The International Press Academy has revealed the nominations for the 13th Annual Satellite Awards. In the running for best picture are Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Milk, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader.
The Satellite Awards will be presented at the ceremony on December 14 at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.
The International Press Academy has also announced its list of the ten best films in 2008. Here they are:
BALLAST
CHANGELING
DOUBT
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
MILK
THE READER
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
And here are the nominees:
MOTION PICTURES
1. ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
MELISSA LEO Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling (Universal Pictures)
ANNE HATHAWAY Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP Doubt (Miramax Films)
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS I’ve Loved You So Long (Sony Pictures Classics)
KATE WINSLET The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
2. ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
RICHARD JENKINS The Visitor (Overture Films)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks)
FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN Milk (Focus Features)
MARK RUFFALO What Doesn’t Kill You (Yari Film Group)
3. ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SALLY HAWKINS Happy-Go-Lucky (Miramax Films)
MERYL STREEP Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
LISA KUDROW Kabluey (Regent Releasing)
KAT DENNINGS Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
CATHERINE DENEUVE A Christmas Tale (IFC Films)
DEBRA MESSING Nothing Like the Holidays (Overture Films)
4. ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
RICKY GERVAIS Ghost Town (DreamWorks / Paramount Pictures)
SAM ROCKWELL Choke (Fox Searchlight)
JOSH BROLIN W. (Lionsgate)
MICHAEL CERA Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges (Focus Features)
MARK RUFFALO The Brothers Bloom (Summit Entertainment)
5. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ROSEMARIE DEWITT Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)
PENELOPE CRUZ Elegy (Samuel Goldwyn Company)
ANJELICA HUSTON Choke (Fox Searchlight)
SOPHIE OKONEDO The Secret Life of Bees (Fox Searchlight )
EMMA THOMPSON Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)
BEYONCÉ KNOWLES Cadillac Records (TriStar Pictures)
6. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MICHAEL SHANNON Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks)
RADE SHERBEDGIA Fugitive Pieces (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
JAMES FRANCO Milk (Focus Features)
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt (Miramax Films)
7. MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
THE READER The Weinstein Company
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Fox Searchlight
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD DreamWorks
FROST/NIXON Universal Pictures
MILK Focus Features
FROZEN RIVER Sony Pictures Classics
8. MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Miramax Films
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST Columbia Pictures
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA The Weinstein Company
TROPIC THUNDER DreamWorks
IN BRUGES Focus Features
CHOKE Fox Searchlight
9. MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE CLASS France Sony Pictures Classics
SANGRE DE MI SANGRE Argentina IFC Films
GOMORRAH Italy IFC Films
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Sweden Magnet Releasing
REPRISE Norway Miramax Films
CARAMEL Lebanon / France Roadside Attractions
10. MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX Universal Pictures
DR. SEUSS’ HORTON HEARS A WHO! Twentieth Century-Fox
WALL-E Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures
BOLT Walt Disney Pictures
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Sony Pictures Classics
THE SKY CRAWLERS Sony Pictures Classics
11. MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
MAN ON WIRE Magnolia Pictures
PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Balcony Releasing
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD Discovery Films / THINKFilm
RELIGULOUS Lionsgate Films
ANITA O’DAY – THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER AOD Productions
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Sony Pictures Classics
12. DIRECTOR
THOMAS MCCARTHY The Visitor (Overture Films)
RON HOWARD Frost/Nixon (Universal Pictures)
GUS VAN SANT Milk (Focus Features)
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers)
DANNY BOYLE Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
