Oscar voting underway

Final Oscar ballots were mailed on Wednesday to around 5,800 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Recipients will cast their votes on the ballot forms for the best 2008 movie, actor, actress, director and 20 other categories, organizers said.

Ballots need to be mailed back by February 17, just ahead of the February 22 Oscar ceremony in Hollywood at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The award ceremony will be televised live by the ABC Television Network with Hugh Jackman stepping into the host spot for the first time.

Below is the full list of the 2009 Oscar nominations:

Best motion picture of the year

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Cean Chaffin, Producers

Frost/Nixon, A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers

Milk, A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers

The Reader, A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined

Slumdog Millionaire, A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Richard Jenkins in The Visitor

Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn in Milk

Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie in Changeling

Melissa Leo in Frozen River

Meryl Streep in Doubt

Kate Winslet in The Reader

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Josh Brolin in Milk

Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in Doubt

Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis in Doubt

Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Achievement in directing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher

Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard

Milk, Gus Van Sant

The Reader, Stephen Daldry

Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle

Adapted screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord

Doubt, Written by John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan

The Reader, Screenplay by David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

Frozen River, Written by Courtney Hunt

Happy-Go-Lucky, Written by Mike Leigh

In Bruges, Written by Martin McDonagh

Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black

WALL-EScreenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best animated feature film of the year

Bolt, Chris Williams and Byron Howard

Kung Fu Panda, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

WALL-E, Andrew Stanton

Best documentary feature

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath

Encounters at the End of the World, A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser

The Garden, A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Man on Wire, A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn

Trouble the Water, An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best foreign language film of the year

The Baader Meinhof Complex, A Constantin Film Production, Germany

The Class, A Haut et Court Production, France

Departures, A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan

Revanche, A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria

Waltz with Bashir, A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in art direction

Changeling, Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

The Dark Knight, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando

The Duchess, Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway

Revolutionary Road, Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

Changeling, Tom Stern

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Claudio Miranda

The Dark Knight, Wally Pfister

The Reader, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

Australia, Catherine Martin

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jacqueline West

The Duchess, Michael O'Connor

Milk, Danny Glicker

Revolutionary Road, Albert Wolsky

Achievement in film editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

The Dark Knight, Lee Smith

Frost/Nixon, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley

Milk, Elliot Graham

Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens

Achievement in makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom

The Dark Knight, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan

Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat

- Defiance, James Newton Howard

- Milk, Danny Elfman

- Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman

- WALL-EThomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

- Down to Earth from WALL-E, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel

- Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar

- O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Achievement in sound editing

The Dark Knight, Richard King

Iron Man, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes

Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Sayers

WALL-EBen Burtt and Matthew Wood

Wanted,Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten

The Dark Knight, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick

Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

WALL-E, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt

Wanted, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

The Dark Knight, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin

Iron Man, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Best animated short film

La Maison en Petits Cubes A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato

Lavatory - Lovestory A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit

Oktapodi (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'ecole de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand

Presto (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland

This Way Up, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best documentary short subject

The Conscience of Nhem En A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki

The Final Inch A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant

Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan

The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best live action short film

Auf der Strecke (On the Line) (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi

Manon on the Asphalt (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont

New Boy (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie

The Pig An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hogh

Spielzeugland (Toyland) A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank