Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Nominees
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins
THE VISITOR
Frank Langella
FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn
MILK
Brad Pitt
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke
THE WRESTLER
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin
MILK
Robert Downey Jr.
TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman
DOUBT
Heath Ledger
THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael Shannon
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Angelina Jolie
CHANGELING
Melissa Leo
FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep
DOUBT
Kate Winslet
THE READER
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams
DOUBT
Penélope Cruz
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis
DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei
THE WRESTLER
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
WALL-E
Achievement in Art Direction
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Achievement in Cinematography
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Costume Design
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DUCHESS
THE DUCHESS
MILK
MILK
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Achievement in Directing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
MILK
THE READER
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Documentary Feature
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GARDEN
THE GARDEN
MAN ON WIRE
MAN ON WIRE
TROUBLE THE WATER
TROUBLE THE WATER
Best Documentary Short Subject
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
THE FINAL INCH
THE FINAL INCH
SMILE PINKI
SMILE PINKI
THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306
THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306
Achievement in Film Editing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
The Class
Departures
Departures
Revanche
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir
Waltz With Bashir
Achievement in Makeup
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DEFIANCE
DEFIANCE
MILK
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WALL-E
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
WALL-E
"Down to Earth"
WALL-E
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"Jai Ho"
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"O Saya"
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Motion Picture of the Year
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
MILK
THE READER
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
La Maison en Petits Cubes
LAVATORY - LOVESTORY
LAVATORY - LOVESTORY
OKTAPODI
OKTAPODI
PRESTO
PRESTO
THIS WAY UP
THIS WAY UP
Best Live Action Short Film
AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
MANON ON THE ASPHALT
MANON ON THE ASPHALT
NEW BOY
NEW BOY
THE PIG
THE PIG
SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
Achievement in Sound Editing
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
IRON MAN
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WALL-E
WANTED
WANTED
Achievement in Sound Mixing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WALL-E
WANTED
WANTED
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
IRON MAN
Adapted Screenplay
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DOUBT
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Original Screenplay
FROZEN RIVER
FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
IN BRUGES
MILK
MILK
WALL-E
WALL-E
Presidents of the Academy
Presidents of the Academy
1927–1929: Douglas Fairbanks
1929–1931: William C. DeMille
1931–1932: M. C. Levee
1932–1933: Conrad Nagel
1933–1934: J. Theodore Reed
1934–1935: Frank Lloyd
1935–1939: Frank Capra
1939–1941: Walter Wanger
1941: Bette Davis (resigned after two months)
1941–1945: Walter Wanger
1945–1949: Jean Hersholt
1949–1955: Charles Brackett
1955–1958: George Seaton
1958–1959: George Stevens
1959–1960: B. B. Kahane (died)
1960–1961: Valentine Davies (died)
1961–1963: Wendell Corey
1963–1967: Arthur Freed
1967–1970: Gregory Peck
1970–1973: Daniel Taradash
1973–1977: Walter Mirisch
1977–1979: Howard W. Koch
1979–1983: Fay Kanin
1983–1985: Gene Allen
1985–1988: Robert Wise
1988–1989: Richard Kahn
1989–1992: Karl Malden
1992–1993: Robert Rehme
1993–1997: Arthur Hiller
1997–2001: Robert Rehme
2001–2005: Frank R. Pierson
2005–present: Sid Ganis
1927–1929: Douglas Fairbanks
1929–1931: William C. DeMille
1931–1932: M. C. Levee
1932–1933: Conrad Nagel
1933–1934: J. Theodore Reed
1934–1935: Frank Lloyd
1935–1939: Frank Capra
1939–1941: Walter Wanger
1941: Bette Davis (resigned after two months)
1941–1945: Walter Wanger
1945–1949: Jean Hersholt
1949–1955: Charles Brackett
1955–1958: George Seaton
1958–1959: George Stevens
1959–1960: B. B. Kahane (died)
1960–1961: Valentine Davies (died)
1961–1963: Wendell Corey
1963–1967: Arthur Freed
1967–1970: Gregory Peck
1970–1973: Daniel Taradash
1973–1977: Walter Mirisch
1977–1979: Howard W. Koch
1979–1983: Fay Kanin
1983–1985: Gene Allen
1985–1988: Robert Wise
1988–1989: Richard Kahn
1989–1992: Karl Malden
1992–1993: Robert Rehme
1993–1997: Arthur Hiller
1997–2001: Robert Rehme
2001–2005: Frank R. Pierson
2005–present: Sid Ganis
History of the Academy
Far from the eagerly anticipated and globally televised event it is today, the first Academy Awards ceremony took place out of the public eye during an Academy banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Two hundred seventy people attended the May 16, 1929 dinner in the hotel’s Blossom Room; guest tickets cost $5. It was a long affair filled with speeches, but Academy President Douglas Fairbanks made quick work of handing out the statuettes.
