Santoalalla (Brokeback Mountain)*; Javier Navarette (Pan's Labyrinth); Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
Best Choreography - Dance
High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Charles Klapow; Kenny Ortega; Bonnie Story
Mamma Mia! - Anthony Van Laast
Step Up 2 the Streets - Hi-Hat; Dave Scott; Jamal Sims
Previous winners: Dreamgirls; Hairspray (Adam Shankman)
Best Choreography - Fight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Ben Cooke
Quantum of Solace - Gary Powell; Rob Inch
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Allan Poppleton; Paul Shapcott; Stuart Thorp
The Dark Knight - Richard Ryan
The Forbidden Kingdom - Yuen Woo-ping
Wanted - C.C. Smiff
Previous winners: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; 300 (Damon Caro; Chad Stahelski)
Best Quote
“All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words!” -Sean Penn, Milk
"Get off my lawn!" -Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
"Look, Ken, I grew up in Dublin, and I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me. But I wasn't, so it doesn't!" -Colin Farrell, In Bruges
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike." -Cate Blanchett; Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only need to fire once. That's how dad did it, that's how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.” -Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
"Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was... a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says 'Why so serious?' Comes at me with the knife, 'Why so serious?' He sticks the blade in my mouth. 'Let’s put a smile on that face!' And... Why so serious?" -Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
"You never go full retard!" -Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Previous winner: "Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy! Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake. And I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw. Are you watching? And my straw reaches across the room and begins to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"
Best Animated Film
Bolt - Byron Howard; Chris Williams
Horton Hears a Who! - Jimmy Hayward; Steve Martino
Kung Fu Panda - Mark Osborne; John Stevenson
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton
Previous Winners: The Incredibles (Brad Bird); Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki); Happy Feet (George Miller, Warren Coleman and Judy Morris); Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
Best Foreign Language Film+
City of Men - Paolo Morelli
Under the Same Moon - Patricia Riggen
Previous winners: The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson); Oldboy (Chan-wook Park); Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood); Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)
Best Documentary+
American Teen - Nanette Burstein
Religulous - Larry Charles
Previous winners: Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)*; An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim); Sicko (Michael Moore)
Best Original Song
"Another Way to Die"
Alicia Keys; Jack White
Quantum of Solace
"Can I Have This Dance"
Adam Anders; Nikki Hassman
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
"Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel; Thomas Newman
WALL-E
"Gran Torino"
Clint Eastwood
Gran Torino
"I Thought I Lost You"
Miley Cyrus
Bolt
"Jai Ho"
A.R. Rahman (music); Gulzar (lyrics)
Slumdog Millionaire
"Rock Me Sexy Jesus"
Pam Brady; Andrew Fleming
Hamlet 2
"The Story"
Norah Jones
My Blueberry Nights
"The Wrestler"
Bruce Springsteen
The Wrestler
Previous winners: "Remember Me" (Troy); "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" (Hustle & Flow)*; "You Know My Name" (Casino Royale); "Falling Slowly" (Once)
*Changes made in 5th year anniversary retrospective.
+Not complete. Waiting on more nominees.
I also took the time to examine my past awards (considering this is my fifth time doing this), and wrote an extensive blog about it - which includes decisions to... correct any misfires I have made. I bet the Academy wishes they could do that. But one of my changes may surprise you (if you haven't already noticed). For more details, check out my Blog. Enjoy!
I admit: this year, I cheated a little bit. Some categories have as many as 9 nominees. I figure this year was particularly difficult, and I couldn't NOT recognize some of these movies. So bear with me a bit.
Best Picture
Frost/Nixon
In Bruges
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Previous winners: The Passion of the Christ, Brokeback Mountain*, Children of Men, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino
Colin Farrell as Ray in In Bruges
Hugh Jackman as Drover in Australia
Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel as Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk
Mickey Rourke as Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in The Wrestler
Previous winners: James Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ); Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)*; Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan); Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Scarlett Johansson as Cristina in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins in Changeling
Norah Jones as Elizabeth in My Blueberry Nights
Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley in Australia
Keira Knightley as Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire in The Duchess
Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius in Doubt
Kate Winslet as April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
Previous winners: Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby); Felicity Huffman (Transamerica); Helen Mirren (The Queen); Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin as Dan White in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder
Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney in W.
