Deb wins 2009 Oscar Challenge! Bummer.

2009 Oscar Picks – The Great Deb V. Mary Challenge
Winners in bold
Mary = X 18/24
Deb = X 20/24
Winner = Deb

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

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

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY[ ] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[ ] Doubt[ ] Frost/Nixon[ ] The Reader[ X 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[X ] Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

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

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

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE[ ] Amy Adams, Doubt[ X 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 X ] Waltz with Bashir (Israel)


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ART DIRECTION[ ] Changeling[ X 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 X] Slumdog Millionaire

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

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

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

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

VISUAL EFFECTS[ X 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 X] Slumdog Millionaire