Alternate Oscars: 2008

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

In Bruges*

Lorna’s Silence

Man on Wire

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Summer Hours

BEST DIRECTOR:

Olivier Assayas, Summer Hours*

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Lance Hammer, Ballast

Martin McDonagh, In Bruges

Steve McQueen, Hunger

BEST ACTOR:

Benicio Del Toro, Che

Colin Farrell, In Bruges*

Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges

Tom Hardy, Bronson

Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS:

Kate Beckinsale, Nothing But the Truth

Arta Dobroshi, Lorna’s Silence

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married*

Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight*

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles

Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Patricia Clarkson, Elegy

Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York*

Vinessa Shaw, Two Lovers

Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Class*

Gomorrah

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Two Lovers

Wendy and Lucy

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Burn After Reading

In Bruges*

Lorna's Silence

Summer Hours

Synecdoche, New York

BEST ART DIRECTION:

Australia
Bronson

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

Synecdoche, New York

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Dark Knight

Hunger*

The Hurt Locker

Let the Right One In

Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Australia

The Brothers Bloom
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Duchess*

Revolutionary Road

BEST FILM EDITING:

Burn After Reading

The Dark Knight

Gomorrah

Man on Wire*

Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

35 Shots of Rum
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight
In Bruges

Slumdog Millionaire*

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace

"Gran Torino" from Gran Torino

"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire

"Low are the Punches" from Somers Town

"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler*

BEST MAKEUP:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

The Dark Knight

The Duchess
Synecdoche, New York

The Wrestler

BEST SOUND:

The Dark Knight

The Hurt Locker*

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Speed Racer*

WALL-E

BEST STUNTS:

The Dark Knight*

Death Race

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Quantum of Solace

Wanted

BEST CASTING:

Burn After Reading

A Christmas Tale

Get Smart*

In Bruges

Summer Hours

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Hunger

In Bruges*

Lorna’s Silence

Man on Wire

Summer Hours