No Surprises
There was little suspense when the awards were presented that night: the recipients had already been announced three months earlier. That all changed the following year, however, when the Academy decided to keep the results secret until the ceremony but gave a list in advance to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. This policy continued until 1940 when, much to the Academy’s consternation, the Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and published the names of the winners in its evening edition – which was readily available to guests arriving for the ceremony. That prompted the Academy in 1941 to adopt the sealed-envelope system still in use today.
Fifteen statuettes were awarded at the first ceremony for cinematic achievements in 1927 and 1928. The first Best Actor winner was acclaimed German tragedian Emil Jannings, who had to return to Europe before the ceremony. The Academy granted his request to receive the trophy early, making his statuette the very first Academy Award ever presented.
Public Interest Grows Quickly
The first presentation was the only one to escape a media audience; by the second year, enthusiasm for the Awards was such that a Los Angeles radio station produced a live one-hour broadcast of the event. The ceremony has been broadcast ever since.
The Academy continued to hand out the awards at banquets – held at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels – until 1942, when increased attendance made these dinner ceremonies impractical. Starting with the 16th Oscar ceremony, which was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the event has always been held at a theater.
In 1953, the first televised Oscar ceremony enabled millions throughout the United States and Canada to watch the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in 1966, affording home viewers a chance to fully experience the dazzling allure of the event. Since 1969, the Oscar show has been broadcast internationally, now reaching movie fans in over 200 countries.
More Academy Awards Milestones
* 1st Awards – Recognizing the need to honor achievements that didn’t fit into fixed categories, the Academy presented two special awards at the very first ceremony in 1929: one to Warner Bros. for producing the pioneering talking picture “The Jazz Singer,” and one to Charles Chaplin for producing, directing, writing and starring in “The Circus.”
* 2nd Awards – The number of categories was reduced from 12 to seven: two for acting and one each for Outstanding Picture, Directing, Writing, Cinematography and Art Direction. Since then, the number of awards has slowly increased.
* 7th Awards – Film Editing, Music Scoring, and Song were added to the categories honoring films released in 1934. The year also brought the first write-in campaign, seeking to nominate Bette Davis for her performance in “Of Human Bondage.” (Academy rules now prohibit write-ins on the final ballot.) Also that year, the Academy retained the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse to tabulate the ballots and ensure the secrecy of the results. The firm, now called PricewaterhouseCoopers, continues to tabulate the voting to this day.
* 9th Awards – The first Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Academy Awards are presented, for performances in films of 1936. The honors went to Walter Brennan for “Come and Get it” and Gale Sondergaard for “Anthony Adverse.”
* 10th Awards – The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was presented for the first time at the ceremony held in 1938. The honor went to Darryl F. Zanuck.
* 12th Awards – Fred Sersen and E. H. Hansen of 20th Century Fox were the first winners of the Academy Award for Special Effects. They were honored for their work in the 1939 film “The Rains Came.”
* 14th Awards – In 1941, a documentary category appeared on the ballot for the first time.
* 20th Awards – The first special award to honor a foreign language motion picture was given in 1947 to the Italian film “Shoe-Sine.” Seven more special awards were presented before Foreign Language Film became an annual category in 1956.
* 21st Awards – Costume Design was added to the ballots for 1948.
* 25th Awards – For the first time, the Oscar presentation was televised. The NBC-TV and radio network carried the ceremony, honoring the films of 1952, live from Hollywood with Bob Hope as master of ceremonies, and from the NBC International Theatre in New York with Conrad Nagel as host.
* 29th Awards – The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was established and Y. Frank Freeman was its first recipient.
* 36th Awards – The Special Effects Award was divided into Sound Effects and Special Visual Effects beginning with the honors for films released in 1963.
* 38th Awards – The Oscar ceremony in 1966 was the first to be televised in color.
* 41st Awards – The April 14, 1969, Oscar ceremony was the first major event held at the new Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music Center.