STEPHEN DALDRY The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
13. SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
PHILIP ROTH Elegy (Samuel Goldwyn Company)
THOMAS MCCARTHY The Visitor (Overture Films)
ERIC ROTH, ROBIN SWICORD The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures)
COURTNEY HUNT Frozen River (Sony Picture Classics)
BAZ LUHRMANN, STUART BEATTIE, RONALD HARWOOD, RICHARD FLANAGAN Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
DUSTIN LANCE BLACK Milk (Focus Features)
14. SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY Doubt (Miramax Films)
PETER MORGAN Frost/Nixon (Universal Pictures)
DAVID HARE The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
SIMON BEAUFOY Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
JUSTIN HAYTHE Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks)
15. ORIGINAL SCORE
DAVID ARNOLD Quantum of Solace (Columbia Pictures)
THOMAS NEWMAN WALL-E (Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures)
JOHN POWELL Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (Twentieth Century-Fox)
A.R. RAHMAN Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
DAVID HIRSCHFELDER Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
DANNY ELFMAN Milk (Focus Features)
16. ORIGINAL SONG
“Another Way to Die” Quantum of Solace – Jack White (Columbia Pictures)
“If the World” Body of Lies – Guns N’ Roses (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Down to Earth” WALL-E – Peter Gabriel (Walt Disney Studios)
“By the Boab Tree” Australia – Angela Little, Felix Meagher Baz Luhrmann, Anton Monsted,
and Schuyler Weiss (Twentieth Century-Fox)
“Jaiho” Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman and Gulzar (Fox Searchlight)
“The Wrestler” The Wrestler – Bruce Springsteen (Fox Searchlight)
17. CINEMATOGRAPHY
JESS HALL Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)
GYULA PADOS The Duchess (Paramount Vantage Pictures)
MANDY WALKER Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
TIM ORR Snow Angels (Warner Independent Pictures)
TOM STERN Changeling (Universal Pictures)
CLAUDIO MIRANDA The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures)
18. VISUAL EFFECTS
CHRIS CORBOULD, KEVIN TOD HAUG Quantum of Solace (Columbia Pictures)
JOHN NELSON, SHANE MAHAN, DAN SUDEK, BEN SNOW Iron Man (Paramount Pictures / Marvel)
NICK DAVIS, CHRIS CORBOULD, TIM WEBBER, PAUL FRANKLIN The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers)
JEFFREY A. OKUN The Day the Earth Stood Still (Twentieth Century-Fox)
CHRIS GODFREY Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
19. FILM EDITING
MATT CHESSÉ, RICHARD PEARSON Quantum of Solace (Columbia Pictures)
DAN LEBENTAL Iron Man (Paramount Pictures / Marvel)
LEE SMITH The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers)
DODY DORN, MICHAEL MCCUSKER Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
CHRIS DICKENS Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
DANIEL P. HANLEY, MIKE HILL Frost/Nixon (Universal Pictures)
20. SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING)
EDDY JOSEPH, MIKE PRESTWOOD SMITH, MARK TAYLOR, JIMMY BOYLE, MARTIN CANTWELL Quantum of Solace (Columbia Pictures)
CHRISTOPHER BOYES Iron Man (Paramount Pictures / Marvel)
RICHARD KING The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers)
JENNY WARD Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
BEN BURTT, MATTHEW WOOD WALL-E (Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures)
WILLIAM R. DEAN, DAVID HUSBY The Day the Earth Stood Still (Twentieth Century-Fox)
21. ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
KAREN MURPHY, CATHERINE MARTIN Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
ALICE NORMINGTON Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)
KEN WAKEFIELD, MICHAEL CARLIN The Duchess (Paramount Vantage)
DONALD GRAHAM BURT, TOM RETA The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures)
JON BILLINGTON, MARTIN LAING City of Ember (Fox-Walden)
KRISTI ZEA, DEBRA SCHUTT Revolutionary Road (Paramount Vantage)
22. COSTUME DESIGN
MICHAEL O’CONNOR The Duchess (Paramount Vantage)
EIMER NI MHAOLDOMHNAIGH Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)
CATHERINE MARTIN Australia (Twentieth Century-Fox)
PATRICIA FIELD Sex And The City (New Line)
RUTH MYERS City of Ember (Fox-Walden)
JACQUELINE WEST The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures)
TELEVISION
23. MiINISERIES
JOHN ADAMS (HBO / Playtone)
CRANFORD (BBC) / WGBH Boston, in association with Chestermead LTD
THE LAST ENEMY (PBS)
24. MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
THE MEMORY KEEPERS DAUGHTER (Lifetime Television)
BERNARD AND DORIS (HBO)
GOD ON TRIAL (PBS)
RECOUNT (HBO) Spring Creek / Mirage Prods.
