Who Won 81st Annual Academy Awards?
Feb 22, 2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards were held February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre. "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" has the most nominations with thirteen. But it was "Slumdog Millionaire" which dominated the evening. "Slumdog" went in with ten nominations and won eight Oscars.
| Best Picture | Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson, Producer |
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| Best Actor | Sean Penn (Milk) |  |
| Best Actress | Kate Winslet (The Reader) |  |
| Best Supporting Actor | Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) |  |
| Best Supporting Actress | Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) |  |
| Best Director | Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) | |
| Adapted Screenplay | Slumdog Millionaire Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy |
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| Original Screenplay | Milk Written by Dustin Lance Black |
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| Animated Feature Film | WALL-E Andrew Stanton |
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| Foreign Language Film | Departures Japan |
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| Documentary Feature | Man On Wire James Marsh and Simon Chinn |
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| Documentary Short | Smile Pinki Megan Mylan |
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| Short Film (Live Action) | Spielzeugland (Toyland) Jochen Alexander Freydank |
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| Short Film (Animated) | La Maison en Petits Cubes Kunio Kato |
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| Film Editing | Slumdog Millionaire Chris Dickens |
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| Cinematography | Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle |
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| Costume Design | The Duchess Michael O'Connor |
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| Makeup | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Greg Cannom |
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| Art Direction | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo |
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| Sound Editing | The Dark Knight Richard King |
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| Sound Mixing | Slumdog Millionaire Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty |
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| Visual Effects | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron |
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| Original Score | Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman, Composer |
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| Original Song | "Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire) Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar |
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