2008 21st Chicago Film Critics Awards BEST PICTURE * WALL*E The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Milk Slumdog Millionaire BEST DIRECTOR * Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Andrew Stanton - WALL*E Gus Van Sant - Milk BEST ACTOR * Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino Richard Jenkins - The Visitor Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Sean Penn - Milk BEST ACTRESS * Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky Angelina Jolie - Changeling Melissa Leo - Frozen River Meryl Streep - Doubt BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR * Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS * Kate Winslet - The Reader Amy Adams - Doubt Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis - Doubt Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel Getting Married BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY * WALL*E - Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon In Bruges - Martin McDonagh Milk - Dustin Lance Black Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet Synecdoche, N.Y. - Charlie Kaufman BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY * Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Doubt - John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM * Let the Right One In The Band's Visit Che A Christmas Tale I've Loved You For So Long BEST DOCUMENTARY * Man On Wire American Teen Dear Zachary IOUSA Standard Operating Procedure BEST ANIMATED FEATURE * WALL*E Bolt Kung-Fu Panda Tale of Desperaux Waltz with Bashir BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY * The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister Australia - Mandy Walker The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda The Fall - Colin Watkinson Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle BEST ORIGINAL SCORE * WALL*E - Thomas Newman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Milk - Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman MOST PROMISING PERFORMER * Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire Russell Brand - Forgetting Sarah Marshall David Kross - The Reader Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In Brandon Walters - Australia MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER * Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In Lance Hammer - Ballast Courtney Hunt - Frozen River Martin McDonagh - In Bruges Steve McQueen - Hunger