THE CONTENDERS (Individual Categories)
[MOTION PICTURE]
“Appaloosa” (New Line Cinema)
“The Argentine” (Focus Features)
“Australia” (20th Century Fox)
“Body of Lies” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Burn After Reading” (Focus Features)
“Changeling” (Universal Pictures)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount Pictures)
“Defiance” (Paramount Vantage Pictures)
“Doubt” (Miramax Films)
“Dirty Tricks” (Paramount Pictures)
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage Pictures)
“The Express” (Universal Pictures)
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal Pictures)
“Guerilla” (Focus Features)
“Leatherheads” (Universal Pictures)
“Margaret” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“Milk” (Focus Features)
“Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” (Focus Features)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (Columbia Pictures)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (The Weinstein Company)
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
“Revolutionary Road” (Paramount Vantage Pictures)
“Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
“The Soloist” (DreamWorks SKG)
“Stop Loss” (Paramount Pictures)
“Valkyrie” (United Artists)
[DIRECTING]
Ed Harris, “Appaloosa”
Steven Soderbergh, “The Argentine”
Baz Luhrmann, “Australia”
Ridley Scott, “Body of Lies”
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “Burn After Reading”
Fernando Meirelles, “Blindness”
Clint Eastwood, “Changeling”
Andrew Adamson, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Edward Zwick, “Defiance”
Ryan Murphy, “Dirty Tricks”
Saul Dibb, “The Duchess”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Steven Soderbergh, “Guerilla”
M. Night Shyamalan, “The Happening”
George Clooney, “Leatherheads”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Margaret”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Bahrat Nalluri, “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day”
Justin Chadwick, “The Other Boleyn Girl”
Anthony Minghella, “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
Sam Mendes, “Revolutionary Road”
Gabriele Muccino, “Seven Pounds”
Joe Wright, “The Soloist”
Kimberly Pierce, “Stop Loss”
Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
Bryan Singer, “Valkyrie”
[ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE]
Ben Barnes, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
Jack Black, “Be Kind Rewind”
Rob Brown, “The Express”
Steve Coogan, “Hamlet 2”
Daniel Craig, “Defiance”
Tom Cruise, “Valkyrie”
Benicio Del Toro, “The Argentine”
Benicio Del Toro, “Guerilla”
George Clooney, “Burn After Reading”
George Clooney, “Leatherheads”
Russell Crowe, “Body of Lies”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Body of Lies”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Revolutionary Road”
Robert Downey, Jr., “Iron Man”
Robert Downey, Jr., “The Soloist”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Redbelt”
Colin Farrell, “In Bruges”
Jamie Foxx, “The Soloist”
Brendan Gleeson, “In Bruges”
Ed Harris, “Appaloosa”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Synecdoche, New York”
Hugh Jackman, “Australia”
Samuel L. Jackson, “Lakeview Terrace”
Ben Kingsley, “The Dying Animal”
David Kross, “The Reader”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Viggo Mortensen, “Appaloosa”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Ryan Phillippe, “Stop Loss”
Brad Pitt, “Burn After Reading”
Brad Pitt, “Dirty Tricks”
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mark Ruffalo, “Blindness”
David Schwimmer, “Nothing But the Truth”
Will Smith, “Seven Pounds”
Mark Whalberg, “The Happening”
[ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE]
Ben Barnes, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
Jack Black, “Be Kind Rewind”
Rob Brown, “The Express”
Steve Coogan, “Hamlet 2”
Daniel Craig, “Defiance”
Kate Beckinsale, “Nothing But the Truth”
Summer Bishil, “Nothing is Private”
Penélope Cruz, “The Dying Animal”
Vera Farmiga, “Nothing But the Truth”
Anne Hathaway, “Dancing with Shiva”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Other Boleyn Girl”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Nicole Kidman, “Australia”
Nicole Kidman, “The Reader”
Keira Knightly, “The Duchess”
Frances McDormand, “Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day”
Julianne Moore, “Blindness”
Anna Paquin, “Margaret”
