Oscars 2009: Nominees

By Time Out editors Thu Jan 22 2009

Best Picture nominees

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

The actors

Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin The Milk actor can take a joke. He can dish them out, too.	Best Actress Melissa Leo Early buzz for Frozen River may have her bringing home the Oscar.	Best Actor Richard Jenkins The Visitor star sings the praises of doing as little as possible onscreen.
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams Onscreen, and in real life, she reveals just what she wants.	Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson Fresh off Benjamin Button, the co-star is ready to reveal all.

The directors

Best Documentary James Marsh Turning a wire-walking stunt into high drama in Man on Wire.	Best Director Danny Boyle Working on the cheap for Slumdog Millionaire liberates the director.
Best Documentary Werner Herzog The film giant finds cold comfort with Encounters at the End of the World.	Best Director Gus Van Sant With Milk and Paranoid Park, he refuses to be categorized.

The writers

Best Original Screenplay Andrew Stanton How he made the trash-collecting robot WALL E* a hero.	Best Original Screenplay Dustin Lance Black Writing the script for Milk was easy, getting it made was another story.
Best Original Screenplay Martin McDonagh The writer and director of In Bruges muses on his darkly comic worldview.	Best Original Screenplay Mike Leigh The writer/director of Happy-Go-Lucky discusses the story behind the film.

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