The Dark Knight shall be pre­mier­ing on HBO this Fri­day, and with it are two dif­fer­ent pre­views, each set to The Pix­ies track, “Where is my mind?”.

The results are in for the 2009 81st Acad­emy Awards — Heath Ledger has won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Sup­port­ing Role for his por­trayal of the Joker. The Dark Knight also picked up another award for Best Sound Edit­ing. In The Dark Knight’s six other nom­i­na­tions it often lost out to either the Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton or Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire, the lat­ter of which won 8 in total includ­ing Best Pic­ture and Best Director.

Full results list after the break…
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On the eve of Oscars night 2009 The Dark Knight’s total inter­na­tional earn­ings soared past the one bil­lion mark, one of only four films to ever do so (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King being the oth­ers). The re-release in IMAX loca­tions finally tipped The Dark Knight over the final élite boundary.

The fig­ures break down as:

Domes­tic: $533,090,262 53.3%
For­eign: $467,991,898 46.7%

What a day to be com­par­ing the $1bn mak­ing Dark Knight with films such as Titanic and Return of the King — movies that swept the Acad­emy Awards up in stun­ning fash­ion — each grab­bing 11 Oscars includ­ing Best Pic­ture and Best Direc­tor; mak­ing the Academy’s 2009 Best Pic­ture and Best Direc­tor Dark Knight snubs even more galling. As it is, all our chips lie on the Best Sup­port­ing Actor where we are all cross­ing our fin­gers and hop­ing that Heath Ledger can pick up that much deserved posthu­mous Oscar award for his stun­ning por­trayal as The Joker.

Other cat­e­gories include: Art Direc­tion, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy, Film Edit­ing, Makeup, Sound Edit­ing, Sound Mix­ing, and Visual Effects. The Dark Knight could win a total of 8 awards, which would be a grand enough sweep minus the big two, although this is pre­dicted as very unlikely.

The BBC have put up the BAFTA accep­tance speeches, below is the speech made on behalf of Heath Ledger on win­ning Best Sup­port­ing Actor:

The British movie awards have just ended, Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire swept up the major­ity of the awards whilst The Dark Knight picked up just the one — Heath Ledger posthu­mously awarded Best Sup­port­ing Actor:

Sup­port­ing actor
Robert Downey Jr — Tropic Thun­der
Bren­dan Glee­son — In Bruges
Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt — Burn After Read­ing
Philip Sey­mour Hoff­man — Doubt

View the full results at the BBC.

Last night was the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, usu­ally seen as a very good indi­ca­tion of who the Oscar win­ners shall be. Heath Ledger’s The Joker pulled through fend­ing off com­pe­ti­tion from the likes of Downey Jr. and Josh Brolin:

Out­stand­ing Actor In A Sup­port­ing Role

Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
Phillip Sey­mour Hoff­man — Doubt
Dev Patel — Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire
Robert Downey Jr. — Tropic Thun­der
Josh Brolin — Milk
WINNER: Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight

The signs are look­ing good, and given TDK’s Best Pic­ture and Best Direc­tor snubs, all our chips and Heath Ledger’s are in on this one.

TDK also brought home a sec­ond award from the SAGs for “Out­stand­ing Per­for­mance by a Stunt Ensem­ble in a Motion Pic­ture”.

The list of IMAX the­aters across the world that have re-released The Dark Knight has been announced by the WB.

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The Dark Knight: The IMAX Expe­ri­ence is sched­uled to play at the fol­low­ing loca­tions start­ing on Jan­u­ary 23rd.

UNITED STATES

Ari­zona

Mesa — Gate­way 12 IMAX The­atre
Phoenix — AMC Deer Val­ley 30 with IMAX
Tempe — IMAX The­atre at Ari­zona Mills

