The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. And the winners are:
Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor Sean Penn Milk
Best Actress Kate Winslet The Reader
Best Director Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay Dustin Lance Black Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature Andrew Stanton WALL-E
Best Foreign Language Film Departures (Japan) in Japanese Yojiro Takita
Best Art Direction The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Best Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Costume Design The Duchess Michael O'Connor
Best Documentary Feature Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short Smile Pinki
Best Animated Short La Maison En Petits Cubes Kunio Kato
Best Live Action Short Toyland (Spielzeugland)
Best Film Editing Slumdog Millionaire Chris Dickens
Best Makeup The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Greg Cannom
Best Original Score Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman
Best Original Song 'Jai Ho' from Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
Best Sound Editing The Dark Knight Richard King
Best Sound Mixing Slumdog Millionaire Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Best Visual Effects The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
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