Benjamin Button Leads Oscar Race

10 months ago 22nd Jan 15:06

With the announcement of the Oscar nominations this afternoon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has cause to celebrate as it leads the field with thirteen nominations, including Best Picture.

But multiple nominations have not worked out so well in the past for David Fincher's movie after walking away empty handed at last week's Golden Globes despite bagging the most nominations.

And Benjamin Button with face serious competition in the Best Picture category from British film Slumdog Millionaire, which is currently riding on a wave of award success as it bagged ten nominations.

Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire will be joined by political dramas Milk, which was overlooked in this category at the Globes, and Frost/Nixon as well as Holocaust drama The Reader. Some expected to see The Dark Knight in this category but was overlooked, the film did however pick up eight nominations.

As expected, Heath Ledger had a supporting-actor nomination for The Dark Knight on the one-year anniversary of his death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

The acting categories were loaded with surprises. Kate Winslet won two Golden Globes, best dramatic actress for Revolutionary Road and supporting actress for The Reader. But she was nominated for lead actress at the Oscars for The Reader and shut out for Revolutionary Road.

Meryl Streep received her fifteenth Oscar nomination for her role in Doubt and, along with Kate, are joined by Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie and a surprise nod for Melissa Leo.