The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2009 Golden Globes this morning and the complete list of Motion Picture nominees out of 184 live-action feature films (113 drama and 71 comedies or musicals) and 8 animated feature films is listed below.
Looking over the surprises I would have to say The Reader getting in as a Best Picture (Drama) nominee while films such as The Dark Knight and Milk get snubbed is a major surprise. Michael Shannon not being nominated for Revolutionary Road while Tom Cruise gets a nod for his performance in Tropic Thunder caught me off guard and I am sure James Franco wasn’t expecting a nomination for Pineapple Express as much as he was hoping for one from Milk, but I am sure he will take it either way. I am also assuming there will be a 50/50 discussion on whether or not Angelina Jolie should have been nommed over Cate Blanchett. Personally I think Blanchett deserves it and think she will get the Oscar nod over Jolie, but this makes it a little more interesting.
Finally, Kate Winslet was a double nom (Revolutionary Road and The Reader), as was Meryl Streep (Doubt and Mamma Mia!).
In terms of leaders, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt and Frost/Nixon came away with five nominations each with The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire and Vicky Cristina Barcelona all earning four. Warner Bros. is the studio winner with 11 nominations with Universal (9), The Weinstein Co. (8), Fox Searchlight and Miramax (7) rounding out the top five.
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST).
Always remember I am keeping track of everything award related under the sun in “The Contenders“! Enjoy the noms…
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Revolutionary Road
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Mamma Mia!
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Burn After Reading
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- In Bruges
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
- Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
- Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Colin Farrell, In Bruges
- James Franco, Pineapple Express
- Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
- Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
- Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
- Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
- Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
- Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
- Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hare, The Reader
- Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
- Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
- Gomorrah
- I’ve Loved You So Long
- Waltz with Bashir
- The Baader Meinhof Complex
- Everlasting Moments
- James Newton Howard, Defiance
- Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
- Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon
- Clint Eastwood, Changeling
- “Down to Earth” from WALL-E
- “Gran Torino” from Gran Torino
- “I Thought I’d Lost You” from Bolt
- “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records
- “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler
The television nominees are on the next page…
