Heath Ledger has one the Oscar for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor for his role of The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s box office bonanza “The Dark Knight.” Ledger’s family accepted the statue for the late actor.
Along with “Slumdog Millonaire,” which ran away with most of the Oscars, the other top Acadamy Award Winners on Sunday night were:
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“Slumdog Millionaire”
(Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production; Christian Colson, Producer
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Milk” (Focus Features); Written by Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production; Kunio Kato
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathe; and BBC Films) Michael O’Connor
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Paramount and Warner Bros.) Greg Cannom
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)”A Mephisto Film Production; Jochen Alexander Freydank
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Richard King
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Chris Dickens
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Gulzar
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“Departures” (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production; Japan
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