NUTSHELL: Little to no movement on the tech charts this week. The same questions still bubble up. Lackluster critical reception may or may not break the potential of “Body of Lies” in a few arenas, while “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man” still look set to duke it out across the board. Some might be looking for surprise contenders to either pop up or re-appear, but such answers can remain elusive up until the nominations announcement.
Column: no column this week
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| ART DIRECTION | ||
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| 1 | “Australia” Catherine Martin |
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| 2 | “Revolutionary Road” Kristi Zea; Debra Schutt |
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| 3 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Donald Graham Burt; Victor J. Zolfo |
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| 4 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” Guy Dyas; Larry Dias, Alyssa Winter |
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| 5 | “Defiance” Dan Weil; Véronique Melery |
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| 6 | “The Road” Chris Kennedy; Robert Greenfield, John W. Iwanonkiw |
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| 7 | “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” Stephen Scott; Elli Griff |
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| 8 | “Synecdoche, New York” Mark Friednamn; Lydia Marks |
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| 9 | “Changeling” James J. Murakami; Gary Fettis |
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| 10 | “The Duchess” Michael Carlin | — |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | ||
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| 1 | “The Dark Knight” Wally Pfister |
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| 2 | “Australia” Mandy Walker |
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| 3 | “Revolutionary Road” Roger Deakins |
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| 4 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Claudio Miranda |
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| 5 | “Defiance” Eduardo Serra |
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| 6 | “The Road” Javier Aguirresarobe |
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| 7 | “Blindness” César Charlone |
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| 8 | “Milk” Harris Savides |
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| 9 | “Changeling” Tom Stern |
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| 10 | “The Reader” Chris Menges |
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| COSTUME DESIGN | ||
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| 1 | “Revolutionary Road” Albert Wolsky |
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| 2 | “The Duchess” Michael O’Connor |
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| 3 | “The Other Boleyn Girl” Sandy Powell |
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| 4 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Jacqueline West |
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| 5 | “Australia” Catherine Martin |
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| 6 | “Changeling” Deborah Hopper |
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| 7 | “Brideshead Revisited” Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh |
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| 8 | “The Reader” Ann Roth |
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| 9 | “Defiance” Jenny Beaven |
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| 10 | “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell |
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| FILM EDITING | ||
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| 1 | “Milk” Elliot Graham, Gus Van Sant |
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| 2 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall |
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| 3 | “Slumdog Millionaire” Chris Dickens |
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| 4 | “Frost/Nixon” Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill |
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| 5 | “Defiance” Steven Rosenblum |
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| 6 | “Australia” Dody Dorn, Michael McCusker |
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| 7 | “The Dark Knight” Lee Smith |
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| 8 | “Body of Lies” Pietro Scalia |
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| 9 | “Quantum of Solace” Matt Chesse, Richard Pearson |
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| 10 | “Iron Man” Dan Lebental |
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| MAKEUP | ||
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| 1 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” | — |
| 2 | “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” | — |
| 3 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | — |
| 4 | “Tropic Thunder” | — |
| 5 | “Synecdoche, New York” | — |
| 6 | “The Reader” | — |
| 7 | “Frost/Nixon” | — |
| 8 | “W.” | NEW |
| 9 | “The Dark Knight” | — |
| 10 | “The Road” | — |
| MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) | ||
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| 1 | “WALL-E” Thomas Newman |
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| 2 | “Revolutionary Road” Thomas Newman |
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| 3 | “Australia” David Hirschfelder |
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| 4 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Alexandre Desplat |
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| 5 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” John Williams |
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| 6 | “Doubt” Howard Shore |
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| 7 | “Defiance” James Newton Howard |
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| 8 | “Milk” Danny Eflman |
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| 9 | “The Happening” James Newton Howard |
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| 10 | “The Reader” Alberto Iglesias |
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| MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) | ||
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| 1 | “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” Peter Gabriel |
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| 2 | “Untitled Song” from “The Wrestler” Bruce Springsteen |
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| 3 | “All Dressed Up in Love” from “Sex and the City” Jennifer Hudson |
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| 4 | “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” from “Hamlet 2” Phoebe Strole |
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| 5 | “Last Chance” from “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” Cast of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” |
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| 6 | “Another Way to Die” from “Quantum of Solace” Alicia Keys, Jack White |
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| 7 | “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” AR Rahmen |
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| 8 | “Dracula’s Lament” from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Jason Segel |
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| 9 | “Pineapple Express” from “Pineapple Express” Huey Lewis and the News |
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| 10 | “The Little Things” from “Wanted” Danny Elfman |
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| SOUND EDITING | ||
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| 1 | “Wall-E” | — |
| 2 | “The Dark Knight” | — |
| 3 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 4 | “Defiance” | — |
| 5 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | — |
| 6 | “Body of Lies” | — |
| 7 | “Quantum of Solace” | — |
| 8 | “Hancock” | — |
| 9 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | — |
| 10 | “The Wrestler” | — |
| SOUND MIXING | ||
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| 1 | “Wall-E” | — |
| 2 | “Defiance” | — |
| 3 | “Body of Lies” | — |
| 4 | “Australia” | — |
| 5 | “The Dark Knight” | — |
| 6 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 7 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | — |
| 8 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | — |
| 9 | “Cloverfield” | — |
| 10 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | — |
| VISUAL EFFECTS | ||
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| 1 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” | — |
| 2 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 3 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | — |
| 4 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | — |
| 5 | “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” | — |
| 6 | “Hancock” | — |
| 7 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | — |
| 8 | “The Incredible Hulk” | — |
| 9 | “Speed Racer” | — |
| 10 | “The Spiderwick Chronicles” | — |