Golden Globe Nominations Announced

by | December 11, 2008 | Comments

“Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “The Reader,” “Revolutionary Road” and “Slumdog Millionaire” battle it out for Best Drama while “Burn After Reading,” “Happy-Go-Lucky,” “In Bruges,” “Mamma Mia! and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” fight for Best Comedy or Musical at this year’s Golden Globes — the nominations were announced today.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Frost/Nixon
3. The Reader
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)

1. Anne Hathaway — Rachel Getting Married
2. Angelina Jolie — Changeling
3. Meryl Streep — Doubt
4. Kristin Scott Thomas — I’ve Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’aime)

5. Kate Winslet — Revolutionary Road

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture (Drama)
1. Leonardo Dicaprio — Revolutionary Road
2. Frank Langella — Frost/Nixon
3. Sean Penn — Milk
4. Brad Pitt — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler

Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Burn After Reading
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. In Bruges
4. Mamma Mia!
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Rebecca Hall — Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Sally Hawkins — Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Frances Mcdormand — Burn After Reading

4. Meryl Streep — Mamma Mia!
5. Emma Thompson — Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Javier Bardem — Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Colin Farrell — In Bruges
3. James Franco — Pineapple Express

4. Brendan Gleeson — In Bruges
5. Dustin Hoffman — Last Chance Harvey

Best Animated Feature Film
1. Bolt
2. Kung Fu Panda

3. Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
2. Everlasting Moments (Sweden/Denmark)
3. Gomorrah (Italy)
4. I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
5. Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
1. Amy Adams — Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz — Vicky Cristina Barcelona

3. Viola Davis — Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei — The Wrestler

5. Kate Winslet — The Reader

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
1. Tom Cruise — Tropic Thunder
2. Robert Downey Jr. — Tropic Thunder

3. Ralph Fiennes — The Duchess
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman — Doubt
5. Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight

Best Director (Motion Picture)
1. Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
2. Stephen Daldry — The Reader
3. David Fincher — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Ron Howard — Frost/Nixon
5. Sam Mendes — Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay (Motion Picture)
1. Simon Beaufoy — Slumdog Millionaire
2. David Hare — The Reader
3. Peter Morgan — Frost/Nixon
4. Eric Roth — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. John Patrick Shanley — Doubt

Best Original Score — Motion Picture
1. Alexandre Desplat —The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Clint Eastwood — Changeling
3. James Newton Howard — Defiance
4. A. R. Rahman — Slumdog Millionaire
5. Hans Zimmer — Frost/Nixon

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
1. “Down To Earth” – Wall-E
2. “Gran Torino” – Gran Torino
3. “I Thought I Lost You” – Bolt
4. “Once In A Lifetime” – Cadillac Records
5. “The Wrestler” – The Wrestler

Nominations By Motion Picture Studios And Television Networks
Warner Bros. Pictures — 11
Universal Pictures — 9
The Weinstein Company — 8
Fox Searchlight Pictures — 7
Miramax Films — 7
Dreamworks Pictures — 6
Focus Features — 6
Paramount Pictures — 6
Paramount Vantage — 6
BBC Films — 5
Sony Pictures Classics — 4
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — 4
IFC Films — 2
Overture Films — 2
Sony Pictures Releasing — 2
Studio Canal — 2
Pathe — 1
Summit Entertainment — 1
Village Roadshow — 1

Nominations By Motion Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button — 5
Doubt — 5
Frost/Nixon — 5
The Reader — 4
Revolutionary Road — 4
Slumdog Millionaire — 4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona — 4
In Bruges — 3
The Wrestler — 3
Bolt — 2
Burn After Reading — 2
Changeling — 2
Happy-Go-Lucky — 2
I’ve Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’aime) — 2
Last Chance Harvey — 2
Mamma Mia! — 2
Tropic Thunder — 2
Wall-E — 2
Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Badder Meinhof Komplex) — 1
Cadillac Records — 1
The Dark Knight — 1
Defiance — 1
The Duchess — 1
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick) — 1
Gomorrah (Gomorra) — 1
Gran Torino — 1
Kung Fu Panda — 1
Milk — 1
Pineapple Express — 1
Rachel Getting Married — 1
Waltz With Bashir — 1

Source: HFPA