The 81st Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Hugh Jackman. Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with three awards, The Dark Knight and Milk with two, and Departures, The Duchess, La Maison en Petits Cubes, Man on Wire, The Reader, Smile Pinki, Toyland, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and WALL-E with one. The telecast garnered almost 37 million viewers in the United States.. |
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Title: | The 81st Annual Academy Awards | |
Air Date: | February 22, 2009 | |
Runtime: | 210 min | |
Kardat : Really digging this so far, it's a nice slow burn drama that reminds me of older spy films...