Arkansas

Lit­tle Rock — Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre

Cal­i­for­nia

Ana­heim — The Movie Expe­ri­ence 14 at Ana­heim Gar­den­walk
Arca­dia — AMC Santa Anita 16 & IMAX
Bur­bank — AMC Bur­bank 16 & IMAX
Cathe­dral City — Desert IMAX The­atre
Dublin — Regal Hacienda Cross­ings Sta­dium 21 & IMAX
Emeryville — AMC Bay Street 16 & IMAX
Fresno — Edwards Fresno Sta­dium 22 & IMAX
Irvine — Edwards Irvine Spec­trum IMAX
Los Ange­les — AMC Cen­tury City 15 & IMAX
Los Ange­les — AMC Uni­ver­sal City­Walk Sta­dium 19 with IMAX
Los Ange­les — IMAX The­atre at The Bridge: cin­ema de lux
Mon­terey — Can­nery Row IMAX The­atre
Ontario — Edwards Ontario Palace 22 & IMAX
Sacra­mento — Edwards Fair­field Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Sacra­mento — Esquire IMAX The­atre
Sacra­mento — Regal Cin­e­mas El Dorado Hills Sta­dium 14 & IMAX
San Diego — Mira Mesa Sta­dium 18 & IMAX
San Jose — AMC Eastridge Mall 15 & IMAX
San Fran­cisco — AMC Loews Metreon 16 with IMAX
Simi Val­ley — Civic Cen­ter Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Stock­ton — Regal City Cen­tre Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Tor­rance — AMC Del Amo 18 & IMAX

Col­orado

Col­orado Springs — Cin­e­mark Care­free Cir­cle IMAX The­atre
Den­ver — UA Col­orado Cen­ter Sta­dium 9 & IMAX
West­min­ster — AMC Orchards of West­min­ster 12 & IMAX

Con­necti­cut

Man­ches­ter — IMAX The­atre at Show­case Cin­e­mas Buck­land Hills
Nor­walk — IMAX The­atre at The Mar­itime Aquarium

Florida

Alta­monte Springs — AMC Alta­monte Mall 18 & IMAX
Aven­tura — AMC Aven­tura 24 & IMAX
Fort Laud­erdale — Auto­Na­tion® IMAX® The­ater at Museum of Dis­cov­ery
and Sci­ence
Fort Myers — Regal Gulf Coast Town Cen­ter Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Jack­sonville — AMC Regency 24 & IMAX
Orange Park — AMC Orange Park 24 & IMAX
Orlando — Pointe Orlando 20 & IMAX
St. Augus­tine — World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX The­atre
St. Peters­burg — Muvico Bay­walk 20 & IMAX
Tal­la­has­see — IMAX The­atre at the Chal­lenger Learn­ing Cen­ter
Tampa — AMC Vet­er­ans 24 & IMAX
Tampa — Chan­nel­side Cin­e­mas IMAX
Tampa — IMAX Dome The­atre at MOSI
West Palm Beach — Muvico Parisian 20 & IMAX

Geor­gia

Augusta — Augusta Exchange Sta­dium 20 & IMAX
Buford — Regal Mall of Geor­gia Sta­dium 20 & IMAX

Idaho

Boise — Edwards Boise Sta­dium 22 & IMAX

Illi­nois

Batavia — Ran­dall 15 IMAX
Chicago — Navy Pier IMAX The­atre
Lin­colnshire — Regal Lin­colnshire 20 & IMAX
Woodridge — Cin­e­mark Seven Bridges IMAX Theatre

Indi­ana

Evans­ville — IMAX The­atre at Show­place Cin­e­mas East 18
Indi­anapo­lis — IMAX The­atre at the Indi­ana State Museum
Indi­anapo­lis — Kera­sotes Show­Place 16 & IMAX
Noblesville — Hamil­ton Towne Cen­ter 16 + IMAX
Portage — Portage 16 IMAX

Iowa

Dav­en­port — Put­nam Museum and IMAX The­atre
Des Moines — Sci­ence Cen­ter of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater

Kansas

Olathe — AMC Stu­dio 30 & IMAX

Ken­tucky

Louisville — IMAX Cin­ema De Lux 20: Stonybrook

Louisiana

Hara­han — AMC Elm­wood Palace 20 & IMAX
New Orleans — Entergy IMAX The­atre, Audubon Aquar­ium of the Americas

Mary­land

Bal­ti­more — AMC Loews White Marsh 16 & IMAX
Colum­bia — AMC Colum­bia 14 & IMAX

Mass­a­chu­setts

Boston — New Eng­land Aquarium’s Simons IMAX The­atre
Nat­ick — Ver­i­zon IMAX 3D The­ater at Jordan’s Fur­ni­ture — Nat­ick
Read­ing — Ver­i­zon IMAX 3D The­ater at Jordan’s Fur­ni­ture — Reading

