BAFTA Nominations

The nominees for the British Academy of Film & Television Awards are:

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST BRITISH PICTURE
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man on Wire
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

BEST ACTOR
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading- Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Changeling- J. Michael Straczynski
I've Loved You So Long- Phillippe Claudel
In Bruges- Martin McDonagh
Milk- Dustin Lance Black

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon- Peter Morgan
The Reader- David Hare
Revolutionary Road- Justin Haythe
Slumdog Millionaire- Simon Beaufoy

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Baader Meinof Complex
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling- Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight- Wally Pfister
The Reader- Chris Menges & Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire- Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling- James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight- Nathan Crowley & Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road- Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire- Mark Digby & Michelle Day

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling- Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight- Lindy Hemming
The Duchess- Michael O'Connor
Revolutionary Road- Albert Wolsky

BEST FILM EDITING
Changeling- Joel Cox & Gary D. Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
The Dark Knight- Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon- Mike Hill & Dan Hanley
In Bruges- Jon Gregory
Slumdog Millionaire- Chris Dickens

BEST MUSIC
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight- Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia!- Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
Slumdog Millionaire- A.R. Rahman
WALL-E- Thomas Newman

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Frost/Nixon
Milk

BEST SOUND
Changeling
The Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Michael Cera
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell

Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the way with 11 nominations each, while Kate Winlset added further confusion by being nominated twice for leading actress...plus some really crazy acting nods (Dev Patel- lead actor?, Freida Pinto?, Tilda Swinton?) Hmmmm.