Best Picture
Will Win: Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: The Reader
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Deserves To Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Deserves To Win: Viola Davis - Doubt
Directing
Will Win: Gus Van Sant - Milk
Deserves To Win: David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: In Bruges
Deserves To Win: Happy-Go-Lucky
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: The Reader
Deserves To Win: Doubt
Art Direction
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design
Will Win: The Duchess
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Man on Wire
Deserves To Win: Encounters at the End of the World
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Final Inch
Deserves To Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Frost/Nixon
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Deserves To Win: Departures
Makeup
Will Win: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: Oktapodi
Deserves To Win: This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Manon on the Asphalt
Deserves To Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Sound Mixing
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
