2009 BAFTA Nominations Announced; Streep, Langella, Hoffman & Wall-E Make List

The full list of nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television arts was announced this morning. FROST/NIXON received 6 nominations and DOUBT 3 amongst other theatre-related nominees.

The awards will be given out on February 8, 2009 in London.

BEST FILM

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán 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

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

THE Carl Foreman AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film

SIMON CHINN (Producer) - Man On Wire
Judy Craymer (Producer) - Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) - Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) - Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) - Of Time And The City

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

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

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
PENÉLOPE 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, Björn 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
**As there was a tie in this category there are six nominations

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 - Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE - 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

SHORT ANIMATION

CODSWALLOP - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
VARMINTS - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker

SHORT FILM

KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER - Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
LOVE YOU MORE - Caroline Harvey, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
RALPH - Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
SEPTEMBER - Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
VOYAGE D'AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) - Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

MICHAEL CERA
NOEL CLARKE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
Rebecca Hall
TOBY KEBBELL

For more information, click here: http://www.bafta.org/

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