BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio
Slumdog Millionaire	FxSch	PGA, SAG, BFCA, HFPA	Your Oscar Winner (80%)
Frost/Nixon	U		Very, very well liked... but is there enough passion? (10%)
Milk	Focus		Those who love, LOVE, those who hate, HATE (5%)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Par		Heart = Votes... Button = Admiration (3%)
The Reader	TWC		Found enough support to get here... lowest ranked film on MCN Top 10 compilation to ever get in. (2%)

BEST DIRECTOR
Director - Film		Comment
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire	BFCA, HFPA	Your Oscar Winner (80%)
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button		Mad skills, but no momentum (55%
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon		Well loved family member, but slots with the BP race (10%)
Gus Van Sant - Milk		(3%)
Stephen Daldry - The Reader		(2%)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Writer(s) - Film		Comment
Wall-E Andrew Stanton Jim Reardon Peter Doctor	-	By many standards, the best loved film of the year... in combo with Animation win, a consolation prize? Nomiunated once before for screenplay (50%)
Milk Dustin Lance Black	-	Complex adaptation, but the robot may just be more popular... and original (45%)
Happy-Go-Lucky Mile Leigh	-	Nominated 3 times before for screenplay (3%)
Frozen River Courtney Hunt		(2%)
In Bruges Martin McDonagh	-	(1%)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Writer(s) - Film		Comment
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy	BFCA, HFPA	Your Oscar Winner - Nomiunated before (65%)
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan		Nomiunated before (15%)
Doubt John Patrick Shanley		Won before (10%)
The Reader David Hare		Nomiunated before (8%)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth		Won before ( 2%)

Previous Charts January 22, 2009 January 8, 2009 December 18, 2008 December 11, 2008 December 4, 2008 November 20, 2008 November 13, 2008 November 6, 2008 October 23, 2008 October 16, 2008 September 25, 2008 July 31, 2008

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January 29, 2009
- by David Poland

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