Saturday, January 17, 2009

The "Murtada" Awards or my Oscar ballot

Best Film:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Milk.
Rachel Getting Married.
Revolutionary Road.
The Visitor.

Best Actor :
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road".
Robert Downey Jr in "Iron Man".
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor".
Sean Penn in "Milk"
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler".


Best Actress :
Cate Blanchett in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married".
Kristin Scott Thomas in "I've Loved You So Long".
Meryl Streep in "Doubt".
Kate Winslet in "Revolutionary Road".

Best Supp Actor :
Josh Brolin in "Milk"
James Franco in "Milk"
Bill Irwin in "Rachel Getting Married"
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Haaz Sleiman in "The Visitor"

Best Supporting Actress :
Hiam Abbas,in "The Visitor".
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona".
Viola Davis in "Doubt".
Taraji P Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
Debra Winger in "Rachel Getting Married".

Best Director :
David Fincher for "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button".
Gus Van Sant for "Milk".
Jonathan Demme for "Rachel Getting Married".
Sam Mendes for "Revolutionary Road".
Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire".

Best Original Screenplay :
Milk - Dustin Lance Black.
Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen.
The Visitor - Thomas McCarthy.

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth & Robin Swicord.
Doubt - John Patrick Shanely.
The Reader - David Hare.
Revolutionary Road - Justin Hythe.

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