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2008 AWARD PREDICTIONS
Academy Awards Date: February 22, 2009.
Names in order of likelihood (not alphabetized).
Top 5 or 3 numerical selections are official predictions.

Award predictions last updated 02.20.2009.
Page created 01.22.2009.
Page design last updated 06.29.2009.

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BEST PICTURE !
1. Slumdog Millionaire *
2. Milk
3. The Reader
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Frost / Nixon
BEST ACTRESS !
1. Kate Winslet, The Reader *
2. Meryl Streep, Doubt
3. Melissa Leo, Frozen River
4. Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
5. Angelina Jolie, Changeling
BEST ACTOR !
1. Sean Penn, Milk *
2. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
3. Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
4. Frank Langella, Frost / Nixon
5. Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Viola Davis, Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona *
3. Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Amy Adams, Doubt
5. Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR !
1. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight *
2. Josh Brolin, Milk
3. Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
5. Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
BEST DIRECTOR !
1. Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire *
2. Gus Van Sant, Milk
3. Stephen Daldry, The Reader
4. David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Ron Howard, Frost / Nixon
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY !
1. Dustin Lance Black, Milk *
2. Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
3. Martin McDonaugh, In Bruges
4. Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
5. Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY !
1. Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire *
2. John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
3. David Hare, The Reader
5. Peter Morgan , Frost / Nixon
3. Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST FOREIGN FILM
1. Israel, Waltz With Bashir
2. France, The Class
3. Japan, Departures *
4. Germany, The Baader Meinhof Complex
5. Austria, Revanche
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE !
1. WALL-E *
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Bolt
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. Presto
2. This Way Up
3. Oktapodi
4. Lavatory - Lovestory
5. La Maison en Petits Cubes *
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. The Pig
2. New Boy
3. Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)
4. Manon on the Asphault
5. Spielzeugland (Toyland) *
BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE LENGTH !
1. Man on Wire *
2. Trouble the Water
3. Encounters at the End of the World
4. The Garden
5. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT
1. The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
2. The Final Itch
3. The Conscience of Nhem En
4. Smile Pinki *
BEST ART / SET DECORATION !
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
2. The Dark Knight
3. Revolutionary Road
4. The Duchess
5. Changeling
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY !
1. Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire *
2. Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
4. Roger Deakins & Chris Menges, The Reader
5. Tom Stern, Changeling
BEST COSTUME DESIGN !
1. The Duchess *
2. Milk
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Australia
BEST FILM EDITING !
1. Slumdog Millionaire *
2. The Dark Knight
3. Milk
4. Frost/Nixon
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST MAKEUP !
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
2. The Dark Knight
3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Thomas Newman, WALL-E
2. A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire *
3. Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Bejamin Button
4. Danny Elfman, Milk
5. James Newton Howard, Defiance
BEST ORIGINAL SONG !
1. “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman & Gulzar *
2. “Down to Earth” from WALL-E by Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman
3. “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman & Maya Arulpragasam
BEST SOUND MIXING
1. The Dark Knight
2. WALL-E
3. Slumdog Millionaire *
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Wanted
BEST SOUND EDITING !
1. The Dark Knight *
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. Iron Man
5. Wanted
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS !
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
2. The Dark Knight
3. Iron Man
LEGEND:
Red-Orange indicates a film I am yet to view.
Indigo indicates a film I viewed after the awards.
Orchid indicates a film I have partially viewed.
Teal indicates a film I plan to view soon.
Asterisks (*) indicate a winning film.
Underlined indicates my preference (not prediction).
Exclamations (!) indicate a category in which an accurate prediction was made.
Gold indicates a category with all films viewed.