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon as John Givings in Revolutionary Road
Michael Sheen as David Frost in Frost/Nixon
Previous winners: Clive Owen (Closer); Clive Owen (Sin City); Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls); Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams as Sister James in Doubt
Kathy Bates as Mrs. Helen Givings in Revolutionary Road
Penelope Cruz as Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller in Doubt
Anjelica Huston as Ida Mancini in Choke
Beyonce Knowles as Etta James in Cadillac Records
Natalie Portman as Leslie in My Blueberry Nights
Marisa Tomei as Cassidy in The Wrestler
Previous winners: Maia Morgenstern (The Passion of the Christ); Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener); Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls); Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)*
Best Director
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood for Changeling
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk
John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
Previous winners: Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ); Steven Spielberg (Munich); Martin Scorsese (The Departed); Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Lance Black for Milk
Etan Cohen; Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux for Tropic Thunder
David Koepp and John Kamps for Ghost Town
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Nick Schenk for Gran Torino
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E
J. Michael Straczynski for Changeling
Previous winners: Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind); Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco (Crash)*; Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine); Diablo Cody (Juno)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
David Gordon Green for Snow Angels
Clark Gregg for Choke
Justin Haythe for Revolutionary Road
Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan for The Dark Knight
Eric Roth for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
Previous winners: Patrick Marber (Closer); Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins); David Arata, Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Fergus, Hawk Otsby and Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men); Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Best Cinematography
Eigil Bryld for In Bruges
Roger Deakins for Doubt
Roger Deakins for Revolutionary Road
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight
Eduardo Serra for Defiance
Tom Stern for Changeling
Mandy Walker for Australia
Colin Watkinson for The Fall
Previous winners: Eric Adkins (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow); Memoirs of a Geisha (Dion Beebe); Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men); Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Best Art Direction
Australia – Catherine Martin; Ian Gracie; Karen Murphy; Beverly Dunn
Changeling – James J. Murakami; Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.; Gary Fettis
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Luke Freeborn; Lawrence A. Hubbs; Mark W. Mansbridge; Lauren E. Polizzi; Troy Sizemore; Larry Dias; Alyssa Winter
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea; Teresa Carriker-Thayer; John Kasarda; Nicholas Lundy; Debra Schutt
The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Karen Wakefield, Rebecca Alleway
The Fall – Lisa Hart; Riccardo Pugliese; Cynthia Sleiter
The Other Boleyn Girl – David Allday; Matthew Gray; Emma MacDevitt; Sara Wan
Previous Winners: Apocalypto (Roberto Bonelli); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Dante Feretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo)
Best Sound
Defiance
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Speed Racer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Best Visual Effects
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Speed Racer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Dark Knight
The Fall
The Incredible Hulk
Previous winners: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow; King Kong; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Transformers
Best Film Editing
Tariq Anwar for Revolutionary Road
William Chang for My Blueberry Nights
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Joel Cox and Gary Roach for Changeling
Elliot Graham for Milk
Jon Gregory for In Bruges
Lee Smith for The Dark Knight
Dylan Tichenor for Doubt
Best Costume Design
Australia - Catherine Martin
Changeling - Deborah Hooper
Defiance - Jenny Beavan
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Isis Mussenden
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
The Fall - Eiko Ishioka
The Other Boleyn Girl - Sandy Powell
Best Original Score
Clint Eastwood for Changeling
Danny Elfman for Milk
David Hirschfelder for Australia
James Newton Howard for Defiance
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer for The Dark Knight
Thomas Newman for Revolutionary Road
Thomas Newman for WALL-E
John Powell and Hans Zimmer for Kung Fu Panda
Previous winners: John Debney (The Passion of the Christ); Gustavo Santoalalla (Brokeback Mountain)*; Javier Navarette (Pan's Labyrinth); Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
Best Choreography - Dance
High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Charles Klapow; Kenny Ortega; Bonnie Story
Mamma Mia! - Anthony Van Laast
Step Up 2 the Streets - Hi-Hat; Dave Scott; Jamal Sims
Previous winners: Dreamgirls; Hairspray (Adam Shankman)
Best Choreography - Fight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Ben Cooke
Quantum of Solace - Gary Powell; Rob Inch
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Allan Poppleton; Paul Shapcott; Stuart Thorp
The Dark Knight - Richard Ryan
The Forbidden Kingdom - Yuen Woo-ping
Wanted - C.C. Smiff
Previous winners: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; 300 (Damon Caro; Chad Stahelski)
Best Quote
“All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words!” -Sean Penn, Milk
"Get off my lawn!" -Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
"Look, Ken, I grew up in Dublin, and I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me. But I wasn't, so it doesn't!" -Colin Farrell, In Bruges
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike." -Cate Blanchett; Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only need to fire once. That's how dad did it, that's how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.” -Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
"Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was... a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says 'Why so serious?' Comes at me with the knife, 'Why so serious?' He sticks the blade in my mouth. 'Let’s put a smile on that face!' And... Why so serious?" -Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
"You never go full retard!" -Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Previous winner: "Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy! Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake. And I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw. Are you watching? And my straw reaches across the room and begins to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"
Best Animated Film
Bolt - Byron Howard; Chris Williams
Horton Hears a Who! - Jimmy Hayward; Steve Martino
Kung Fu Panda - Mark Osborne; John Stevenson
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton
Previous Winners: The Incredibles (Brad Bird); Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki); Happy Feet (George Miller, Warren Coleman and Judy Morris); Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
Best Foreign Language Film+
City of Men - Paolo Morelli
Under the Same Moon - Patricia Riggen
Previous winners: The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson); Oldboy (Chan-wook Park); Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood); Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)
Best Documentary+
American Teen - Nanette Burstein
Religulous - Larry Charles
Previous winners: Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)*; An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim); Sicko (Michael Moore)
Best Original Song
"Another Way to Die"
Alicia Keys; Jack White
Quantum of Solace
"Can I Have This Dance"
Adam Anders; Nikki Hassman
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
"Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel; Thomas Newman
WALL-E
"Gran Torino"
Clint Eastwood
Gran Torino
"I Thought I Lost You"
Miley Cyrus
Bolt
"Jai Ho"
A.R. Rahman (music); Gulzar (lyrics)
Slumdog Millionaire
"Rock Me Sexy Jesus"
Pam Brady; Andrew Fleming
Hamlet 2
"The Story"
Norah Jones
My Blueberry Nights
"The Wrestler"
Bruce Springsteen
The Wrestler
Previous winners: "Remember Me" (Troy); "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" (Hustle & Flow)*; "You Know My Name" (Casino Royale); "Falling Slowly" (Once)
*Changes made in 5th year anniversary retrospective.
+Not complete. Waiting on more nominees.
I also took the time to examine my past awards (considering this is my fifth time doing this), and wrote an extensive blog about it - which includes decisions to... correct any misfires I have made. I bet the Academy wishes they could do that. But one of my changes may surprise you (if you haven't already noticed). For more details, check out my Blog. Enjoy!