PREMIILE OSCAR: EDIŢIILE 71-81

1998 (71st)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Roberto Benigni -- Life Is Beautiful {"Guido"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* James Coburn -- Affliction {"Glen Whitehouse"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Gwyneth Paltrow -- Shakespeare in Love {"Viola De Lesseps"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Judi Dench -- Shakespeare in Love {"Queen Elizabeth I"}
ART DIRECTION
* Shakespeare in Love -- Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Saving Private Ryan -- Janusz Kaminski
COSTUME DESIGN
* Shakespeare in Love -- Sandy Powell
DIRECTING
* Saving Private Ryan -- Steven Spielberg
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* The Last Days -- James Moll, Ken Lipper
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years -- Keiko Ibi
FILM EDITING
* Saving Private Ryan -- Michael Kahn
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Life Is Beautiful -- Italy
MAKEUP
* Elizabeth -- Jenny Shircore
MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
* Life Is Beautiful -- Nicola Piovani
MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
* Shakespeare in Love -- Stephen Warbeck
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt -- Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
BEST PICTURE
* Shakespeare in Love -- David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Bunny -- Chris Wedge
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Election Night (Valgaften) -- Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
SOUND
* Saving Private Ryan -- Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
* Saving Private Ryan -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
VISUAL EFFECTS
* What Dreams May Come -- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* Gods and Monsters -- Bill Condon
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* Shakespeare in Love -- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard



1999 (72nd)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Kevin Spacey -- American Beauty {"Lester Burnham"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Michael Caine -- The Cider House Rules {"Dr. Wilbur Larch"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Hilary Swank -- Boys Don't Cry {"Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Angelina Jolie -- Girl, Interrupted {"Lisa Rowe"}
ART DIRECTION
* Sleepy Hollow -- Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* American Beauty -- Conrad L. Hall
COSTUME DESIGN
* Topsy-Turvy -- Lindy Hemming
DIRECTING
* American Beauty -- Sam Mendes
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* One Day in September -- Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* King Gimp -- Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
FILM EDITING
* The Matrix -- Zach Staenberg
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* All about My Mother -- Spain
MAKEUP
* Popsy-Turvy -- Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud
MUSIC (Original Score)
* The Red Violin -- John Corigliano
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan -- Music and Lyric by Phil Collins
BEST PICTURE
* American Beauty -- Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* The Old Man and the Sea -- Alexander Petrov
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York -- Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel
SOUND
* The Matrix -- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
* The Matrix -- Dane A. Davis
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Matrix -- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* The Cider House Rules -- John Irving
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* American Beauty -- Alan Ball


2000 (73rd)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Russell Crowe -- Gladiator {"Maximus Decimus Meridius"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Benicio Del Toro -- Traffic {"Javier Rodriguez"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Julia Roberts -- Erin Brockovich {"Erin Brockovich"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Marcia Gay Harden -- Pollock {"Lee Krasner"}
ART DIRECTION
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tim Yip
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Peter Pau
COSTUME DESIGN
* Gladiator -- Janty Yates
DIRECTING
* Traffic -- Steven Soderbergh
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport -- Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Big Mama -- Tracy Seretean
FILM EDITING
* Traffic -- Stephen Mirrione
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Taiwan
MAKEUP
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- Rick Baker, Gail Ryan
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tan Dun
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys -- Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
BEST PICTURE
* Gladiator -- Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Father and Daughter -- Michael Dudok de Wit
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Quiero Ser (I want to be...) -- Florian Gallenberger
SOUND
* Gladiator -- Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
SOUND EDITING
* U-571 -- Jon Johnson
VISUAL EFFECTS
* Gladiator -- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* Traffic -- Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* Almost Famous -- Written by Cameron Crowe