Michi­gan

Dear­born — The Henry Ford IMAX The­atre
Grand Blanc — NGC Tril­lium Cin­ema IMAX The­atre
Grand Rapids — Cel­e­bra­tion! Cin­ema IMAX The­atre
Lans­ing — Cel­e­bra­tion! Cin­ema IMAX The­atre
Ster­ling Heights — AMC Forum 30 & IMAX
Ypsi­lanti — Show­case Cin­e­mas Ann Arbor IMAX

Min­nesota

Apple Val­ley — Great Clips IMAX Theatre

Mis­souri

Kansas City — AMC Bar­ry­Woods 24 & IMAX
St. Louis — Wehren­berg The­atres Ron­nies 20 Cine IMAX

Nevada

Las Vegas — Bren­den The­atres and IMAX at the Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas — Regal Red Rock Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Las Vegas — Regal Aliante Sta­dium 16 & IMAX

New Hamp­shire

Hook­sett — Cin­emagic IMAX Theatre

New Jer­sey

Atlantic City –Trop­i­cana Casino and Resort IMAX The­atre
Cherry Hill — AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 & IMAX
Hamil­ton — AMC Hamil­ton 24 & IMAX

New York

Albany — Regal Cross­gates Mall 18 & IMAX
Deer Park — Regal Deer Park Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Gar­den City — Grum­man IMAX at Cra­dle of Avi­a­tion
New Rochelle — Regal New Roc City 18 & IMAX
New York City — AMC Loews Lin­coln Square 13 & IMAX
New York City — AMC Empire 25 & IMAX
Rochester — Cin­e­mark IMAX The­atre at Tin­sel­town USA
West Nyack — IMAX The­atre at Pal­isades Cen­ter
White Plains — IMAX The­atre at City Cen­ter: Cin­ema De Lux 15
Williamsville — Regal Tran­sit Cen­ter 18 & IMAX

North Car­olina

Raleigh — Wachovia IMAX The­atre at Mar­bles Kids Museum

Ohio

Spring­dale — IMAX The­atre at Spring­dale 18: Cin­ema De Lux
Colum­bus — AMC Eas­ton Town Cen­ter 30 & IMAX

Okla­homa

Tulsa — Cin­e­mark IMAX The­atre at the Tulsa

Ore­gon

Tigard — Regal Bridge­port Vil­lage Sta­dium 18 & IMAX

Penn­syl­va­nia

Ben­salem — AMC Neshaminy 24 & IMAX
Har­ris­burg — Select Med­ical IMAX The­ater at The Whitaker Cen­ter
Home­stead — AMC Water­front 22 & IMAX
King of Prus­sia — UA King of Prus­sia Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Philadel­phia — Tut­tle­man IMAX The­atre at the Franklin Insti­tute
Read­ing — RC Read­ing Movies 11 & IMAX
Tar­en­tum — Cin­e­mark IMAX The­atre at the Gal­le­ria Pitts­burgh Mills

Rhode Island

Prov­i­dence — Prov­i­dence Place Cin­e­mas 16 & IMAX

Ten­nessee

Knoxville — Regal Pin­na­cle Sta­dium 18 & IMAX
Nashville — Regal Opry Mills 20 & IMAX

Texas

Austin — The Bob Bul­lock Texas State His­tory Museum IMAX The­atre
Col­leyville — Col­leyville Cin­ema & Grille IMAX The­atre
Dal­las — Cin­e­mark IMAX The­atre at Cin­e­mark 17
Fort Worth — Fort Worth Museum Omni The­ater
Hous­ton — AMC Gulf Pointe 30 & IMAX
Hous­ton — Edwards Hous­ton Marq*E 23 & IMAX
San Anto­nio — San­tikos Pal­la­dium 18 IMAX The­atre
Sugar Land — AMC First Colony 24 & IMAX
Tomball — San­tikos Sil­ver­ado Sta­tion 18 IMAX

Utah

Sandy — Megaplex 17 IMAX at Jor­dan Commons

Vir­ginia

Alexan­dria — AMC Hoff­man Cen­ter 22 & IMAX
Chan­tilly — Air­bus IMAX The­ater at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Cen­ter
Hamp­ton — River­side IMAX The­ater at the Vir­ginia Air & Space Cen­ter
Vir­ginia Beach — AMC Lynnhaven 18 & IMAX
Wood­bridge — AMC Potomac Mills 18 & IMAX

