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- February 23, 2009 • The ghetto-to-glory story Slumdog Millionaire was named Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday. It won seven other Oscars, including Best Director. Kate Winslet won Best Actress for the Holocaust-themed drama The Reader, and Sean Penn took Best Actor for the title role in Milk.
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* Best Picture - Christian Colson, Producer * Sound Mixing - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire was the eleventh film to win Best Picture without any acting nominations. [15] Sean Penn became the ninth person to win Best Lead Actor twice. [16] Best Supporting Actor winner Heath Ledger became the second performer to win a posthumous acting Oscar.
1. Inglourious Basterds. 2009 2h 33m R. 8.4 (1.6M) Rate. 69 Metascore. In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Director Quentin Tarantino Stars Brad Pitt Diane Kruger Eli Roth.
Jan 21, 2009 · With 13 nominations — including Best Picture, Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actress (Taraji P. Henson), and Best Director (David Fincher) — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads...
Here is the full list of winners at the 81st Academy Awards, which have been held in Los Angeles. Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire. Also nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;...
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Winner. Kate Winslet. The Reader. Angelina Jolie. Changeling. Anne Hathaway. Rachel Getting Married. Melissa Leo. Frozen River. Meryl Streep.
The Best Actor winner was front-runner, 60 year-old Jeff Bridges (his fifth nomination and first win) for his performance as broken-down, aging, boozy country-music singer Bad Blake, in first-time director Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart (three nominations, not including Best Picture, with two wins, Best Actor and Best Original Song "The Weary Kind").