Natalie Portman, “The Other Boleyn Girl”
Jill Scott, “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”
Mery Streep, “Doubt”
Meryl Streep, “Dirty Tricks”
Naomi Watts, "Funny Games"
Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
[ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE]
Eric Bana, “The Other Boleyn Girl”
Jamie Bell, “Defiance”
Demián Bichir, “The Argentine”
Kenneth Branagh, “Valkyrie”
Benjamin Bratt, “The Argentine”
Benjamin Bratt, “Guerilla”
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Tom Bower, “Appaloosa”
Jim Broadbent, “Dirty Tricks”
Gary Cole, “Pineapple Express”
Matt Damon, “Margaret”
Charles S. Dutton, “The Express”
Aaron Eckhart, “The Dark Knight”
Aaron Eckhart, “Nothing is Private”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Duchess”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Reader”
James Franco, “Milk”
James Franco, “Pineapple Express”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “Stop Loss”
Woody Harrelson, “Seven Pounds”
Dennis Hopper, “The Dying Animal”
Terrence Howard, “Iron Man”
Eddie Izzard, “Valkyrie”
John Krasinski, “Leatherheads”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
John Leguizamo, “The Happening”
John Malkovich, “Burn After Reading”
John Malkovich, “Changeling”
Bill Nighy, “Valkyrie”
Lou Diamond Phillips, “Guerilla”
Michael Pitt, “Funny Games”
Dennis Quaid, “The Express”
Tim Roth, “Funny Games”
Eric Roberts, “The Dark Knight”
Mark Ruffalo, “Margaret”
Live Schreiber, “Defiance”
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”
Michael Sheen, “Frost/Nixon”
Patrick Wilson, “Lakeview Terrace”
[ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE]
Amy Adams, “Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day”
Kathy Bates, “Revolutionary Road”
Maria Bello, “Nothing is Private”
Annette Bening, “Dirty Tricks”
Cate Blanchett, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Toni Collette, “Nothing is Private”
Patricia Clarkson, “Shutter Island”
Jill Clayburgh, “Dirty Tricks”
Alexa Davalos, “Defiance”
Hope Davis, “Synecdoche, New York”
Rosario Dawson, “Seven Pounds”
Zooey Deschanel, “The Happening”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Dark Knight”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Other Boleyn Girl”
Catherine Keener, “The Soloist”
Catherine Keener, “Synecdoche, New York”
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “Synecdoche, New York”
Frances McDormand, “Burn After Reading”
Catalina Sandino Moreno, “The Argentine”
Catalina Sandino Moreno, “Guerilla”
Julia Ormond, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Julia Ormond, “Guerilla”
Franke Potente, “The Argentine”
Franje Potente, “Guerilla”
Charlotte Rampling, “The Duchess”
Anika Noni Rose, “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”
Amy Ryan, “Changeling”
Sharon Stone, “Dirty Tricks”
Tilda Swinton, “Burn After Reading”
Tilda Swinton, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Carice van Houten, “Body of Lies”
Carice van Houton, “Valkyrie”
Emma Thompson, “Brideshead Revisited”
Kerry Washington, “Lakeview Terrace”
Emily Watson, “Synecdoche, New York”
Dianne Wiest, “Synecdoche, New York”
Michelle Williams, “Synecdoche, New York”
Renée Zellweger, “Appaloosa”
Renée Zellweger, “Leatherheads”
[WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY]
“Appaloosa” (Ed Harris, Robert Knott)
“Blindness” (Don McKellar)
“Body of Lies” (William Monahan)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Eric Roth)
“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan)
“Defiance” (Clay Frohman; Edward Zwick)
“Dirty Tricks” (Ryan Murphy)
“The Duchess” (Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen)
“The Dying Animal” (Nicholas Meyer)
“Frost/Nixon” (Peter Morgan)
“Funny Games” (Michael Haneke)
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day” (David Magee, Simon Beaufoy)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Richard Curtis, Anthony Minghella)
“Nothing is Private” (Alan Ball)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (Peter Morgan)
“The Reader” (David Hare)
“Revolutionary Road” (Justin Haythe)
[WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY]
“The Argentine” (Peter Buchman)
“Australia” (Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Baz Luhrmann)
“Be Kind Rewind” (Michel Gondry)
“Burn After Reading” (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
“Changeling” (J. Michael Straczynski)
