My Oscar Predictions for for the Academy Awards 2009

The academy awads nominations are just a few hours away .This is what I predict. But you have to keep in mind that you are never always right when it comes to the academy.



Best Picture:

1 . The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. The Dark Knight
3. SlumDog Millionaire
4. Milk
5. Frost/Nixon
Alternate : Revolutionary Road



Best Director:

1. Christopher Nolan , The Dark Knight
2. David Fincher , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Gus Van Sant , Milk
4. Danny Boyle, SlumDog Millionaire
5. Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
Alternate : Clint Eastwood , Changleing/Gran Torino



Best Actor :

1. Mickey Rourke , The Wreslter
2. Sean Penn , Milk
3. Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Frank Langella , Frost/Nixon
5. Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Alternate : Leonardo Di Caprio, Revolutionary Road



Best Actress :

1. Meryl Streep , Doubt
2. Kate Winslet , Revolutionary Road
3. Anne Hathaway , Rachel Getting Married
4. Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky
5. Angelina Jolie , The Changling
Alternate : Kristin Scott Thomas , I Loved You So Long


Best Supporting Actor :

1. Heath Ledger , The Dark Knight
2. Robert Downey Jr , Tropic Thunder
3. Josh Brolin , Milk / James Franco , Milk
4. Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Doubt
5. Dev Patel , SlumDog Millionaire
Alternate : Ralph Fiennes, Anything that he has done this year ( The Reader/The Duchess)


Best Supporting Actress:

1. Penelope Cruz , Vicky Christina Barcelona
2. Kate Winslet , The Reader
3. Taraji P.Henson , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Viola Davis , Doubt
5. Marisa Tomei , The Wrestler
Alternate : Amy Adams , Doubt


Best Adapted Screenplay :

1. Peter Morgan , Frost/Nixon
2. Eric Roth , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Simon Beaufoy , SlumDog Millionaire
4. John Patrick Shanley , Doubt
5. Jonathan Nolan , Christopher Nolan , The Drak Knight
Alternate : David Hare, The Reader


Best Original Screenplay:

1. Woody Allen , Vicky Christina Barcelona
2. Dustin Lance Black, Milk
3. Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
4. Andrew Stanton , Wall-e
5. Mike Leigh , Happy Go Lucky
Alternate : Joel and Ethan Coen , Burn After Reading

These are my predictions according to critics reviews and the awards season , but you really never know anything when it comes to the academy