FILTH: THE MARY WHITEHOUSE STORY (PBS / BBC)
“24” REDEMPTION (Fox)
25. ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JUDI DENCH Cranford (BBC), WGBH Boston, in assoc. w/ Chestermead LTD.
LAURA LINNEY John Adams (HBO)
SUSAN SARANDON Bernard & Doris (HBO)
PHYLICIA RASHAD A Raisin in the Sun (Sony Pictures Television)
JULIE WALTERS Filth : The Mary Whitehouse Story (PBS / BBC)
JACQUELINE BISSET An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (The Hallmark Channel)
26. ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
PAUL GIAMATTI John Adams (HBO)
KEVIN SPACEY Recount (HBO)
TOM WILKINSON Recount (HBO)
RALPH FIENNES Bernard & Doris (HBO)
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Last Enemy (PBS)
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD God on Trial (PBS)
27. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
LAURA DERN Recount (HBO)
SARAH POLLEY John Adams (HBO)
KRISTIN CHENOWETH Pushing Daisies (ABC)
DIANNE WIEST In Treatment (HBO)
CHANDRA WILSON Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
FIONNULA FLANAGAN Brotherhood (Showtime)
28. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JIMMY SMITS Dexter (Showtime)
ZELJKO IVANEK Damages (FX)
JOHN SLATTERY Mad Men (Lionsgate, AMC)
JOHN NOBLE Fringe (FOX)
NELSAN ELLIS True Blood (HBO)
HARVEY KEITEL Life On Mars (ABC / Twentieth Century-Fox)
29. TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
BROTHERHOOD Showtime
IN TREATMENT HBO
PRIMEVAL BBC America
LIFE ON MARS ABC / Twentieth Century-Fox Television
DEXTER Showtime
MAD MEN AMC Lionsgate Television
30. ACTRESS IN A SERIES, DRAMA
ANNA PAQUIN True Blood (HBO)
HOLLY HUNTER Saving Grace (TNT / Fox Televsion)
GLENN CLOSE Damages (FX)
KATHRYN ERBE LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT (NBC / USA)
KYRA SEDGWICK The Closer (TNT)
SALLY FIELD Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
31. ACTOR IN A SERIES, DRAMA
BRYAN CRANSTON Breaking Bad (AMC) Sony Pictures Television
GABRIEL BYRNE In Treatment (HBO)
MICHAEL C. HALL Dexter (Showtime)
JON HAMM Mad Men (AMC)
DAVID TENNANT Doctor Who (BBC America)
JASON ISAACS Brotherhood (Showtime)
32. TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (FX)
30 ROCK (NBC)
PUSHING DAISIES (ABC)
STATE OF THE UNION (Showtime)
THE COLBERT REPORT (Comedy Central)
SKINS (BBC America)
33. ACTRESS IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
TRACEY ULLMAN State of the Union (Showtime)
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE Samantha Who? (ABC)
TINA FEY 30 Rock (NBC)
AMERICA FERRERA Ugly Betty (ABC)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
MARY LOUISE PARKER Weeds (Showtime)
34. ACTOR IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
DAVID DUCHOVNY Californication, (Showtime)
DANNY DEVITO It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
LEE PACE Pushing Daisies (ABC)
ALEC BALDWIN 30 Rock (NBC)
JUSTIN KIRK Weeds (Showtime)
JONNY LEE MILLER Eli Stone (ABC)
More nominations can be found at www.satelliteawards.org.