Tim’s Oscar Predictions

Here are my Oscar Predictions, yeah i know last minute. But the Red are the ones I want to win and the Blue are the ones I think will Win. I will update the winners and see how I did!

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Bolt” (Walt Disney)    Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount)    John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)    Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

• “Changeling” (Universal)
• “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”
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• “The Duchess”
• “Milk”
• “Revolutionary Road”

Achievement in directing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)    David Fincher
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)    Ron Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features)    Gus Van Sant
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)    Stephen Daldry
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

• “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild) A Pandinlao Films Production    Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment)  A Creative Differences Production    Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production    Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures)  A Wall to Wall Production    James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films) An Elsewhere Films Production    Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

• “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production    Steven Okazaki
• “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production    Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• “Smile Pinki”  A Principe Production    Megan Mylan
• “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306″ A Rock Paper Scissors Production    Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)    Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)    Lee Smith
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)    Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• “Milk” (Focus Features)    Elliot Graham
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

• “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production – Germany
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production – France
• “Departures” (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production – Japan
• “Revanche” (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production – Austria
• “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production – Israel

Achievement in makeup

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)    Greg Cannom
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)    John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal)    Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)    Alexandre Desplat
• “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage)    James Newton Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features)    Danny Elfman
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    A.R. Rahman
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)    Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)    Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman  Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    Music by A.R. Rahman  Lyric by Gulzar
• “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• “Frost/Nixon”
• “Milk”
• “The Reader”
• “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best animated short film

• “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production    Kunio Kato
• “Lavatory – Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production Konstantin Bronzit
• “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production    Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• “Presto” (Walt Disney)  A Pixar Animation Studios Production    Doug Sweetland
• “This Way Up”  A Nexus Production    Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

• “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency)  An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production Reto Caffi
• “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions) A La Luna Production    Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television) A Zanzibar Films Production    Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• “The Pig” An M & M Production    Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”  A Mephisto Film Production    Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)    Richard King
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment)    Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)    Tom Sayers
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)    Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• “Wanted” (Universal)    Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• “The Dark Knight”
• “Slumdog Millionaire”
• “WALL-E”
• “Wanted”

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• “The Dark Knight”
• “Iron Man”

Adapted screenplay

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• “Doubt”
• “Frost/Nixon”
• “The Reader”
• “Slumdog Millionaire”

Original screenplay

• “Frozen River”
• “Happy-Go-Lucky”
• “In Bruges”
• “Milk”
• “WALL-E”