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2008 Academy Awards Winners Contest Results

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Best Picture (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     16 7.1%
Frost/Nixon     5 2.2%
Milk     5 2.2%
The Reader     2 0.9%
Slumdog Millionaire X X 170 75.2%

Best Director (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire X X 148 65.5%
Stephen Daldry, The Reader     2 0.9%
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     22 9.7%
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon     15 6.6%
Gus Van Sant, Milk     11 4.9%

Best Actor (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor     3 1.3%
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon     13 5.8%
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     14 6.2%
Sean Penn, Milk X   70 31.0%
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler   X 98 43.4%

Best Actress (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married     8 3.5%
Angelina Jolie, Changeling     13 5.8%
Melissa Leo, Frozen River     2 0.9%
Meryl Streep, Doubt     23 10.2%
Kate Winslet, The Reader X X 152 67.3%

Best Supporting Actor (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Josh Brolin, Milk     2 0.9%
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder     2 0.9%
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt     3 1.3%
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight X X 189 83.6%
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road     3 1.3%

Best Supporting Actress (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Amy Adams, Doubt     25 11.1%
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona X X 94 41.6%
Viola Davis, Doubt     26 11.5%
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     25 11.1%
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler     26 11.5%

Best Original Screenplay (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Frozen River     4 1.8%
Happy-Go-Lucky     4 1.8%
In Bruges     14 6.2%
Milk X X 137 60.6%
WALL*E     36 15.9%

Best Adapted Screenplay (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     26 11.5%
Doubt     7 3.1%
Frost/Nixon     12 5.3%
The Reader     17 7.5%
Slumdog Millionaire X X 132 58.4%

Best Foreign Language Film (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Baader Meinhof Complex     15 6.6%
The Class     30 13.3%
Departures X   21 9.3%
Revanche     8 3.5%
Waltz With Bashir   X 122 54.0%

Best Animated Feature (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Bolt     2 0.9%
Kung Fu Panda     5 2.2%
WALL*E X X 189 83.6%

Best Animated Short Film (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
La Maison En Petits Cubes X   25 11.1%
Lavatory Lovestory     24 10.6%
Oktapodi     26 11.5%
Presto   X 89 39.4%
This Way Up     29 12.8%

Best Live Action Short Film (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Auf Der Strecke     15 6.6%
Manon On the Asphalt     37 16.4%
New Boy     38 16.8%
The Pig     43 19.0%
Spielzeugland X X 59 26.1%

Best Documentary Feature (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Betrayal     8 3.5%
Encounters At the End of the World     24 10.6%
The Garden     18 8.0%
Man On Wire X X 126 55.8%
Trouble the Water     14 6.2%

Best Documentary Short (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Conscience of Nhem En     41 18.1%
The Final Inch     37 16.4%
Smile Pinki X   19 8.4%
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306   X 93 41.2%

Best Cinematography (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Changeling     10 4.4%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     41 18.1%
The Dark Knight     52 23.0%
The Reader     3 1.3%
Slumdog Millionaire X X 86 38.1%

Best Editing (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     22 9.7%
The Dark Knight     44 19.5%
Frost/Nixon     23 10.2%
Milk     9 4.0%
Slumdog Millionaire X X 94 41.6%

Best Art Direction (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Changeling     8 3.5%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button X X 101 44.7%
The Dark Knight     46 20.4%
The Duchess     19 8.4%
Revolutionary Road     17 7.5%

Best Costume Design (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
Australia     35 15.5%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     40 17.7%
The Duchess X X 109 48.2%
Milk     5 2.2%
Revolutionary Road     4 1.8%

Best Makeup (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button X X 123 54.4%
The Dark Knight     51 22.6%
Hellboy II: The Golden Army     19 8.4%

Best Visual Effects (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button X X 90 39.8%
The Dark Knight     64 28.3%
Iron Man     39 17.3%

Best Sound Mixing (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     7 3.1%
The Dark Knight   X 81 35.8%
Slumdog Millionaire X   34 15.0%
WALL*E     63 27.9%
Wanted     8 3.5%

Best Sound Editing (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Dark Knight X X 84 37.2%
Iron Man     19 8.4%
Slumdog Millionaire     32 14.2%
WALL*E     51 22.6%
Wanted     7 3.1%

Best Original Score (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button     21 9.3%
Defiance     20 8.8%
Milk     5 2.2%
Slumdog Millionaire X X 127 56.2%
WALL*E     20 8.8%

Best Original Song (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
"Down To Earth," WALL*E     71 31.4%
"Jai Ho," Slumdog Millionaire X X 91 40.3%
"O Saya," Slumdog Millionaire     30 13.3%

How many Oscars will the film with the most Oscars get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
1     00.0%
2     00.0%
3     6 2.7%
4     20 8.8%
5     33 14.6%
6   X 47 20.8%
7     39 17.3%
8 X   12 5.3%
9     11 4.9%
10     4 1.8%
11     1 0.4%
12     00.0%
13     1 0.4%

How many Oscars will the film with the second-most Oscars get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
1     00.0%
2     7 3.1%
3 X   73 32.3%
4   X 59 26.1%
5     19 8.4%
6     9 4.0%
7     5 2.2%
8     1 0.4%
9     00.0%
10     1 0.4%

How many Oscars will the film with the third-most Oscars get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
1     10 4.4%
2 X   72 31.9%
3   X 63 27.9%
4     20 8.8%
5     7 3.1%
6     1 0.4%
7     00.0%
8     1 0.4%


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