Oscar ballot: The 81st Academy Awards Page 1 of 4 Oscar ballot: The 81st Academy Awards Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Here is the list of 2009 nominees. Print out this Oscar ballot and follow along with the show. Best Picture "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Frost/Nixon" "Milk" "The Reader" "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Actor Richard Jenkin, "The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" Best Actor in a Supporting Role Josh Brolin, "Milk" Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road" Best Actress Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kate Winslet, "The Reader" Best Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams, "Doubt" Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Viola Davis, "Doubt" Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler" Director David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon" Gus Van Sant, "Milk" Stephen Daldry, "The Reader" Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/oscarballot.htm 2/19/2009 Oscar ballot: The 81st Academy Awards Page 2 of 4 Best Animated Feature "Bolt" "Kung Fu Panda" "WALL-E" Art Direction "Changeling" (James J. Murakami) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Donald Graham Burt) "The Dark Knight" (Nathan Crowley) "The Duchess" (Michael Carlin) "Revolutionary Road" (Kristi Zea) 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) Costume Design "Australia" (Catherine Martin) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Jacqueline West) "The Duchess" (Michael O'Connor) "Milk" (Danny Glicker) "Revolutionary Road" (Albert Wolsky) Best Documentary "The Betrayal" "Encounters at the End of the World" "The Garden" "Man on Wire" "Trouble the Water" Best Documentary Short Subject "The Conscience of Nhem En" "The Final Inch" "Smile Pinki" "The Witness -- From the Balcony of Room 306" Film Editing "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall) "The Dark Knight" (Lee Smith) "Frost/Nixon" (Mike Hill, Dan Hanley) "Milk" (Elliot Graham) "Slumdog Millionaire" (Chris Dickens) http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/oscarballot.htm 2/19/2009 Oscar ballot: The 81st Academy Awards Page 3 of 4 Best Foreign Language Film "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Germany) "The Class" (France) "Departures" (Japan) "Revanche" (Austria) "Waltz With Bashir" (Israel) Makeup "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Greg Cannom) "The Dark Knight" (John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan) "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz) Original Score "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Alexandre Desplat) "Defiance" (James Newton Howard) "Milk" (Danny Elfman) "Slumdog Millionaire" (A.R. Rahman) "WALL-E" (Thomas Newman) Original Song "Down to Earth," "WALL-E" (Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman) "Jai Ho," "Slumdog Millionaire" (A.R. Rahman, Gulzarcq) "O Saya," "Slumdog Millionaire" (A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam) Best Animated Short "La Maison en Petits Cubes" "Lavatory -- Lovestory" "Oktapodi" "Presto" "This Way Up" Best Live Action Short "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" "Manon on the Asphalt" "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television) "The Pig" "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" Sound Editing "The Dark Knight" (Richard King) "Iron Man" (Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes) "Slumdog Millionaire" (Tom Sayers) "WALL-E" (Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood) "Wanted" (Wylie Stateman) http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/oscarballot.htm 2/19/2009 Oscar ballot: The 81st Academy Awards Page 4 of 4 Sound Mixing "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "The Dark Knight" "Slumdog Millionaire" "WALL-E" "Wanted" Visual Effects "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "The Dark Knight" "Iron Man" Adapted Screenplay "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Eric Roth) "Doubt" (John Patrick Shanley) "Frost/Nixon" (Peter Morgan) "The Reader" (David Hare) "Slumdog Millionaire" (Simon Beaufoy) Original Screenplay "Frozen River" (Courtney Hunt) "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Mike Leigh) "In Bruges" (Martin McDonagh) "Milk" (Dustin Lance Black) "WALL -E" (Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon) http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/oscarballot.htm 2/19/2009.