“Dancing with Shiva” (Jenny Lumet)
“Guerilla” (Peter Buchman, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Van Der Veen)
“Hamlet 2” (Pam Brady, Andrew Fleming)
“The Happening” (M. Night Shyamalan”
“In Bruges” (Martin McDonagh)
“Milk” (Dustin Lance Black)
“Lakeview Terrace” (David Loughery, Howard Korder)
“Leatherheads” (Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly)
“Margaret” (Kenneth Lonergan)
“Nothing But the Truth” (Rod Lurie)
“Pineapple Express” (Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen)
“Redbelt” (David Mamet)
“Seven Pounds” (Grant Nieporte)
“The Soloist” (Sussanah Grant)
“Stop Loss” (Kimberly Pierce, Mark Richard)
“Synecdoche, New York” (Charlie Kaufman)
“Valkyrie” (Nathan Alexander, Christopher McQuarrie)
“Wall-E” (Andrew Stanton)
[ANIMATED FEATURE FILM]
“9” (Focus Features)
“Kung Fu Panda” (Paramount Pictures)
“Horton Hears a Who!” (20th Century Fox)
“Madagascar: The Great Escape” (Paramount Pictures)
“The Tale of Despereaux” (Universal Pictures)
“Wall-E” (Walt Disney Pictures)
[ART DIRECTION]
“Appaloosa” (Waldemar Kalinowski; Linda Lee Sutten)
“The Argentine” (Antxón Gómez; Pilar Revuelta)
“Australia” (Catherine Martin;???)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Roger Ford; Kerrie Brown)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Donald Graham Burt; Victor J. Zolfo)
“The Dark Knight” (Nathan Crowley; Peter Lando)
“Defiance” (Dan Weil; Véronique Melery)
“The Duchess” (Michael Carlin; ???)
“Frost/Nixon” (Michael Corenblith; Susan Benjamin)
“Guerilla” (Antxón Gómez, Phillip Messia; Pilar Rivuleta)
”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Stuart Craig; Stephanie McMillan)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Guy Dyas; Larry Dias, Alyssa Winter)
“Leatherheads” (James D. Bissell; Jan Pascale)
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day” (Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Johnny Breedt; ???)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (John Paul Kelly; Sara Wan)
“Red Cliff” (Timmy Yip; ???)
“The Reader” (Brigitte Broch; Eva Stiebler)
“Revolutionary Road” (Kristi Zea; Debra Schutt)
“Speed Racer” (Owen Paterson; Peter Walpole)
“Synecdoche, New York” (Mark Friedman, Lydia Marks)
“Valkyrie” (Lilly Kilvert, Patrick Lumb; Bernhard Heinrich)
[CINEMATOGRAPHY]
“Appaloosa” (Dean Semler)
“The Argentine” (Steven Soderbergh)
“Australia” (Mandy Walker)
“Body of Lies” (Alexander Witt)
“Bolden!” (Vilmos Zsigmond)
“Burn After Reading” (Emmanuel Lubezki)
“Changeling” (Tom Stern)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Karl Walter Lindenlaub)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Claudio Miranda)
“The Dark Knight” (Wally Pfister)
“Defiance” (Eduardo Serra)
“The Duchess” (Gyula Paydos)
“The Happening” (Tak Fujimoto)
”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Bruno Delbonnel)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Janusz Kaminski)
“Iron Man” (Matthew Libatique)
“Leatherheads” (Newton Thomas Sigel)
“Milk” (Harris Savides)
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day” (John de Borman)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Seamus McGarvey)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (Kieran McGuigan)
“The Reader” (Roger Deakins)
“Red Cliff” (Yue Lu)
“Revolutionary Road” (Roger Deakins)
“The Soloist” (Seamus McGarvey)
“Speed Racer” (David Tattersall)
“Stop Loss” (Chris Menges)
“Valkyrie” (Newton Thomas Sigel)
[COSTUME DESIGN]
“Appaloosa” (David C. Robinson)
“The Argentine” (Sabine Daigeler)
“Australia” (Catherine Martin)
“Body of Lies” (Janty Yates)
“Brideshead Revisted” (Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh)
“Changeling” (Nicole Korzenik)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Isis Mussenden)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Jacqueline West)
“The Dark Knight” (Lindy Hemming)
“Defiance” (Jenny Beaven)
“Doubt” (Ann Roth)
“Frost/Nixon” (Daniel Orlandi)
“The Garden of Eden” (Alexandra Byrne)
“Guerilla” (Louise Frogley)
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Jany Temime)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Mary Zophres)
“Leatherheads” (Louise Frogley)
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day” (Michael O’Connor)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (Sandy Powell)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Jo Katsaras)
“The Reader” (Ann Roth)
“Red Cliff” (???)
