March 1, 2009 Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
1) Australia
2) The Argentine
3) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4) Revolutionary Road
5) Appaloosa

6) The Reader
7) Synecdoche, New York
8) Changeling
9) Defiance
10) Milk

11) Redbelt
12) Body of Lies
13) Frost/Nixon
14) Doubt
15) Guerrilla
16) Burn After Reading
17) Valkyrie
18) Blindness
19) The Burning Plain
20) Vicky Cristina Barcelona


BEST DIRECTOR
1) Baz Luhrman - Australia
2) Steven Soderbergh - The Argentine
3) David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4) Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
5) Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York

6) Ed Harris - Appaloosa
7) Clint Eastwood - Changeling
8) Gus Van Sant - Milk
9) David Mamet - Redbelt
10) Stephen Daldry - The Reader

11) Edward Zwick - Defiance
12) Ridley Scott - Body of Lies
13) Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
14) Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
15) Joe Wright - The Soloist
16) Joel, Ethan Coen - Burn After Reading
17) Fernando Mereilles - Blindness
18) Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
19) Bryan Singer - Valkyrie
20) John Patrick Shanley - Doubt


BEST ACTOR
1) Benicio Del Toro - The Argentine
2) Sean Penn - Milk
3) Ed Harris - Appaloosa
4) Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
5) Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche, New York

6) Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
7) Sean Penn - Milk
8) Mark Ruffalo - Blindness
9) Jamie Foxx - The Soloist
10) Jake Gyllenhaal - Brothers

11) Hugh Jackman - Australia
12) Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
13) Ben Kingsley - Elegy
14) Tommy Lee Jones - In the Electric Mist
15) Colin Firth - When Did You Last See Your Father?
16) Will Smith - Seven Pounds
17) Chiwetel Ejiofor - Redbelt
18) Sam Rockwell - Choke
19) Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
20) Tom Cruise - Valkyrie


BEST ACTRESS
1) Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
2) Mery Streep - Doubt
3) Julianne Moore - Savage Grace
4) Keira Knightley - The Duchess
5) Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

6) Nicole Kidman - Australia
7) Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens
8) Jill Scott - The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
9) Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
10) Audrey Tatou - Coco avant Chanel

11) Frances Mcdorman - Mrs. Pettigrew Lives for a Day
12) Renee Zellweger - Appaloosa
13) Naomi Watts - Funny Games
14) Uma Thurman - The Life Before Her Eyes
15) Gwyneth Paltrow - Two Lovers
16) Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
17) Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
18) Summer Bishill - Nothing is Private
19) Angelina Jolie - The Changeling
20) Anna Paquin - Margaret


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1) Josh Brolin - Milk
2) Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
3) Russell Crowe - Body of Lies
4) John Malkovich - Burn After Reading
5) Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

6) Liev Schreiber - Defiance
7) Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon
8) Jim Broadbent - Dirty Tricks
9) Javier Bardem - vicky Cristina Barcelona
10) Viggo Mortensen - Appaloosa

11) Robert Downey, Jr. - The Soloist
12) Guy Pearce - Winged Creatures
13) David Wenham - Australia
14) Benjamin Bratt - The Argentine
15) Bruno Ganz - The Reader
16) Spencer Daniels - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
17) Dennis Quaid - The Express
18) Peter Sarsgaard - Elegy
19) Bill Nighy - Valkyrie
20) Mark Ruffalo - Blindness


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
2) Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3) Amy Adams - Doubt
4) Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5) Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York

6) Frances McDorman - Burn After Reading
7) Carice van Houten - Body of Lies
8) Viola Davis - Doubt
9) Patricia Clarkson - Elegy
10) Annette Bening - The Women

11) Catherine Keener - Synecdoche, New York
12) Kate Beckinsale - Winged Creatures
13) Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia
14) Ashley Judd - Crossing Over
15) Natalie Portman - Brothers
16) Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens
17) Franke Potente - The Argentine
18) Dianne Wiest - Synecdoche, New York
19) Sienna Miller - The Edge of Love
20) Sharon Stone - Dirty Tricks


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2) Revolutionary Road
3) Appaloosa
4) Frost/Nixon
5) The Reader

6) Blindness
7) Defiance
8) Body of Lies
9) Doubt
10) Brothers


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) Synecdoche, New York
2) Australia
3) The Argentine
4) Milk
5) Wall-E

6) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
7) Hamlet 2
8) Burn After Reading
9) Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10) The Soloist


BEST ANIMATED FILM
1) Wall-E
2) 9
3) Ponyo on a Cliff

4) Kung Fu Panda
5) Horton Hears a Who
6) Madagascar: The Great Escape
7) Space Chimps
8) The Tale of Despereaux


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1) Freakonomics
2) Religulous
3) Standard Operating Procedure
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BEST FOREIGN FILM
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Revolutionary Road
2) Australia
3) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4) The Argentine
5) Blindness

6) Defiance
7) The Soloist
8) The Dark Knight
9) Changeling
10) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2) Wall-E
3) Frost/Nixon
4) The Soloist
5) The Argentine

6) Defiance
7) Revolutionary Road
8) Body of Lies
9) Blindness
10) Valkyrie


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1) Wall-E
2) Mamma Mia!
3) Australia
4) Kung Fu Panda
5) The Soloist

6) The Dark Knight
7) Horton Hears a Who
8) The Band's Visit
9) Get Smart
10) Quantum of Solace


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1) The Duchess
2) Revolutionary Road
3) Australia
4) The Argentine
5) Appaloosa

6) Valkyrie
7) The Other Boleyn Girl
8) Doubt
9) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10) Leatherheads


BEST MAKEUP
1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
3) The Dark Knight

4) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
5) The Argentine
6) Blindness
7) The Duchess
8) Revolutionary Road


BEST ART DIRECTION
1) Australia
2) Revolutionary Road
3) Valkyrie
4) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
5) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

6) The Dark Knight
7) Synecdoche, New York
8) The Duchess
9) Appaloosa
10) Changeling


BEST EDITING
1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2) Australia
3) The Argentine
4) Appaloosa
5) Milk

6) Defiance
7) Revolutionary Road
8) Redbelt
9) Body of Lies
10) Blindness


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3) Iron Man

4) The Incredible Hulk
5) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
6) Speed Racer
7) Hancock
8) The Happening


BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
1) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2) Wall-E
3) Defiance
4) The Dark Knight
5) Speed Racer

6) Cloverfield
7) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
8) Appaloosa
9) The Incredible Hulk
10) Righteous Kill


BEST SOUND MIXING
1) Wall-E
2) Appaloosa
3) Mamma Mia
4) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5) Cloverfield

6) The Dark Knight
7) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
8) The Incredible Hulk
9) Iron Man
10) Righteous Kill