Awards

Last Year's Academy Awards

Slumdog Millionaire Dominates, Claims 8 Oscars/h2> February 22, 2009 -- Crowd favorite Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE emerged as the top winner, taking home 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, at the 81st annual Academy Awards, outdueling David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (whose 13 nominations topped the field as the evening opened). Six films currently playing at the Camera Cinemas won a total of 16 Oscars.

In addition to the big prize, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (now playing at Camera 12/Camera 7/Los Gatos) earned Boyle his first Best Director trophy, and also won for Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Editing, Original Score and Original Song. In the Best Actor category, Sean Penn beat out Mickey Rourke of THE WRESTLER (now at Camera 7) for his terrific performance in MILK (now at Camera 12/Camera 7), and the great Kate Winslet won the Best Actress trophy as expected for her turn in THE READER (now at Camera 12).

Following are the complete 2008 Oscar Winners:

Best Picture--SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Actor--Sean Penn (MILK)
Best Actress--Kate Winslet (THE READER)
Best Supporting Actor--Heath Ledger (THE DARK KNIGHT)
Best Supporting Actress--Penelope Cruz (VICKI CRISTINA BARCELONA)
Best Director--Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
Best Original Screenplay--Dustin Lance Black (MILK)
Best Adapted Screenplay--Sim Beaufoy (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
Best Cinematography--Anthony Dod Mantle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Art Direction--Donald Graham Burt/Victor J. Zolfo, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Costume Design--Michael O'Connor, THE DUCHESS
Best Sound--THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Film Editing--SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing--SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Effects, Visual Effects--THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Makeup--Greg Cannom, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Music, Song--"Jai Ho", SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Musical Score--A.R. Rahman, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Feature Film, Animated--WALL-E
Best Short Films, Animated Films--Kunio Kato, LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
Best Short Films, Live Action--Jochen Alexander Freydank, SPIELZEUGLAND
Best Documentary, Short Subjects--Megan Mylan, SMILE PINKI
Best Documentary, Features--James Marsh/Simon Chinn, MAN ON WIRE
Best Foreign Language Film--OKURIBITO (Japan)