BAFTA Final Nominations: Frost/Nixon scored 6 and The Duchess gets 2 Nominations

The final nominations for this year's 2009 British Film Academy Awards (BAFTA) was announced last Thursday (Jan. 15th).

Frost/Nixon's (who made the long list with 14 noms) final BAFTA nominations are now down to 6, whereas Keira and The Duchesss went down from 9 to 2 nominations (unfortunately, they snubbed Keira Knightley for Best Actress and her movie for Best Film)... The Duchess now ended up with only just 2 noms for Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.


Here are the BAFTA award categories that both Frost/Nixon (6) and The Duchess (2) were nominated for.

BEST FILM

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
• FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
• MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
• THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson

DIRECTOR

• CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
• FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
• THE READER – Stephen Daldry
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
• FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
• THE READER – David Hare
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy

LEADING ACTOR

• FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
• DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
• SEAN PENN – Milk
• BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler

EDITING **

• CHANGELING – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith
• FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
• IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens

MAKE UP & HAIR

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Peter Robb-King
• THE DUCHESS – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
• FROST/NIXON – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
• MILK – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White

COSTUME DESIGN

• CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming
• THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky

Read here for a complete list of BAFTA Nominations.