The Awards

Oscars are going to be announced tonight. They are undoubtedly the most coveted awards presented even though they are the source of many controversies. Or maybe, these controversies are the attraction which makes them so coveted. Whatever it be, it's no hidden truth that Oscars have sidelined the deserving performances far too many times. And this year is no different. With The Dark Knight snubbed and The Reader getting too many nominations and Slumdog Millionaire poised to win big time, I had to do something which will satisfy me and so many of you alike. So, I present to you my own set of awards. And the nominations and awards for excelling in fields of making a motion picture in 2008 are:

Best Motion Picture

The Curious case of Benjamin Button
Milk
The Wrestler
The Dark Knight
Defiance

Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role

Brad Pitt (The Curious case of Benjamin Button)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Micky Rourke (The Wrestler)
Leonardo Di Caprio (Revolutionary Road)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)

Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role

Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Frances Mcdormand (Burn after reading)
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role

James Franco (Milk)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Liev Schreiber (Defiance)
James Franco (Pineapple Express)

Best Performance by an Actress in Supporting Role

Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
Amy Adams (Doubt)
Taraji P Henson (The Curious case of Benjamin Button)
Rosemarie Dewitt (Rachel Getting Married)

Best Achievement in Directing

David Fincher (The Curious case of Benjamin Button)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)
Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)

Best Achievement in Screenplay

Milk (Dustin Lance Black)
Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon)
The Curious case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth)
Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy)
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)
The Curious case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda)
Changeling (Tom Stern)
Transsiberian (Xavi Gimenez)
Defiance (Eduardo Serra)

Best Achievement in Editing

The Curious case of Benjamin Button ( Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter)
The Dark Knight (Lee Smith)
Milk (Elliot Graham)
Frost/Nixon ( Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill)
The Wrestler (Andrew Weisblum)

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Changeling ( James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo)
The Dark Knight (Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando)
Milk (Charley Beal)
Revolutionary Road (Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt)

Best Achievement in Costume Design

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jacqueline West)
Milk (Danny Glicker)
Revolutionary Road (Albert Wolsky)
Australia (Catherin Martin)
The Duchess (Michael O'conner)

Best Achievement in Makeup

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Greg Cannom)
The Dark Knight (John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan)
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz)

Best Music Score for a Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire (A.R.Rahman)
Defiance (James Newton Howard)
Wall-E (Thomas Newman)
The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard)

Best Original Song for a Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam("O Saya")
Wall-E: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")
The Wrestler: Bruce Springsteen("The Wrestler")

Best Achievement in Sound

The Dark Knight (Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten)
Wall-E (Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

The Dark Knight (Richard King)
Ironman (Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes)
Wall-E ( Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button ( Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron)
The Dark Knight ( Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin)
Ironman (John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Wall-E
Kung Fu Panda

Best Foreign Motion Picture

Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Vals Im Bashir (Israel)
Gomorra (Italy)
Der Baader Meinhof komplex (Germany)
Entre Les Murs (France)

Best Bollywood Motion Picture

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa
Rock On!!!
Fashion
Aamir
Tahaan