81st Annual Academy Awards®
February 22, 2009

The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles

Your Host: Hugh Jackman
Televised over ABC in HDTV
OPENING SEQUENCE, produced by @radical.media: Host Hugh Jackman welcomes the audience and explains that, due to financial cutbacks, the Academy told him there will be no big production number opening the Awards Show. But, he's going to do one anyway. He stayed up all night working in his garage, and -- using simplified sets and props worthy of any middle school production -- he presents a medley of songs that introduces each Best Picture nominee -- even enlisting Anne Hathaway to sit in as Richard Nixon in the Frost/Nixon segment. In addition to the five Best Picture nominees, there are tributes to The Dark Knight and The Wrestler.   View opening (7:45)
Montage of Best Supporting Actress Winners
Supporting Actress -Former Supporting Actress winners Eva Marie Saint, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Whoopi Goldberg & Tilda Swinton
 View presentation & acceptance (7:20)
Writing Awards: Original & Adapted Screenplays -Tina Fey & Steve Martin
 View Original Screenplay presentation & acceptance (2:40)
 View Adapted Screenplay presentation & acceptance (2:44)
Oscar's 2008 Yearbook: Animation
Animated Film Awards: Feature and Short -Jennifer Aniston & Jack Black
Art Direction, Costume Design & Makeup -Sarah Jessica Parker & Daniel Craig
Oscar's 2008 Yearbook: Romance - introduced by Robert Pattinson & Amanda Seyfried
Cinematography -Natalie Portman & Ben Stiller
Scientific & Technical Awards -
(presented at the Beverly Wilshire on 7 February 2009)		Jessica Biel   View recap
Montage of 2008 films w. James Franco & Seth Rogen
Live Action Short Film -James Franco, Janusz Kaminski & Seth Rogen
Tribute to Musicals w. Hugh Jackman, Beyoncé, Robert Pattinson, Amanda Seyfried, Zac Efron & Alicia Keys and dancers; staged by Baz Luhrman
Montage of Best Supporting Actor Winners
Supporting Actor -Former Supporting Actor winners Christopher Walken, Kevin Kline, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alan Arkin, & Joel Grey
 View presentation & acceptance (7:53)
Oscar's 2008 Yearbook: Documentaries (by Albert Maysles) - introduced by Bill Maher
Documentary Awards: Feature & Short Subject -Bill Maher   View Feature Documentary presentation & acceptance (2:05)
Oscar's 2008 Yearbook: Visual Effects - introduced by Will Smith
Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing & Film Editing -Will Smith
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Jerry Lewis -Eddie Murphy
Montage of 2008 Musical Score Nominees - introduced by Zac Efron & Alicia Keys
Music: Original Score -Zac Efron & Alicia Keys
Montage of 2008 Best Song Nominees performed by M.I.A., A.R. Rahman & John Legend
Music: Original Song -Zac Efron & Alicia Keys
Foreign Language Film -Liam Neeson & Freida Pinto
In Memoriam - introduced by Queen Latifah (singing "I'll Be Seeing You")
Montage of 2008 Best Director Nominees
Director -Reese Witherspoon   View presentation & acceptance (4:07)
Montage of Past Best Actress Winners
Best Actress -Former Best Actress winners Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman & Marion Cotillard
 View presentation & acceptance (7:20)
Montage of Past Best Actor Winners
Best Actor -Former Best Actor winners Robert De Niro, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins, Adrien Brody & Michael Douglas
 View presentation & acceptance (9:43)
Montage of Past Best Picture Winners
Best Picture -Steven Spielberg   View presentation & acceptance (3:03)

All photographs copyright © 2009 Kevin Winter & Gabriel Bouys, GettyImages.com
Best Song Nominee Performances

"O Saya"
"Down to Earth"
"Jai Ho"

Your host, Hugh Jackman
Who wants to be a millionaire?
Why don't comic book films get nominated?
Jackman ages down in the Benjamin Button sequence
Anne Hathaway does her best Nixon impression in the Opening Number
The Big Finale

Best Supporting Actress, Penélope Cruz
Dustin Lance Black, winner for Original Screenplay (Milk)
Simon Beaufoy accepts his Award for adapting Slumdog Millionaire
Andrew Stanton accepts for Best Animated Feature (WALL·E)
Animated Short Film winner Kunio Katô accepts from presenter Jack Black
Winners for Art Direction (Benjamin Button): Donald Graham Burt (Production Designer, l.) & Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)

Michael O'Connor, winner for Costume Design (The Duchess)
Greg Cannom accepts his 3rd Award for Makeup (Benjamin Button)
Anthony Dod Mantle accepts his Award for Cinematography (Slumdog Millionaire)
Jessica Biel reports on the Scientific & Technical Awards presentation
Live Action Short Film winner Jochen Alexander Freydank (Spielzeugland)
Hugh Jackman and Beyoncé lead a tribute to Hollywood Musicals

The Company assembles for the Big Finale...
...and bows
Heath Ledger's family (dad & mom, Kim & Sally, and sister Kate, c.) accept the Award for Supporting Actor
Simon Chinn (l.) and James Marsh accept the Award for the feature documentary Man on Wire
Not to be outdone, Philippe Petit balances a statuette on his chin
Megan Mylan accepts for her documentary short Smile Pinki

The Visual Effects team for Benjamin Button
Richard King, winner for sound editing (The Dark Knight)
Slumdog Millionaire sound mixers Ian Tapp (l.), Resul Pookutty & Richard Pryke
Chris Dickens accepts his Award for film editing (Slumdog Millionaire)
Jerry Lewis accepts his Hersholt Award, with presenter Eddie Murphy looking on
A.R. Rahman, winner for his musical score for Slumdog Millionaire

Rahman picks up Award #2 for "Jai Ho", best original song
Director Yofiro Takita accepts the Best Foreign Language Film Award for Okuribito
Queen Latifah performs "I'll Be Seeing You" during the annual In Memoriam
Danny Boyle, Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress Kate Winslet, surrounded by the presenters
Sean Penn, Best Actor for Milk

Christian Colson accepts the Award for Best Picture (Slumdog Millionaire)
The cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire mob the stage
Show Producer:Laurence Mark
Show Executive Producer:Bill Condon
Telecast Director for ABC:Roger Goodman
In Memoriam segment:Allen P. Haines
Musical Director:Michael Giacchino