* 54th Awards – Makeup became an annual category, with Rick Baker winning for his work on the 1981 movie “An American Werewolf in London.” The Gordon E. Sawyer Award, recognizing technological contributions to the industry, was established.
* 74th Awards – The Animated Feature Film Award is added, with “Shrek” winning for 2001.
No Surprises
There was little suspense when the awards were presented that night: the recipients had already been announced three months earlier. That all changed the following year, however, when the Academy decided to keep the results secret until the ceremony but gave a list in advance to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. This policy continued until 1940 when, much to the Academy’s consternation, the Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and published the names of the winners in its evening edition – which was readily available to guests arriving for the ceremony. That prompted the Academy in 1941 to adopt the sealed-envelope system still in use today.
Fifteen statuettes were awarded at the first ceremony for cinematic achievements in 1927 and 1928. The first Best Actor winner was acclaimed German tragedian Emil Jannings, who had to return to Europe before the ceremony. The Academy granted his request to receive the trophy early, making his statuette the very first Academy Award ever presented.
Public Interest Grows Quickly
The first presentation was the only one to escape a media audience; by the second year, enthusiasm for the Awards was such that a Los Angeles radio station produced a live one-hour broadcast of the event. The ceremony has been broadcast ever since.
The Academy continued to hand out the awards at banquets – held at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels – until 1942, when increased attendance made these dinner ceremonies impractical. Starting with the 16th Oscar ceremony, which was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the event has always been held at a theater.
In 1953, the first televised Oscar ceremony enabled millions throughout the United States and Canada to watch the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in 1966, affording home viewers a chance to fully experience the dazzling allure of the event. Since 1969, the Oscar show has been broadcast internationally, now reaching movie fans in over 200 countries.
More Academy Awards Milestones
* 1st Awards – Recognizing the need to honor achievements that didn’t fit into fixed categories, the Academy presented two special awards at the very first ceremony in 1929: one to Warner Bros. for producing the pioneering talking picture “The Jazz Singer,” and one to Charles Chaplin for producing, directing, writing and starring in “The Circus.”
* 2nd Awards – The number of categories was reduced from 12 to seven: two for acting and one each for Outstanding Picture, Directing, Writing, Cinematography and Art Direction. Since then, the number of awards has slowly increased.
* 7th Awards – Film Editing, Music Scoring, and Song were added to the categories honoring films released in 1934. The year also brought the first write-in campaign, seeking to nominate Bette Davis for her performance in “Of Human Bondage.” (Academy rules now prohibit write-ins on the final ballot.) Also that year, the Academy retained the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse to tabulate the ballots and ensure the secrecy of the results. The firm, now called PricewaterhouseCoopers, continues to tabulate the voting to this day.
* 9th Awards – The first Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Academy Awards are presented, for performances in films of 1936. The honors went to Walter Brennan for “Come and Get it” and Gale Sondergaard for “Anthony Adverse.”
* 10th Awards – The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was presented for the first time at the ceremony held in 1938. The honor went to Darryl F. Zanuck.
* 12th Awards – Fred Sersen and E. H. Hansen of 20th Century Fox were the first winners of the Academy Award for Special Effects. They were honored for their work in the 1939 film “The Rains Came.”
* 14th Awards – In 1941, a documentary category appeared on the ballot for the first time.
* 20th Awards – The first special award to honor a foreign language motion picture was given in 1947 to the Italian film “Shoe-Sine.” Seven more special awards were presented before Foreign Language Film became an annual category in 1956.
* 21st Awards – Costume Design was added to the ballots for 1948.
* 25th Awards – For the first time, the Oscar presentation was televised. The NBC-TV and radio network carried the ceremony, honoring the films of 1952, live from Hollywood with Bob Hope as master of ceremonies, and from the NBC International Theatre in New York with Conrad Nagel as host.
* 29th Awards – The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was established and Y. Frank Freeman was its first recipient.
* 36th Awards – The Special Effects Award was divided into Sound Effects and Special Visual Effects beginning with the honors for films released in 1963.
* 38th Awards – The Oscar ceremony in 1966 was the first to be televised in color.
* 41st Awards – The April 14, 1969, Oscar ceremony was the first major event held at the new Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music Center.
* 54th Awards – Makeup became an annual category, with Rick Baker winning for his work on the 1981 movie “An American Werewolf in London.” The Gordon E. Sawyer Award, recognizing technological contributions to the industry, was established.
* 74th Awards – The Animated Feature Film Award is added, with “Shrek” winning for 2001.
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