Moon's Oscars! My Nominations!

"Slumdog Millionaire" was a good movie, but I always like it when the Academy Awards are shared among a number of films. If I was able to nominate, I would make the following selections in the major categories:

BEST PICTURE
MILK
Rachel Getting Married
The Wrestler
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost / Nixon

BEST DIRECTOR
GUS VAN SANT (MILK)
Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married)
Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Baz Luhrmann (Australia)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DUSTIN LANCE BLACK (MILK)
Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)
Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
PETER MORGAN (FROST / NIXON)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Eric Roth & Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road)

BEST ACTOR
SEAN PENN (MILK)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Frank Langella (Frost / Nixon)
Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)

BEST ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET (THE READER)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (DOUBT)
James Franco (Milk)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges)
Michael Sheen (Frost / Nixon)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENELOPE CRUZ (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA)
Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Rosario Dawson (Seven Pounds)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

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