Golden Globe Awards 2009

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Nominations & Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominations
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures
Frost/Nixon
Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures
The Reader
Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company
Revolutionary Road
An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominations
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
Winner
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominations
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Winner
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler


Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Nominations
Burn After Reading
Working Title/Releasing Company; Focus Features in association with Studio Canal
Happy-Go-Lucky
Summit Entertainment, Film4, Ingenious Film Partners, Miramax Films; Miramax Films
In Bruges
Blueprint Pictures; Focus Features
Mamma Mia!
Relativity Media, Playtone, Littlestar; Universal Pictures
Winner
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mediapro; The Weinstein Company


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominations
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey
Winner
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Nominations
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey
Winner
Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominations
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Winner
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominations
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Winner
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film
Nominations
Bolt
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Kung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation SKG; Paramount Pictures
Winner
Wall-E
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios; Motion Pictures

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominations
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Germany - The Country of Germany (DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX) Constantin Film Produktion GmbH; Summit Entertainment, LLC
Everlasting Moments
Sweden, Denmark - The Country of Sweden and The Country of Denmark (MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK) Final Cut Productions Aps; IFC Films
Gomorrah
Italy - The Country of Italy (GOMORRA) Fandango; IFC Films
I've Loved You So Long
France - The Country of France (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics
Winner
Waltz With Bashir
Israel - The Country of IsraelBridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics


Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominations
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
Winner
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominations
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Written by Eric Roth
Doubt
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon
Written by Peter Morgan
The Reader
Written by David Hare
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Written by Simon Beaufoy


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominations
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Composed by Alexandre Desplat
Changeling
Composed by Clint Eastwood
Defiance
Composed by James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon
Composed by Hans Zimmer
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominations
Down To Earth - Wall-E
Music By: Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman. Lyrics By: Peter Gabriel
Gran Torino – Gran Torino
Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens. Lyrics By: Jamie Cullum
I Thought I Lost You – Bolt
Music & Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele
Once In A Lifetime – Cadillac Records
Music & Lyrics By: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarmon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street
Winner
The Wrestler – The Wrestler
Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen


Best Television Series - Drama
Nominations
Dexter SHOWTIME
House FOX
Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with Universal Media Studios
In Treatment HBO
Sheleg, Closest To The Hole Productions and Leverage in association with HBO Entertainment
True Blood HBO
Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Winner
Mad Men AMC
Lionsgate

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Nominations
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters ABC
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order
January Jones – Mad Men AMC
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer TNT
Winner
Anna Paquin – True Blood HBO

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Nominations
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors (SHOWTIME)
Winner
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment (HBO)


Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Nominations
Californication - SHOWTIME
Showtime Presents in association with Aggressive Mediocrity, and Then…, Twilight Time Films
Entourage - HBO
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
The Office - NBC
Deedle Dee Productions/Reveille/NBC Universal Television Studio; NBC
Weeds - SHOWTIME
Showtime/Lionsgate Television/Tilted Productions, Inc.; SHOWTIME
Winner
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
Nominations
Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? ABC
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty ABC
Debra Messing – The Starter Wife USA
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds SHOWTIME
Winner
Tina Fey – 30 Rock NBC


Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Nominations
Steve Carell – The Office NBC
Kevin Connolly – Entourage HBO
David Duchovny – Californication SHOWTIME
Tony Shalhoub – Monk USA
Winner
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock NBC

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominations
Recount HBO
Spring Creek/Mirage Productions in association with Trigger Street Productions, Everyman Pictures and HBO Films
A Raisin In The Sun ABC
Sony Pictures Television, Storyline Entertainment, and Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment
Bernard And Doris HBO
Trigger Street Independent Productions in association with Little Bird and Chicago Films and HBO Films
Cranford PBS
A Co-Production of BBC and WGBH Boston.
Winner
John Adams (HBO)Playtone in association with HBO Films

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominations
Judi Dench – Cranford PBS
Catherine Keener – An American Crime
Shirley MacLaine – Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon – Bernard And Doris HBO
Winner
Laura Linney – John Adams HBO


Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominations
Ralph Fiennes – Bernard And Doris HBO
Kevin Spacey – Recount HBO
Kiefer Sutherland – 24 FOX
Tom Wilkinson – Recount HBO
Winner
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
Nominations
Eileen Atkins – Cranford PBS
Melissa George – In Treatment HBO
Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters ABC
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment HBO
Winner
Laura Dern – Recount HBO

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominations
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother CBS
Denis Leary – Recount HBO
Jeremy Piven – Entourage HBO
Blair Underwood – In Treatment HBO
Winner
Tom Wilkinson – John Adams HBO