2009 Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
- Avatar
- District 9
- An Education
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Invictus
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR
- Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- James Cameron, Avatar
- Lee Daniels, Precious
- Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST ACTOR
- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- George Clooney, Up in the Air
- Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman, Invictus
- Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS
- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Helen Mirren, The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
- Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
- Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
- Mo'Nique, Precious
- Samantha Morton, The Messenger
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
- Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
- Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
- Nick Hornby, An Education
- Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
- Tom Ford, A Single Man
- Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- James Horner, Avatar
- Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
- Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
- Michael Giacchino, Up

- Ajami (Israel)
- A Prophet (France)
- The White Ribbon (Germany)
- Winter in Wartime (The Netherlands)
- The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (Bulgaria)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- The Beaches of Agnes
- Burma, VJ
- The Cove
- Food, Inc.
- Mugabe and the White African
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
- Up
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