2009 Oscar Predictions

OK I've procrastinated long enough. I'm not going to bore you with a long introduction here, let's get to the point, shall we?

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

Alt: The Messenger


BEST DIRECTOR

• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
  
• James Cameron, Avatar
  
• Lee Daniels, Precious
• Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Alt: Clint Eastwood, Invictus; Neill Blomkamp, District 9

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

Alt: Viggo Mortensen, The Road; Tobey Maguire, Brothers; Ben Foster, The Messenger


BEST ACTRESS

• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
  
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan, An Education
  
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Alt: Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria; Abby Cornish, Bright Star

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Matt Damon, Invictus
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
  
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Alt: Alfred Molina, An Education


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

Alt: Julianne Moore, A Single Man

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

Alt: James Cameron, Avatar


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

Alt: Scott Cooper, Crazy Heart; Jane Campion, Bright Star

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• James Horner, Avatar
• Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
  
• Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
  
• Michael Giacchino, Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• 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)

Alt: El Secreto de sus Ojos (Argentina)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• The Beaches of Agnes
• Burma, VJ
  
• The Cove
  
• Food, Inc.
• Mugabe and the White African

Alt: Valentino: The Last Emperor

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
  
• Up

Alt: Ponyo