The Film-Lover's Check List: Academy Award 2009 Nominations

Academy Award 2009 Nominations

Actor -- Leading


Jeff Bridges.	Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney.	Up In the Air (2009)
Morgan Freeman.	Invictus (2009)
Colin Firth.	A Single Man (2009)
Jeremy Renner.	The Hurt Locker (2009)

Directing


Kathryn Bigelow.	The Hurt Locker (2009)
Lee Daniels.	Precious (2009)
Quentin Tarantino.	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Jason Reitman.	Up In the Air (2009)
James Cameron.	Avatar (2009)

Best Picture


	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	A Serious Man (2009)
	Precious (2009)
	An Education (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Up In the Air (2009)
	District 9 (2009)
	The Blind Side (2009)
	Up (2009)
	Avatar (2009)

Actor -- Supporting


Christoph Waltz.	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Woody Harrelson.	The Messenger (2009)
Matt Damon.	Invictus (2009)
Christopher Plummer.	The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci.	The Lovely Bones (2009)

Screenplay -- Adapted


	Precious (2009)
	In the Loop (2009)
	An Education (2009)
	Up In the Air (2009)
	District 9 (2009)

Visual Effects


	Avatar (2009)
	District 9 (2009)
	Star Trek (2009)

Actress -- Leading


Sandra Bullock.	The Blind Side (2009)
Gabourey Sidibe.	Precious (2009)
Carey Mulligan.	An Education (2009)
Meryl Streep.	Julie & Julia (2009)
Helen Mirren.	The Last Station (2009)

Screenplay -- Original


	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	A Serious Man (2009)
	The Messenger (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Up (2009)

Makeup


	Star Trek (2009)
	Il Divo (2008)
	The Young Victoria (2009)

Actress -- Supporting


Mo'Nique.	Precious (2009)
Maggie Gyllenhaal.	Crazy Heart (2009)
Anna Kendrick.	Up In the Air (2009)
Vera Farmiga.	Up In the Air (2009)
Penelope Cruz.	Nine (2009)

Film Editing


	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	Precious (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Avatar (2009)
	District 9 (2009)

Sound Editing


	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	Avatar (2009)
	Up (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Star Trek (2009)

Cinematography


	Avatar (2009)
	The White Ribbon (2009)
	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Art Direction


	Avatar (2009)
	The Young Victoria (2009)
	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
	Nine (2009)

Sound Mixing


	The Hurt Locker (2009)
	Avatar (2009)
	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
	Star Trek (2009)
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Original Score


Michael Giacchino.	Up (2009)
Hans Zimmer.	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Alexandre Desplat.	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
James Horner.	Avatar (2009)
Marco Beltrami/Buck Sanders.	The Hurt Locker (2009)

Costume Design


	The Young Victoria (2009)
	Coco Before Chanel (2009)
	Bright Star (2009)
	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
	Nine (2009)

Foreign Language Film


Argentina.	The Secret of Her Eyes (2009)
France.	A Prophet (2009)
Germany.	The White Ribbon (2009)
Israel.	Ajami (2009)
Peru.	The Milk of Sorrow (2009)

Original Song


"The Weary Kind".	Crazy Heart (2009)
"Loin de Paname".	Paris 36 (2008)
"Down in New Orleans".	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
"Almost There".	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
"Take it All".	Nine (2009)

Short Film -- Animated


France.	Logorama (2009)
France.	French Roast (2008)
Great Britain.	A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Ireland.	Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008)
Spain.	The Lady and the Reaper (2009)

Documentary Feature


	The Cove (2009)
	Food, Inc. (2008)
	Which Way Home (2009)
	The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
	Burma VJ (2008)

Animated Feature


	Up (2009)
	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
	The Secret of Kells (2009)
	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
	Coraline (2009)

Short Film -- Live Action


Denmark.	The New Tenants (2009)
Sweden.	Instead of Abracadabra (2008)
USA.	Kavi (2009)
Australia.	Miracle Fish (2009)
Ireland.	The Door (2008)

Documentary Short


	Music by Prudence
	China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
	The Last Campaign of Governer Booth Gardner
	The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
	Rabbit a la Berlin

Honorary Award


	Lauren Bacall
	Roger Corman
	Gordon Willis (cin)

Host


	Steve Martin
	Alec Baldwin

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


	John Calley (exec/prod)