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