“Revolutionary Road” (Albert Wolsky)
“Speed Racer” (Kym Barrett)
[FILM EDITING]
“Appaloosa” (Kathryn Himoff)
“The Argentine” (Pablo Zumárraga)
“Australia” (Dody Dorn)
“Body of Lies” (Pietro Scalia)
“Changeling” (Joel Cox)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Sim Evan-Jones)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Angus Wall)
“The Dark Knight” (Lee Smith)
“Defiance” (Steven Rosenblum)
“The Duchess” (Michael O’Connor)
“Frost/Nixon” (Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill)
“The Happening” (Conrad Buff)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Michael Kahn)
“Iron Man” (Dan Lebental)
“Leatherheads” (Stephen Mirrione)
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day” (Barney Pilling)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Lisa Gunning)
“The Other Boleyn Girl” (Paul Knight, Carol Littleton)
“The Reader” (Claire Simpson)
“Revolutionary Road” (Tariq Anwar)
“The Soloist” (Paul Tothill)
“Speed Racer” (Roger Barton, Zach Staenberg)
“Stop Loss” (Claire Simpson)
“Valkyrie” (John Ottman)
[MAKEUP]
“10,000 B.C.”
“Appaloosa”
“The Argentine”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“The Duchess”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Guerilla”
”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day”
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”
“The Other Boleyn Girl”
“Revolutionary Road”
“Speed Racer”
“Valkyrie”
[MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE]
“Appaloosa” (???)
“The Argentine” (Alberto Iglesias)
“Australia” (???)
“Changeling” (???)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Harry Gregson-Williams)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (???)
“The Dark Knight” (Hans Zimmer)
“Defiance” (James Newton Howard)
“The Duchess” (???)
“Frost/Nixon” (Hans Zimmer)
“The Happening” (James Newton Howard)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (John Williams)
“Leatherheads” (Randy Newman)
“Milk” (???)
“The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” (Gabriel Yared)
“Nothing is Private” (Thomas Newman)
“The Reader” (???)
“Revolutionary Road” (Thomas Newman)
“The Soloist” (Dario Marianelli)
“Valkyrie” (John Ottman)
“Wall-E” (Thomas Newman)
[SOUND EDITING]
“10,000 B.C.”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Cloverfield”
“The Dark Knight”
“Defiance”
”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“Speed Racer”
“Wall-E”
[SOUND MIXING]
“10,000 B.C.”
“Appaloosa”
“The Argentine”
“Australia”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Cloverfield”
“The Dark Knight”
“Defiance”
“Guerilla”
“The Happening”
”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“The Soloist”
“Speed Racer”
“Valkyrie”
“Wall-E”
[VISUAL EFFECTS]
“10,000 B.C.”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Cloverfield”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Iron Man”
“Speed Racer”
“The Spiderwick Chronicles”