Mary's 2009 Oscar Picks

X marks my 2009 Oscar picks. I am taking on my friend Deb for the 10th year in a row, or so. I will report results after the big event.

BEST PICTURE[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ ] Frost/Nixon [ ] Milk [ ] The Reader [ X ] Slumdog Millionaire

DIRECTOR [ ] David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ ] Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon[ ] Gus Van Sant, Milk[ ] Stephen Daldry, The Reader [X] Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY[ ] Frozen River[ ] Happy-Go-Lucky [ X] In Bruges [ ] Milk
[ ] WALL-E

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] Doubt[ ] Frost/Nixon[ ] The Reader [ X] Slumdog Millionaire

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE[ ] Richard Jenkins, The Visitor [ ] Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon [ X ] Sean Penn, Milk [ ] Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ ] Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE [ ] Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married [ ] Angelina Jolie, Changeling[ ] Melissa Leo, Frozen River[ ] Meryl Streep, Doubt [ X ] Kate Winslet, The Reader

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE[ ] Josh Brolin, Milk [ ] Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder[ ] Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt [ X] Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight[ ] Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE[ ] Amy Adams, Doubt [ X] Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona[ ] Viola Davis, Doubt[ ] Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM [ ] The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)[ ] The Class (France) [ ] Departures (Japan)[ ] Revanche (Austria) [ X ] Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

ANIMATED FEATURE[ ] Bolt[ ] Kung Fu Panda [ X] WALL-E

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE[ ] The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)[ ] Encounters at the End of the World[ ] The Garden[ X ] Man on Wire[ ] Trouble the Water

DOCUMENTARY SHORT[ ] The Conscience of Nhem En[ ] The Final Inch [X ] Smile Pinki[ ] The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

SHORT FILM - ANIMATED[ ] La Maison En Petits Cubes [ ] Lavatory - Lovestory
[ ] Oktapodi [ X ] Presto [ ] This Way Up

SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION [ ] Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) [ ] Manon on the Asphalt[ ] New Boy[X ] The Pig[ ] Spielzeugland (Toyland)

ORIGINAL SCORE[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ ] Defiance [ ] Milk
[ X] Slumdog Millionaire [ ] WALL-E

ORIGINAL SONG [ ] "Down to Earth" - WALL-E [ X] "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire[ ] "O Saya" - Slumdog Millionaire

ART DIRECTION[ ] Changeling[ X] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ ] The Dark Knight[ ] The Duchess[ ] Revolutionary Road

CINEMATOGRAPHY[ ] Changeling[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] The Dark Knight[ ] The Reader[ X] Slumdog Millionaire

COSTUME DESIGN [ ] Australia [ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ X ] The Duchess [ ] Milk [ ] Revolutionary Road

MAKEUP [ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ X] The Dark Knight[ ] Hellboy II: The Golden Army

SOUND MIXING[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ X] The Dark Knight[ ] Slumdog Millionaire[ ] WALL-E [ ] Wanted

SOUND EDITING[ X] The Dark Knight [ ] Iron Man [ ] Slumdog Millionaire [ ] WALL-E [ ] Wanted

VISUAL EFFECTS [ X ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] The Dark Knight[ ] Iron Man

FILM EDITING[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] The Dark Knight[ ] Frost/Nixon[ ] Milk [ X] Slumdog Millionaire