'Slumdog Millionaire' prevails at Oscars 2009: Complete Winners List

Slumdog Millionaire' prevailed at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with 8 Oscars from 10 nominations. Sean Penn with Robin Wright Penn at the Oscars 2009. Photo Credit: Erik Ovanespour / A.M.P.A.S.

February 23, 2009, (Sawf News) - Slumdog Millionaire prevailed at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with 8 Oscars from 10 nominations.

The Danny Boyle helmed film bagged Oscars for Best Motion Picture (Christian Colson), Directing, Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty), Film editing (Chris Dickens), Original Score (A.R. Rahman) and Original Song (A.R. Rahman).

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won three Oscars; Art Direction, Makeup, Visual effects.

Milk won Oscars for Original Screenplay and Best Actor; and The Dark Knight for Best Supporting Actor, Sound editing.

Sean Penn was named best actor in a leading performance in Milk.

Kate Winslet won her first Oscar from six nominations for her performance as Hanna Schmitz, a Nazi prison guard, in The Reader.

Late Heath Ledger won the award for the Best Supporting actor in The Dark Knight. The award was accepted by his parents and sister on behalf of his daughter Matilda.

Best motion picture of the year

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer - Winner
* "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


Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features) - Winner
* Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
* Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) - Winner
* Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
* Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
* Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton - Winner
* "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

Achievement in art direction

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo - Winner
* "Changeling" (Universal),
 Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* "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

Achievement in cinematography

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle - Winner
* "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

Achievement in costume design

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

Achievement in directing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle - Winner
* "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

Best documentary feature

* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures),
 A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn - Winner
* "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
* "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films),
 An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

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

Achievement in film editing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens - Winner
* "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

Best foreign language film of the year

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

Achievement in makeup

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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar - Winner
* "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),
 Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam                

Best animated short film

* "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato - Winner
* "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

Best live action short film

* "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank - Winner
* "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

Achievement in sound editing

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King - Winner
* "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

Achievement in sound mixing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke
 and Resul Pookutty - Winner
* "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
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba,
 Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - Winner
* "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

Adapted screenplay

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy - Winner
* "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

Original screenplay

* "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black - Winner
* "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
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, 
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Oscar 2009 winners list

Slumdog Millionaire is in top of Oscar awards 2009 winners list, it has won 8 Oscars in 81st Academy Awards 2009. “Slumdog Millionaire” and its director, Danny Boyle, with their modern-day fairy tale about hope and hard times in the slums of Mumbai, pushed aside big-studio contenders to sweep top honors at the 81st annual Academy Awards on Sunday.

The many prizes for “Slumdog Millionaire” — whose writer, Simon Beaufoy, was honored for best adapted screenplay, among others prizes for the film — completed the film’s steady march past competitors like “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” from Paramount Pictures and “Frost/Nixon” from Universal Pictures.

A.R. Rahman

A.R. Rahman, won the Oscar. As for the medley, the show went on with Rahman performing both “Jai Ho” and “O Saya,” the song he co-wrote with M.I.A. John Legend stepped in for Peter Gabriel, singing the 65-second version of “Down to Earth” that the producers demanded of Gabriel.

Oscar Winner Kate Winslet

Best actress honors went to Kate Winslet for her performance in “The Reader” as a German woman who becomes romantically involved with a teenager while concealing her role in the Holocaust.

Oscar 2009 Winner Penelope Croz

Penelope Cruz won for best supporting actress for her role in “Vickie Cristina Barcelona,” she gave part of her speech in Spanish.

Here is Oscar 2009 winners list:

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: A.R. Rahman and Gulzar — Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Departures

BEST ART DIRECTION: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Duchess

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Man on a Wire

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: Smile Pinki

BEST EDITING: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MAKEUP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: La Maison en Petits Cubes

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST SOUND EDITING: The Dark Knight

BEST SOUND MIXING: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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