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Almost every year in at least one category, the Academy Awards shows a surprising omission. But some of the Oscar snubs are famous. They are not the Oscar snubs that people will be talking about the next day, but the next decade. Below are some surprising 2009 Oscar snubs.
2009 Oscar Snubs – Dark Knight, Clint Eastwood and Leo DiCaprio

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin in W
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in The Reader

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelop Cruz in Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated feature film of the year
Bolt
Wall-E
Kung Fu Panda

Achievement in art direction
Changeling: James J. Murakami
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt
The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley
The Duchess: Michael Carlin
Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea

Achievement in cinematography : Person/persons
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

Achievement in costume design
Australia: Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West
The Duchess: Michael O’Connor
Milk: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: David Fincher
Milk: Gus Van Sant
Frost/Nixon: Ron Howard
Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle
The Reader: Stephen Daldry

Best documentary feature
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
MThe Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Best documentary short subject
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306

Achievement in film editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Kirk Baxte, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight: Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon: Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Milk: Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir

Achievement in makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight: John Caglione Jr., Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Mike Elizalde, Thomm Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat
Defiance: James Newton Howard
Milk: Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman
Wall-E: Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Down to Earth” from Wall-E: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
“Jal Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman
“O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire: Person/persons

Best motion picture of the year
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated short film
Le Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory – Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Achievement in sound editing
The Dark Knight: Richard King
Iron Man: Frank Eulner, Christo
Slumdog Millionaire: Tom Sayers
Wall-E: Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted: Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: David PArker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Slumdog Millionaire: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Wall-E: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted: Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano, Petr Forejt

Adapted screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth
Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
The Reader: David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
Milk: Dustin Lance Black
Wall-E: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film

Wall-E Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Best Foreign Language Film

Waltz With Bashir ( Israel)
The Country of Israel
Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D’Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“The Wrestler ” – The Wrestler, Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen

Best Television Series – Drama

Mad Men (AMC) Lionsgate

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama

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Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama

Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment (HBO)

Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

30 Rock (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television

John Adams (HBO) ,Playtone in association with HBO Films

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Laura Linney – John Adams (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Paul Giamatti – John Adams (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Laura Dern – Recount (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Tom Wilkinson – John Adams (HBO)