The Complete Oscar Quest: 82nd Academy Awards (2009)

2009

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• James Cameron, Avatar
• Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman, Invictus
• Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan, An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

• Matt Damon, Invictus
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

• Penelope Cruz, Nine
• Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
• Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sappire

Best Original Screenplay

• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Messenger
• A Serious Man
• Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

• District 9
• An Education
• In the Loop
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sappire
• Up in the Air

Best Editing

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Best Cinematography

• Avatar
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The White Ribbon

Best Original Score

• Avatar
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Hurt Locker
• Sherlock Holmes
• Up

Best Original Song

• “Almost There,” from The Princess and the Frog
• “Down in New Orleans,” from The Princess and the Frog
• “Loin de Paname,” from Paris 36
• “Take It All,” from Nine
• “The Weary Kind,” from Crazy Heart

Best Art Direction

• Avatar
• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• Nine
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Young Victoria

Best Costume Design

• Bright Star
• Coco Before Chanel
• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria

Best Makeup

• Il Divo
• Star Trek
• The Young Victoria

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar
• District 9
• Star Trek

Best Sound Editing

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Up

Best Sound Mixing

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Animated Feature

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ajami
• The Milk of Sorrow
• A Prophet
• The Secret in Their Eyes
• The White Ribbon

Best Documentary

• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
• Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short

• China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of the Sichuan Province
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
• Music by Prudence
• Rabbit a la Berlin

Best Live-Action Short

• The Door
• Instead of Abracadabra
• Kavi
• Miracle Fish
• The New Tenants

Best Animated Short

• French Roast
• Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
• The Lady and the Reaper
• Logorama
• A Matter of Loaf and Death

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. Avatar
2. The Blind Side
3. Bright Star
4. Coco Before Chanel
5. Coraline
6. Crazy Heart
7. District 9
8. Il Divo
9. An Education
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
12. The Hurt Locker
13. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
14. In the Loop
15. Inglourious Basterds
16. Invictus
17. Julie & Julia
18. The Last Station
19. The Lovely Bones
20. The Messenger
21. Nine
22. Paris 36
23. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
24. The Princess and the Frog
25. The Secret of Kells
26. A Serious Man
27. Sherlock Holmes
28. Star Trek
29. A Single Man
30. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
31. Up
32. Up in the Air
33. The White Ribbon
34. The Young Victoria

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