MOVIES MADE EASY AWARDS Winners!

Best Original Score

Jon Brion – Synecdoche, New York
Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Hirschfelder - Australia
R.A. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
Howard Shore – Doubt
Hans Zimmer – Frost/Nixon

WINNER: Hans Zimmer, “Frost/Nixon”
RUNNER-UP: David Hirschfelder, “Australia”

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins – Doubt
Frederick Elmes – Synecdoche, New York
Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Declan Quinn – Rachel Getting Married
Mandy Walker - Australia
Colin Watkinson – The Fall

WINNER: Colin Watkinson, “The Fall”
RUNNER-UP: Mandy Walker, “Australia”

Best Breakthrough Performance

Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Robert Pattinson – Twilight
Brandon Walters – Australia

WINNER: Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”
RUNNER-UP: Brandon Walters, “Australia”

Best Comedic Performance

Thomas Haden Church – Smart People
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Richard Jenkins – Step Brothers
Jane Lynch – Role Models
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading

WINNER: Robert Downey, Jr, “Tropic Thunder”
RUNNER-UP: Jane Lynch, “Role Models”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Viola Davis – Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet - The Reader

WINNER: Debra Winger, “Rachel Getting Married”
RUNNER-UP: Viola Davis, “Doubt"

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Emile Hirsch - Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Tom Noonan – Synecdoche, New York
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
David Thewlis – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

WINNER: Michael Sheen, “Frost/Nixon”
RUNNER-UP: Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Nicole Kidman – Australia
Emily Mortimer - Transsiberian
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

WINNER: Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
RUNNER-UP: Emily Mortimer, “Transsiberian”

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Brian Cox – Red
Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Synecdoche, New York
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

WINNER: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
RUNNER-UP: Clint Eastwood, “Gran Torino”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare – The Reader
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Stephen Susco – Red

WINNER: Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”
RUNNER-UP: John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt”

Best Original Screenplay

Joel & Ethan Coen – Burn After Reading
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Robert Seigel – The Wrestler

WINNER: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
RUNNER-UP: Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Gus Van Sant – Milk

WINNER: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
RUNNER-UP: Darren Aronofsky, “The Wrestler”

Best Documentary Feature

Dear Zachary: Letters to A Son About His Father
Encounters at the End of the World
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Man on Wire
The Order of Myths
Standard Operating Procedure

WINNER: Dear Zachary: Letters to A Son About His Father
RUNNER-UP: Encounters at the End of the World

Best Foreign Language Film

The Class (France)
Gomorrah (Italy)
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
The Song of Sparrows (Iran)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Worlds Apart (Denmark)

WINNER: Let the Right One In (Sweden)
RUNNER-UP: Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Best Animated Feature

$9.99
Bolt
Fear(s) of the Dark
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir

WINNER: $9.99
RUNNER-UP: Waltz with Bashir

Best Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
The Wrestler

WINNER: The Wrestler
RUNNER-UP: Synecdoche, New York