Wash­ing­ton

Lacey — Regal Mar­tin Vil­lage Sta­dium 16 & IMAX
Seat­tle — Pacific Sci­ence Cen­ter Boe­ing IMAX The­atre
Spokane — River­front Park IMAX
Tuk­wila — AMC South­cen­ter 16 & IMAX

Wash­ing­ton DC

Wash­ing­ton DC — Samuel C. John­son IMAX The­ater at the National Museum of
Nat. History

Wis­con­sin

Fitch­burg — Kera­sotes Star 18 & IMAX

CANADA

Alberta

Cal­gary — Cine­plex Sco­tia­bank The­atre Chi­nook IMAX The­atre
Edmon­ton — Cine­plex Sco­tia­bank West Edmon­ton Mall IMAX Theatre

British Colum­bia

Lan­g­ley — Cine­plex Colos­sus Lan­g­ley IMAX The­atre
Rich­mond — Cine­plex Sil­verCity River­port IMAX The­atre
Van­cou­ver — CN The­atre at Canada Place

Man­i­toba

Win­nipeg — IMAX The­atre at Portage Place

Nova Sco­tia

Hal­i­fax — Empire IMAX, Bayer’s Lake

Ontario

Mis­sis­sauga — Cine­plex Col­i­seum Mis­sis­sauga IMAX The­atre
Ottawa — Cine­plex Sil­verCity Glouces­ter IMAX The­atre
Toronto — Cine­plex Sco­tia­bank The­atre Toronto IMAX The­atre
Wood­bridge — Cine­plex Colos­sus Wood­bridge IMAX Theatre

Que­bec

Mon­tréal — Cine­plex Sco­tia­bank The­atre Mon­tréal IMAX The­atre
Que­bec City — IMAX le Theatre

INTERNATIONAL

Argentina

Buenos Aires — IMAX Cen­ter Norte

Aus­tralia

Mel­bourne — Hoyts High­point IMAX
Mel­bourne — IMAX The­atre, Mel­bourne Museum
Perth — Hoyts Carousel IMAX
Syd­ney — Hoyts Enter­tain­ment Quar­ter IMAX
Syd­ney — LG IMAX Theatre

Brazil

Sao Paolo — Uni­banco IMAX Cinema

China

Hong Kong — UA MegaBox IMAX Theatre

Colum­bia

Bogota — IMAX The­atre Plaza de las Americas

Ecuador

Guayaquil — Fun­da­cion Male­con 2000

Guatemala

Guatemala City — Pradera Concepcion

Korea

Goyangsi — CGV Ilsan
Seoul — CGV Wangsipni
Seoul — CGV Yongsan

Mex­ico

Guadala­jara — Cinepo­lis Gale­rias Guadala­jara IMAX The­atre
Mex­ico City — Cinepo­lis Perisur IMAX The­atre
Mex­ico City — Cinepo­lis Uni­ver­si­dad IMAX The­atre
Mon­ter­rey — Cinepo­lis Gale­rias Valle Ori­ente IMAX The­atre
Toluca — Cinepo­lis Gale­rias Mete­pec IMAX Theatre

Nether­lands

Ams­ter­dam — Pathe Arena IMAX

Philip­pines

Manila — San Miguel Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre

Tai­wan

Taipei — Sam­sung IMAX Mira­mar Cinemas

United King­dom

Birm­ing­ham — IMAX The­atre at Mil­len­nium Point
Brad­ford — IMAX National Media Museum
Glas­gow — Glas­gow Sci­ence Cen­tre IMAX Cin­ema
Green­wich — Odeon Green­wich IMAX
Lon­don — BFI Lon­don IMAX Cin­ema
Man­ches­ter — Odeon IMAX Cin­ema Man­ches­ter at The Print­works
Wim­ble­don — Odeon Wimbledon

The Dark knight has picked up 8 Oscar nom­i­na­tions for Best Sup­port­ing Actor, Art Direc­tion, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy, Film Edit­ing, Makeup, Sound Edit­ing, Sound Mix­ing, and Visual Effects. Most impor­tantly Heath Ledger is up there amongst Downey Jr., Hoff­man, Brolin and Shan­non in the Best Sup­port­ing Actor category.

