oscar winners 2009

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Preshow Tim Gunn

Robin Roberts

Jess Cagle[1] Host Hugh Jackman Producer Bill Condon

Laurence Mark Director Roger Goodman[2] Nominees and winners Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Most wins Slumdog Millionaire (8) Most nominations The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13) TV in the United States Network ABC Duration 3 hours, 30 minutes Viewership 36.3 million < 80th Academy Awards 82nd >

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was televised in the United States on ABC and on Sky Movies in high definition in the United Kingdom. Australian performer Hugh Jackman hosted the ceremony for the first time.[3] Academy Award-nominated producer Laurence Mark produced with Academy Award-winning writer/director Bill Condon as executive producer.[4]

Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards, the most of the evening, including Best Picture and Best Director (Danny Boyle). The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the nominations with a total of thirteen while Slumdog Millionaire received ten. The Dark Knight and Milk received eight nominations, and Doubt, The Reader, and Frost/Nixon each received five. The animated film WALL-E, the winner for Best Animated Feature, received six nominations, tying it with Beauty and The Beast for the most nominated animated film in Oscar history.[5]

The Academy hoped to rework the ceremony through an entirely new production team sworn to secrecy; however, the telecast proved to receive mainly mixed reviews from critics. Controversies stemmed from the ceremony prior to its broadcast, most notably the Academy's alleged snubbing of films such as The Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, The Wrestler, and WALL·E, threats of a possible Screen Actors Guild strike, and fear of continuation of low viewership from more recent Oscar telecasts. Contents [hide] 1 Winners of major awards 1.1 Feature films 1.2 Directing 1.3 Acting 1.4 Writing 1.5 Special honors 2 Premise 3 Schedule 4 Nominations 5 Multiple nominations and awards 6 In Memoriam 7 Presenters and performers 7.1 Presenters 7.2 Performers 8 Advertisements 9 Voting trends and summary 9.1 Acting 10 Controversies 10.1 Snubbed films 10.2 Disputes over Ledger's statuette 10.3 Faked winners leak 10.4 Other controversies 11 Memorable quotes 12 Reception and ratings 13 See also 14 References 15 External links 15.1 Official websites 15.2 News resources 15.3 Analysis 15.4 Other resources //

Winners of major awards

This is a breakdown of winners of major awards categories only. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see 81st Academy Awards nominees and winners.[6][7]

Feature films Award Winner Producer Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson Best Foreign Language