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:
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- Bright Star
- Coco Before Chanel
- Coraline
- Crazy Heart
- District 9
- Il Divo
- An Education
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Hurt Locker
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
- In the Loop
- Inglourious Basterds
- Invictus
- Julie & Julia
- The Last Station
- The Lovely Bones
- The Messenger
- Nine
- Paris 36
- Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret of Kells
- A Serious Man
- Sherlock Holmes
- Star Trek
- A Single Man
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Up
- Up in the Air
- The White Ribbon
- The Young Victoria
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