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Oscar Watch: BAFTA Noms Slight Dark Knight
Despite a perceived slight from the British Academy Award (BAFTA) nominations, which after all are from the Brits, who can be a snobby club, The Dark Knight is still looking strong for multiple Oscar noms, including best picture. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button boasted the most noms with 11 apiece. Here's the list.
BAFTA nominations BEST FILM "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin "Frost/Nixon" — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard "Milk" — Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen "The Reader" — Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris "Slumdog Millionaire" — Christian Colson DIRECTOR "Changeling" — Clint Eastwood "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — David Fincher "Frost/Nixon" — Ron Howard "The Reader" — Stephen Daldry "Slumdog Millionaire" — Danny Boyle ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY "Burn After Reading" — Joel Coen, Ethan Coen "Changeling" — J. Michael Straczynski "I've Loved You So Long" — Philippe Claudel "In Bruges" — Martin McDonagh "Milk" — Dustin Lance Black ADAPTED SCREENPLAY "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Eric Roth "Frost/Nixon" — Peter Morgan "The Reader" — David Hare "Revolutionary Road" — Justin Haythe "Slumdog Millionaire" — Simon Beaufoy LEADING ACTOR Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" LEADING ACTRESS Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Kristin Scott Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long" Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kate Winslet, "The Reader" Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road" SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Brendan Gleeson, "In Bruges" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Brad Pitt, "Burn After Reading" SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams, "Doubt" Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Freida Pinto, "Slumdog Millionaire" Tilda Swinton, "Burn After Reading" Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler" MUSIC "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Alexandre Desplat "The Dark Knight" — Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard "Mamma Mia!" — Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus "Slumdog Millionaire" — A.R. Rahman "Wall-E" — Thomas Newman CINEMATOGRAPHY "Changeling" — Tom Stern "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Claudio Miranda "The Dark Knight" — Wally Pfister "The Reader" — Chris Menges, Roger Deakins "Slumdog Millionaire" — Anthony Dod Mantle EDITING "Changeling" — Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall "The Dark Knight" — Lee Smith "Frost/Nixon" — Mike Hill, Dan Hanley "In Bruges" — Jon Gregory "Slumdog Millionaire" — Chris Dickens PRODUCTION DESIGN "Changeling" — James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo "The Dark Knight" — Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando "Revolutionary Road" — Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt "Slumdog Millionaire" — Mark Digby, Michelle Day COSTUME DESIGN "Changeling" — Deborah Hopper "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Jacqueline West "The Dark Knight" — Lindy Hemming "The Duchess" — Michael O'Connor "Revolutionary Road" — Albert Wolsky SOUND "Changeling" — Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff "The Dark Knight" — Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo "Quantum of Solace" — Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor "Slumdog Millionaire" — Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp "Wall-E" — Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams "The Dark Knight" — Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" — Pablo Helman "Iron Man" — Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow "Quantum of Solace" — Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug MAKE UP & HAIR "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan "The Dark Knight" — Peter Robb-King "The Duchess" — Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald "Frost/Nixon" — Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio "Milk" — Steven E. Anderson, Michael White OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM "Hunger" — Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh "In Bruges" — Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh "Mamma Mia!" — Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson "Man on Wire" — Simon Chinn, James Marsh "Slumdog Millionaire" — Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE "The Baader Meinhof Complex" — Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel "Gomorrah" — Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone "I've Loved You So Long" — Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel "Persepolis" — Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud "Waltz With Bashir" — Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman ANIMATED FILM "Persepolis" — Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud "Wall-E" — Andrew Stanton "Waltz With Bashir" — Ari Folman
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TDK does not deserve to win Best Picture. It may be well acted, well written, well directed, with stunning cinemateography and a great immortal performance by Heath Ledger, but this movie lacks one thing: soul. It has no soul, like Slumdog Millionaire.
SLUMDOG ALL THE WAY!
Posted by: Ugly Deaf Muslim Punk Gurl! | January 15, 2009 at 11:12 AM
I'm surprised that Benjamin Button got so many nominations. There really doesn't seem to have been as much buzz about it in comparison to other films. I think this year's oscars should be interesting because of the number films amazing films produced and written this year out this year.
Evan
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Posted by: Evan | January 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
i hope the brits dont vote slumdog down he line thus ruining its oscar chances.
Posted by: Ramesh | January 15, 2009 at 01:39 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/jan/15/danny-boyle-shows
"Slumdog Millionaire could only have been made by a westerner
Danny Boyle's Bafta-nominated crowd-pleaser shows how blind Bollywood producers are to the reality of India"
Posted by: David C | January 15, 2009 at 01:44 PM
oh come on! Shakeshere it's not.
It's just caught the imagination of a ...uh... post racial ...America...
Maybe an Indian couldn't make such a movei because, even if he did the british wouldn't watch it.....
Posted by: Ramesh | January 15, 2009 at 03:42 PM
(and slumdog is so yesterday. I've moved on to dilli 6.)
Posted by: Ramesh | January 15, 2009 at 03:48 PM
also,
read the comments section here:
http://rameshram.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/editorial-slumdog-millionaire-and-the-question-of-indian-poverty-art/
Posted by: Ramesh | January 15, 2009 at 03:59 PM
What about the Reader then? It got a best film nomination from BAFTA. I don't think very many others raved about it
Posted by: Shali | January 16, 2009 at 02:05 PM