2001 (74th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Denzel Washington -- Training Day {"Alonzo"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Jim Broadbent -- Iris {"John Bayley"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Halle Berry -- Monster's Ball {"Leticia Musgrove"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Jennifer Connelly -- A Beautiful Mind {"Alicia Nash"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Shrek -- Aron Warner
ART DIRECTION
* Moulin Rouge -- Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Andrew Lesnie
COSTUME DESIGN
* Moulin Rouge -- Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
DIRECTING
* A Beautiful Mind -- Ron Howard
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Murder on a Sunday Morning -- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Thoth -- Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
FILM EDITING
* Black Hawk Down -- Pietro Scalia
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* No Man's Land -- Bosnia & Herzegovina
MAKEUP
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
MUSIC (Original Score)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Howard Shore

MUSIC (Original Song)
* "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
BEST PICTURE
* A Beautiful Mind -- Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* For the Birds -- Ralph Eggleston
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* the accountant -- Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
SOUND
* Black Hawk Down -- Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
SOUND EDITING
* Pearl Harbor -- George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* A Beautiful Mind -- Written by Akiva Goldsman
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* Gosford Park -- Written by Julian Fellowes


2002 (75th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Adrien Brody -- The Pianist {"Wladyslaw Szpilman"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Chris Cooper -- Adaptation {"John Laroche"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Nicole Kidman -- The Hours {"Virginia Woolf"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Catherine Zeta-Jones -- Chicago {"Velma Kelly"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Spirited Away -- Hayao Miyazaki
ART DIRECTION
* Chicago -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Road to Perdition -- Conrad L. Hall
COSTUME DESIGN
* Chicago -- Colleen Atwood
DIRECTING
* The Pianist -- Roman Polanski
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Bowling for Columbine -- Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Twin Towers -- Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
FILM EDITING
* Chicago -- Martin Walsh
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Nowhere in Africa -- Germany
MAKEUP
* Frida -- John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Frida -- Elliot Goldenthal
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile -- Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem
BEST PICTURE
* Chicago -- Martin Richards, Producer
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* The ChubbChubbs! -- Eric Armstrong
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) -- Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
SOUND
* Chicago -- Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
SOUND EDITING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* The Pianist -- Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Talk to Her -- Written by Pedro Almodóvar



2003 (76th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Sean Penn -- Mystic River {"Jimmy Markum"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Tim Robbins -- Mystic River {"Dave Boyle"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Charlize Theron -- Monster {"Aileen Wuornos"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Renée Zellweger -- Cold Mountain {"Ruby Thewes"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Finding Nemo -- Andrew Stanton
ART DIRECTION
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Russell Boyd
COSTUME DESIGN
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
DIRECTING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Peter Jackson
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* The Fog of War -- Errol Morris and Michael Williams
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Chernobyl Heart -- Maryann DeLeo
FILM EDITING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Jamie Selkirk
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Barbarian Invasions -- Canada
MAKEUP
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Richard Taylor and Peter King
MUSIC (Original Score)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Howard Shore
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
BEST PICTURE
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Harvie Krumpet -- Adam Elliot
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Two Soldiers -- Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
SOUND EDITING
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Richard King
SOUND MIXING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Lost in Translation -- Written by Sofia Coppola



2004 (77th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Jamie Foxx -- Ray {"Ray Charles"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Morgan Freeman -- Million Dollar Baby {"Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby {"Maggie Fitzgerald"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Cate Blanchett -- The Aviator {"Katharine Hepburn"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* The Incredibles -- Brad Bird
ART DIRECTION
* The Aviator -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The Aviator -- Robert Richardson
COSTUME DESIGN
* The Aviator -- Sandy Powell
DIRECTING
* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Born into Brothels -- Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Mighty Times: The Children's March -- Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
FILM EDITING
* The Aviator -- Thelma Schoonmaker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Sea Inside -- Spain
MAKEUP
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Finding Neverland -- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries -- Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
BEST PICTURE
* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Ryan -- Chris Landreth
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Wasp -- Andrea Arnold
SOUND EDITING
* The Incredibles -- Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
SOUND MIXING
* Ray -- Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
VISUAL EFFECTS
* Spider-Man 2 -- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* Sideways -- Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth



2005 (78th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote {"Truman Capote"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* George Clooney -- Syriana {"Bob Barnes"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line {"June Carter"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Rachel Weisz -- The Constant Gardener {"Tessa Quayle"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit -- Nick Park and Steve Box
ART DIRECTION
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Dion Beebe
COSTUME DESIGN
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Colleen Atwood
DIRECTING
* Brokeback Mountain -- Ang Lee
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* March of the Penguins -- Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin -- Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
FILM EDITING
* Crash -- Hughes Winborne
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Tsotsi -- South Africa
MAKEUP
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Howard Berger and Tami Lane
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Brokeback Mountain -- Gustavo Santaolalla
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow -- Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
BEST PICTURE
* Crash -- Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation -- John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Six Shooter -- Martin McDonagh
SOUND EDITING
* King Kong -- Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
SOUND MIXING
* King Kong -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
VISUAL EFFECTS
* King Kong -- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* Brokeback Mountain -- Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Crash -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis



2006 (79th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland {"Idi Amin"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Alan Arkin -- Little Miss Sunshine {"Grandpa"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Helen Mirren -- The Queen {"The Queen"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Jennifer Hudson -- Dreamgirls {"Effie White"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Happy Feet -- George Miller
ART DIRECTION
* Pan's Labyrinth -- Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Pan's Labyrinth -- Guillermo Navarro
COSTUME DESIGN
* Marie Antoinette -- Milena Canonero
DIRECTING
* The Departed -- Martin Scorsese
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* An Inconvenient Truth -- Davis Guggenheim
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* The Blood of Yingzhou District -- Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
FILM EDITING
* The Departed -- Thelma Schoonmaker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Lives of Others -- Germany
MAKEUP
* Pan's Labyrinth -- David Martí and Montse Ribé
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Babel -- Gustavo Santaolalla
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth -- Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
BEST PICTURE
* The Departed -- Graham King, Producer
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* The Danish Poet -- Torill Kove
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* West Bank Story -- Ari Sandel
SOUND EDITING
* Letters from Iwo Jima -- Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
SOUND MIXING
* Dreamgirls -- Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
VISUAL EFFECTS
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest -- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* The Departed -- Screenplay by William Monahan
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Little Miss Sunshine -- Written by Michael Arndt



2007 (80th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood {"Daniel Plainview"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men {"Anton Chigurh"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Marion Cotillard -- La Vie en Rose {"Edith Piaf"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton {"Karen Crowder"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Ratatouille -- Brad Bird
ART DIRECTION
* Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* There Will Be Blood -- Robert Elswit
COSTUME DESIGN
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Alexandra Byrne
DIRECTING
* No Country for Old Men -- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Taxi to the Dark Side -- Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Freeheld -- Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
FILM EDITING
* The Bourne Ultimatum -- Christopher Rouse
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Counterfeiters -- Austria
MAKEUP
* La Vie en Rose -- Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Atonement -- Dario Marianelli
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Falling Slowly" from Once -- Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
BEST PICTURE
* No Country for Old Men -- Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Peter & the Wolf -- Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) -- Philippe Pollet-Villard
SOUND EDITING
* The Bourne Ultimatum -- Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
SOUND MIXING
* The Bourne Ultimatum -- Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Golden Compass -- Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* No Country for Old Men -- Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Juno -- Written by Diablo Cody


2008 (81st)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Sean Penn -- Milk {"Harvey Milk"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight {"Joker"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Kate Winslet -- The Reader {"Hanna Schmitz"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Penélope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona {"Maria Elena"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* WALL-E -- Andrew Stanton
ART DIRECTION
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Anthony Dod Mantle
COSTUME DESIGN
* The Duchess -- Michael O'Connor
DIRECTING
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Danny Boyle
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Man on Wire -- James Marsh and Simon Chinn
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Smile Pinki -- Megan Mylan
FILM EDITING
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Chris Dickens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Departures -- Japan
MAKEUP
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Greg Cannom
MUSIC (Original Score)
* Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman
MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
BEST PICTURE
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer
SHORT FILM (Animated)
* La Maison en Petits Cubes -- Kunio Kato
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* Spielzeugland (Toyland) -- Jochen Alexander Freydank
SOUND EDITING
* The Dark Knight -- Richard King
SOUND MIXING
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* Slumdog Millionaire -- Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Milk -- Written by Dustin Lance Black