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 [1]

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 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 Adrian Sturges / Sam Taylor-Wood / Patrick Marber
RALPH Olivier Kaempfer / Alex Winckler
SEPTEMBER Stewart le Maréchal / Esther May Campbell
VOYAGES D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) Celine Quideau / Sean Ellis

Happy-Go-Lucky should have at least got a nomination with Sally Hawkins. I was thinking it may get a nomination in Best British Film.

Not so great for TDK apart from tech awards and supporting actor.

I like that Dev Patel and Kate Winslet both made it into the Leading Actor/Actress category.

Slumdog will sweep the boards.

Dev Patel over Leo DiCaprio... I weep.

Of the big five, TDK is the one that gets the shaft. Considering the British director and huge tech support, that stings.

Though Milk got some nasty snubs in Director and S. Actor as well, though it is the most American of the four, so...

Considering the Director nomination and massive tech nominations, the Changeling snub in Picture is kinda surprising. Not that it matters much, though it should only solidify Jolie, an actress people STILL seem to doubt. Burn After Reading and In Bruges also followed up on their massive appearances on the long lists, making Pitt a double nominee, and getting both into O. Screenplay. Impressive. That actually also makes BAR and Milk the only two WGA nominees to make it in here. What a bizarre category for them this year.

Speaking of Actress, Hathaway AND Hawkins are snubbed. I think that near-kills Hathaway's chances at a win (The film just seems to lack industry support), and Hawkins' chances at a nomination. If the British aren't even willing to nominate her, will the Americans?

WALL-E doesn't do much damage here.

Film to benefit the most? Slumdog, easily. TWO acting nominations, and tech nominations up the wazoo.

No BP/BD for TDK, and no BD for Milk.

Big showing by Slumdog, including two acting noms, as well Production Design and Sound. Look increasingly likely that it will get at least one sound nom at Oscar.

Interesting to see Adams but no Davis for supporting actress.

No original screenplay for Wall-E.

Frost/Nixon solidifies its position.

The top 5 ranking still looks like:

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Milk
4. Frost/Nixon
5. The Dark Knight

Frankly, I'd put Frost/Nixon ahead of Milk ATM. I think it's 97% locked anyway, but I do wonder if the film really does have the passion needed. If ANY of those strong four falter, Milk just seems to fit the bill best for missing.

Though I still think all four make it in, with TDK being replaced by WALL-E.

I'm shocked that The Dark Knight didn't get a Best Picture nom, especially with Nolan directing it. Not only that, but it missedBD and Best Adapted Screenplay as well...YET got NINE noms! Kinda ridiculous.


Also, did Mike Leigh rape some BAFTA members or something? How the hell is it possible that one of the most acclaimed Beritish films of the year has ZERO mentions at the BAFTA?! Not for Hawkins, not for Marsan, not for Leigh...WTF? That's the most surprising thing about the BAFTAs this year actually - the complete snub of Happy-Go-Lucky.


I KNEW Changeling would appear somewhere big. I'm surprised it didn't replace Milk for Picture, though, vonsidering its overall strength. Hell, it would not shock me if Jolie won for it, assuming Winslet's votes will split.


Slumdog is a monster and shoulöd sweep across the board.


The Reader got Actress/Picture/Director/Screenplay noms, yet only five overall. Weird.


I'm glad that Mamma Mia! actually did not get any significant noms.


Burn After Reading got two acting noms! The best performance (Malkovich) was snubbed, though.

My predictions:


BEST FILM

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

HUNGER


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


STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger

DIRECTOR


SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

PERSEPOLIS Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud


ANIMATED FILM

WALL•E Andrew Stanton

LEADING ACTOR

FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon

LEADING ACTRESS

ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling


SUPPORTING ACTOR


HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight


SUPPORTING ACTRESS

PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona

MUSIC

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE DARK KNIGHT Wally Pfister

EDITING [1]


SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Chris Dickens

PRODUCTION DESIGN


THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo

COSTUME DESIGN

THE DUCHESS Michael O’Connor

SOUND


SLUMDOG MILLIONARE Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan

SHORT ANIMATION


WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker

the BAFTA's are clearly receding into the 1980's.

lol Freida Pinto.

These are weird and unsatisfying. Like, Tilda Swinton in Burn After Reading? Yeah, that's a great choice if you haven't seen the movie.

Changeling. lol

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto being nominated for their acting in Slumdog is such a joke.

haha Milk for Hair & Make Up!

It's all those 'staches, man!

Ugh.

This solidifies TDK as the weakest of the mighty 5. Other 4 are locked in.

I don't know why I didn't consider The Reader as their Brit choice... for some reason I thought In Bruges was the only one (sans HGL which missed long-list).

The Reader in general has been a stronger player than the RT score and controversy made me believe. If it was handled better and maybe had more time to clean up and polish, it could've been a bigger player for sure

BOO-URNS!!!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Frost/Nixon.
Milk.
The Reader.
Slumdog Millionaire.

This will be the Oscar BP line-up as well.

That's one hot category.

Happy Go Lucky:

It would be so, so cool if Persepolis could win here, though I worry that it and Waltz w/Bashir will split votes in their respective categories. Either way, WALL-E is probably a near-lock to win.

they're awesome for including Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading... but not so awesome for nominating not just Dev Patel, but also that girl (at least, that's who I'm guessing it is), from Slumdog. Not bad picks.

Some of these are just dreadful. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto??????
Amy Adams in and no Viola Davis???? No Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan or The Dark Knight as Best Picture???? And Clint Eastwood for Best Director for Changeling. Shiiitttt, the BAFTA have gone insane indeed.

Amy Adams over Viola Davis?!

Fuck off, BAFTA.