Sad to see it miss out on the big ones though — Best Pic­ture and Best Director.

Sun­day Feb­ru­ary 22nd is the date for your books.

BEST PICTURE:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Pro­duc­tion, Kath­leen Kennedy, Frank Mar­shall and Ceán Chaf­fin, Pro­duc­ers
Frost/Nixon (Uni­ver­sal), A Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures, Imag­ine Enter­tain­ment and Work­ing Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fell­ner, Pro­duc­ers
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Com­pany Pro­duc­tion, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Pro­duc­ers
The Reader (The Wein­stein Com­pany), A Mirage Enter­prises and Neunte Babels­berg Film GmbH Pro­duc­tion, Nom­i­nees to be deter­mined
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), A Celador Films Production,Christian Col­son, Producer

DIRECTING:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
Frost/Nixon (Uni­ver­sal), Ron Howard
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), Gus Van Sant
The Reader (The Wein­stein Com­pany), Stephen Daldry
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Danny Boyle

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Richard Jenk­ins — The Vis­i­tor (Over­ture Films)
Frank Lan­gella — Frost/Nixon (Uni­ver­sal)
Sean Penn — Milk (Focus Fea­tures)
Brad Pitt — The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Anne Hath­away — Rachel Get­ting Mar­ried (Sony Pic­tures Clas­sics)
Angelina Jolie — Changeling (Uni­ver­sal)
Melissa Leo — Frozen River (Sony Pic­tures Clas­sics)
Meryl Streep — Doubt (Mira­max)
Kate Winslet — The Reader (The Wein­stein Company)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Josh Brolin — Milk (Focus Fea­tures)
Robert Downey Jr. — Tropic Thun­der (Dream­Works, Dis­trib­uted by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Sey­mour Hoff­man — Doubt (Mira­max)
Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shan­non — Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Road (Dream­Works, Dis­trib­uted by Para­mount Vantage)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams — Doubt (Mira­max)
Pené­lope Cruz — Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Wein­stein Com­pany)
Viola Davis — Doubt (Mira­max)
Taraji P. Hen­son — The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei — The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Screen­play by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt (Mira­max), Writ­ten by John Patrick Shan­ley
Frost/Nixon (Uni­ver­sal), Screen­play by Peter Mor­gan
The Reader (The Wein­stein Com­pany), Screen­play by David Hare
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Screen­play by Simon Beaufoy

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Frozen River (Sony Pic­tures Clas­sics), Writ­ten by Court­ney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mira­max), Writ­ten by Mike Leigh
In Bruges (Focus Fea­tures), Writ­ten by Mar­tin McDon­agh
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), Writ­ten by Dustin Lance Black
WALL•E (Walt Dis­ney), Screen­play by Andrew Stan­ton, Jim Rear­don, Orig­i­nal story by Andrew Stan­ton, Pete Docter

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Baader Mein­hof Com­plex A Con­stan­tin Film Pro­duc­tion, Ger­many
The Class (Sony Pic­tures Clas­sics), A Haut et Court Pro­duc­tion, France
Depar­tures (Regent Releas­ing), A Depar­tures Film Part­ners Pro­duc­tion, Japan
Revanche (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Pro­duc­tion, Aus­tria
Waltz with Bashir (Sony Pic­tures Clas­sics), A Bridgit Fol­man Film Gang Pro­duc­tion, Israel

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Bolt (Walt Dis­ney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion, Dis­trib­uted by Para­mount), John Steven­son and Mark Osborne
WALL•E (Walt Dis­ney), Andrew Stanton

ART DIRECTION:
Changeling (Uni­ver­sal), Art Direc­tion: James J. Murakami, Set Dec­o­ra­tion: Gary Fet­tis
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Art Direc­tion: Don­ald Gra­ham Burt, Set Dec­o­ra­tion: Vic­tor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Art Direc­tion: Nathan Crow­ley, Set Dec­o­ra­tion: Peter Lando
The Duchess (Para­mount Van­tage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direc­tion: Michael Car­lin, Set Dec­o­ra­tion: Rebecca Alle­way
Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Road (Dream­Works, Dis­trib­uted by Para­mount Van­tage), Art Direc­tion: Kristi Zea, Set Dec­o­ra­tion: Debra Schutt

