The 2008 Chloe Awards

For those special crazy people who like to
nerd over other people's special crazy nerdism.

 
Best Picture
The nominees are...
The Dark Knight
dir. Christopher Nolan
(Warner)
Milk
dir. Gus Van Sant
(Focus)
Paranoid Park
dir. Gus van Sant
(IFC)
The Reader
dir. Stephen Daldry
(TWC)
WALL•E
dir. Andrew Stanton
(Disney/Pixar)
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Finalists: Happy-Go-Lucky * Love Songs * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * Reprise * The Fall
Semi-Finalists: Waltz with Bashir * The Wrestler * Australia * A Christmas Tale * The Class
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Best Director
The nominees are...
Mike Leigh
Happy-Go-Lucky
Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton
WALL•E
Joachim Trier
Reprise
Gus Van Sant
Milk +
Paranoid Park
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Finalists: Stephen Daldry, The Reader * Christophe Honoré, Love Songs * Tarsem, The Fall * Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler * Laurent Cantet, The Class
Semi-Finalists: Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married * David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * Steve McQueen, Hunger * Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir * Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
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Best Original Screenplay
The nominees are...
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh
Milk
Dustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting Married
Jenny Lumet
Reprise
Joachim Trier + Eskil Vogt
WALL•E
Andrew Stanton + Jim Reardon + Pete Docter
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Finalists: Arnaud Desplechin + Emmanuel Bourdieu, A Christmas Tale * Martin McDonagh, In Bruges * Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor * Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven * Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Semi-Finalists: Seth Rogen + Evan Goldberg + Judd Apatow, Pineapple Express * Christophe Honoré, Love Songs * Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah Marshall * Joel + Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading * Robert Siegel, The Wrestler
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Best Adapted Screenplay
The nominees are...
Boy A
Mark O'Rowe
The Class
François Bégaudeau + Robin Campillo + Laurent Cantet
Paranoid Park
Gus Van Sant
The Reader
David Hare
Revolutionary Road
Justin Haythe
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Finalists: Christopher Nolan + Jonathan Nolan + David S. Goyer, The Dark Knight * Nicholas Meyer, Elegy * Eric Roth + Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * Lorene Scafaria, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist * Kelly Reichardt + Jonathan Raymond, Wendy and Lucy
Semi-Finalists: Jeffrey Hatcher + Anders Thomas Jensen + Saul Dibb, The Duchess * Dan Gilroy + Nico Soultanakis + Tarsem, The Fall * David Mackenzie + Ed Whitmore, Mister Foe * Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace * Mark Fergus + Hawk Ostby + Art Marcum + Matt Holloway, Iron Man
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Best Animated Feature Film
The nominees are...
Bolt
dir. Chris Williams + Byron Howard
(Disney)
Futurama: Bender's Game
dir. Dwayne Carey-Hill
(Fox)
Kung Fu Panda
dir. Mark Osborne + John Stevenson
(DreamWorks Animation)
WALL•E
dir. Andrew Stanton
(Disney/Pixar)
Waltz with Bashir
dir. Ari Folman
(Sony Pictures Classics)
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Finalists: none
Semi-Finalists: Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
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Best Foreign Language Film
The nominees are...
A Christmas Tale
(France)
dir. Arnaud Desplechin
(IFC)
The Class
(France)
dir. Laurent Cantet
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Love Songs
(France)
dir. Christophe Honoré
(IFC)
Reprise
(Norway)
dir. Joachim Trier
(Miramax)
Waltz with Bashir
(Israel)
dir. Ari Folman
(Sony Pictures Classics)
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Finalists: The Edge of Heaven * Flight of the Red Balloon * Water Lilies * The Band's Visit * XXY
Semi-Finalists: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation * I've Loved You So Long * A Girl Cut in Two * I Served the King of England * Priceless
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Best Documentary Feature Film
The nominees are...
American Teen
dir. Nanette Burstein
(Paramount Vantage)
Encounters at the End of the World
dir. Werner Herzog
(THINKFilm)
Man on Wire
dir. James Marsh
(Magnolia)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
dir. Marina Zenovich
(THINKFilm)
Up the Yangtze
dir. Yung Chang
(Zeitgeist)
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Finalists: none
Semi-Finalists: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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