Ty's pick to win
Boston Globe criticWesley's pick to win
Boston Globe critic-
Academy Award winner
Highlighted in red
Best Adapted Screenplay
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Roth & Robin Swicord -
Doubt
John Patrick Shanley -
Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan -
The Reader
David Hare -
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
Best Original Screenplay
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Frozen River
Courtney Hunt -
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh -
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh -
Milk
Dustin Lance Black -
WALL-E
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter
Best Animated Feature Film
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Bolt
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Kung Fu Panda
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WALL-E
Best Foreign Film
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Germany -
The Class
France -
Departures
Japan -
Revanche
Australia -
Waltz With Bashir
Israel
Best Documentary Feature
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The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
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Encounters at the End of the World
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The Garden
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Man on Wire
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Trouble the Water
Best Original Song
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"Down to Earth" WALL-E
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman -
"Jai Ho" Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman & Gulzar -
"O Saya" Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman & Maya Arulpragasam
Best Original Score
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Alexandre Desplat -
Defiance
James Newton Howard -
Milk
Danny Elfman -
Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman -
Wall-E
Thomas Newman
Best Film Editing
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Dark Knight
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Frost/Nixon
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Milk
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Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography
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Changeling
Tom Stern -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cladio Miranda -
The Dark Knight
Wally Pfister -
The Reader
Roger Deakins & Chris Menges -
Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Makeup
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Benjamin Button
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The Dark Knight
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Art Direction
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Changeling
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Benjamin Button
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The Dark Knight
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The Duchess
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Revolutionary Road
Best Costume Design
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Australia
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Duchess
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Milk
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Revolutionary Road
Best Animated Short Film
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La Maison en Petits Cubes
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Lavatory: Lovestory
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Oktapodi
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Presto
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This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
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Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
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Manon on the Asphalt
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New Boy
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The Pig
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Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
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The Conscience of Nhem En
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The Final Inch
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Smile Pinki
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The Witness: From the Balcony of
Room 306
Best Sound Mixing
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Dark Knight
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Slumdog Millionaire
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WALL-E
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Wanted
Best Sound Editing
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The Dark Knight
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Iron Man
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Slumdog Millionaire
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WALL-E
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Wanted
Best Visual Effects
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Benjamin Button
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The Dark Knight
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Iron Man
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