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Changeling (Uni­ver­sal), Tom Stern
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Clau­dio Miranda
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfis­ter
The Reader (The Wein­stein Com­pany), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Anthony Dod Mantle

COSTUME DESIGN:
Aus­tralia (20th Cen­tury Fox), Cather­ine Mar­tin
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Jacque­line West
The Duchess (Para­mount Van­tage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), Danny Glicker
Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Road (Dream­Works, Dis­trib­uted by Para­mount Van­tage), Albert Wolsky

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
The Betrayal (Ner­akhoon) (Cin­ema Guild), A Pandin­lao Films Pro­duc­tion, Ellen Kuras and Thav­i­souk Phrasa­vath
Encoun­ters at the End of the World (THINK­Film and Image Enter­tain­ment), A Cre­ative Dif­fer­ences Pro­duc­tion, Werner Her­zog and Henry Kaiser
The Gar­den A Black Val­ley Films Pro­duc­tion, Scott Hamil­ton Kennedy
Man on Wire (Mag­no­lia Pic­tures), A Wall to Wall Pro­duc­tion, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Trou­ble the Water (Zeit­geist Films), An Else­where Films Pro­duc­tion, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

FILM EDITING:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Bax­ter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (Uni­ver­sal), Mike Hill and Dan Han­ley
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), Elliot Gra­ham
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Chris Dickens

MAKEUP:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Greg Can­nom
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
Hell­boy II: The Golden Army (Uni­ver­sal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Alexan­dre Desplat
Defi­ance (Para­mount Van­tage), James New­ton Howard
Milk (Focus Fea­tures), Danny Elf­man
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), A.R. Rah­man
WALL•E (Walt Dis­ney), Thomas Newman

ORIGINAL SONG:
“Down to Earth” from WALL•E (Walt Dis­ney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas New­man, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Music by A.R. Rah­man, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rah­man and­Maya Arulpragasam

SOUND MIXING:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Seman­ick, Ren Klyce and Mark Wein­garten
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
WALL•E (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Seman­ick and Ben Burtt
Wanted (Uni­ver­sal), Chris Jenk­ins, Frank A. Mon­taño and Petr Forejt

SOUND EDITING:
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Richard King
Iron Man (Para­mount and Mar­vel Enter­tain­ment), Frank Eul­ner and Christo­pher Boyes
Slum­dog Mil­lion­aire (Fox Search­light), Tom Say­ers
WALL•E (Walt Dis­ney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted (Universal),Wylie Stateman

VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton (Para­mount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dal­ton and Craig Bar­ron
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Cor­bould, Tim Web­ber and Paul Franklin
Iron Man (Para­mount and Mar­vel Enter­tain­ment), John Nel­son, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Con­science of Nhem En A Far­al­lon Films Pro­duc­tion, Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch A Ver­mil­ion Films Pro­duc­tion, Irene Tay­lor Brod­sky and Tom Grant
Smile Pinki A Principe Pro­duc­tion, Megan Mylan
The Wit­ness — From the Bal­cony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scis­sors Pro­duc­tion, Adam Pertof­sky and Mar­garet Hyde

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
La Mai­son en Petits Cubes A Robot Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Pro­duc­tion, Kunio Kato
Lava­tory — Lovestory A Mel­nitsa Ani­ma­tion Stu­dio and CTB Film Com­pany Pro­duc­tion, Kon­stan­tin Bronzit
Oktapodi (Talan­tis Films) A Gob­elins, L’école de l’image Pro­duc­tion, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marc­hand
Presto (Walt Dis­ney) A Pixar Ani­ma­tion Stu­dios Pro­duc­tion, Doug Sweet­land
This Way Up A Nexus Pro­duc­tion, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Auf der Strecke (On the Line) (Ham­burg Short­fil­ma­gency), An Acad­emy of Media Arts Cologne Pro­duc­tion, Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt (La Luna Pro­duc­tions), A La Luna Pro­duc­tion, Eliz­a­beth Marre and Olivier Pont
New Boy (Net­work Ire­land Tele­vi­sion), A Zanz­ibar Films Pro­duc­tion, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
The Pig An M & M Pro­duc­tion, Tivi Mag­nus­son and Dorte Høgh
Spielzeug­land (Toy­land) A Mephisto Film Pro­duc­tion, Jochen Alexan­der Freydank