If I Ran the Oscars 2008

--Winners in italics--

Best Picture
The Dark Knight
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
The Wrestler

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

Best Actor
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Synecdoche, New York)
Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Lina Leandersson (Låt den rätte komma in)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man)

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Richard Dreyfuss (W.)
Nathan Fillion (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky)

Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)
Samantha Morton (Synecdoche, New York)
Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)
Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Robert D. Siegel (The Wrestler)
Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, and Zack Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

Best Adapted Screenplay
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway (Iron Man)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (Låt den rätte komma in)
Jonathan & Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Best Animated Feature
Bolt
Gake no ue no Ponyo
Justice League: The New Frontier
Vals Im Bashir
WALL·E

Best Art Direction
Charley Beal (Milk)
Alex Hajdu and John Richardson (W.)
Simon Lamont (The Dark Knight)
Iñigo Navarro (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Eva Norén (Låt den rätte komma in)

Best Cinematography
Javier Aguirresarobe (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Hoyte Van Hoytema (Låt den rätte komma in)
Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight)
Harris Savides (Milk)
Maryse Alberti (The Wrestler)

Best Costume Design
Michael Dennison (W.)
Danny Glicker (Milk)
Lindy Hemming (The Dark Knight)
Bernie Pollack and Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Shawna Trpcic (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

Best Documentary Feature
Food, Inc.
It Might Get Loud
Man on Wire
102 Minutes That Changed America
Religulous

Best Film Editing
Kirk Baxter and Agnus Wall (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Elliot Graham (Milk)
Lisa Lassek (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Lee Smith (The Dark Knight)
Andrew Weisblum (The Wrestler)

Best Foreign Language Film
Gake no ue no Ponyo
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Låt den rätte komma in
Vals Im Bashir

Best Makeup
Colleen Callaghan, Fionagh Cush, and Heba Thorisdottir (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Judy Chin and Jerry DeCarlo (Synecdoche, New York)
Sue Robb-King (The Dark Knight)

Best Original Song
"Brand New Day," Jed & Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
"Everything You Ever," Joss & Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
"My Eyes," Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, and Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
"My Freeze Ray," Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
"The Wrestler," Bruce Springsteen (The Wrestler)

Best Original Score
Jon Brion (Synecdoche, New York)
Carter Burwell (In Bruges)
Danny Elfman (Milk)
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight)
Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

Best Sound Mixing
Ben Burtt, Vince Caro, Doc Kane, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Tony Sereno, and Patrick Spain (WALL·E)
Lora Hirschberg, Brian Magerkurth, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo, and Agce Ulas (The Dark Knight)
Ron Judkins (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Geoffrey G. Rubay (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Mark Ulano (Iron Man)

Best Sound Editing
Lon Bender (Defiance)
Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood (WALL·E)
Frank E. Eulner (Iron Man)
Will Files and Douglas Murray (Cloverfield)
Richard King (The Dark Knight)

Best Visual Effects
Kevin Blank, Michael Bruce Ellis, John Kilshaw, and Eric Leven (Cloverfield)
Matthew Gratzner, Luke McDonald, Jonathan Rothbart, Ben Snow, Edson Williams, and Anthony Mabin (Iron Man)
Pablo Helman (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)