BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
(Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production; Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon”
(Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
and Working Title Production; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
“Milk”
(Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production; Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader”
(The Weinstein Company) A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production; Nominees to be determined
Winner: “Slumdog Millionaire”
(Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production; Christian Colson, Producer
Oscar 2008: List of Winners in All Categories
February 22, 2009 by
Oscar 2008: Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” Sweeps the Academy Awards (8 Wins out of 10 Noms)
February 22, 2009 by
Oscar 2008: Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” Sweeps the Academy Awards (8 Wins out of 10 Noms)
Oscar 2008: List of Nominees in Each Category
February 22, 2009 by
Complete list of nominees in each of the 24 Oscar categories
Citizen Kane (1941): Why the Best American Film Never Won the Oscar
February 21, 2009 by
Citizen Kane, the most spectacular debut in American film history, shows the intriguing interplay between studio politics and societal politics. The reception of Orson Welles 1941 masterpiece illuminates the complex interfacing of films as art works and mass entertainment, studio intrigues, and politics at large.
Oscar Movies: Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
February 20, 2009 by
Sunday, Bloody Sunday was nominated for four major awards: Best Director, Actor, Actress, and Original Screenplay, but won none.
