And The Winners Are…

February 23, 2009 at 7:04am PST

Tags: Academy Awards, Danny Boyle, Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet, Milk, Oscars, Penelope Cruz, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Reader, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Wall-E

Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at the Academy Awards, winning eight of the ten awards it was nominated for. Milk's star and writer were also lauded while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had the most nods going into the night, twelve in total, but was only recognized for its visual and technical achievements.

And the winners are...

Best Motion Picture of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Achievement in Directing: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy
Best Adapted Screenplay: Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Best Foreign Language Film: Okuribito (Departures)
Best Achievement in Music, Original Song: Slumdog Millionaire, “Jai Ho”
Best Achievement in Music, Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Achievement in Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Achievement in Sound: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Achievement in Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short: Smile Pinki
Best Short Film, Live Action: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Short Film, Animated: La Maison en Petits Cubes (The House of Little Boxes)
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Achievement in Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Achievement in Costume Design: The Duchess
Best Achievement in Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

–Sasha Perl-Raver

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