You know it’s going to be what everyone is talking about at the water cooler today. If you don’t know the winners already, check out the list and avoid sounding like an idiot when you talk about how Slumdog Millionaire was robbed.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn – Milk
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger – Dark Knight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay
Milk – Dustin Lance Black
Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton
Best Animated Short
La Maison En Petits Cubes – Kunio Kato
Best Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Best Costume Design
The Duchess – Michael O’Connor
Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Live Action Short
Toyland (Spielzeugland)
Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short
Smile Pinki
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight – Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Best Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
Best Original Song
“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
Best Foreign Language Film
Departures (Japan) in Japanese – Yojiro Takita