VANITY FAIR!2009 HOLLYWOOD PORTFOLIO

Annie Leibovitz photographs 10 partnerships that helped generate more than four dozen Oscar nominations this season.

DANNY BOYLE and DEV PATEL, The Dickensians, DARREN ARONOFSKY and MICKEY ROURKE, The Ringers, SAM MENDES and KATE WINSLET, The Partnership, GUS VAN SANT and SEAN PENN, The Milk Men, PENÉLOPE CRUZ and WOODY ALLEN, The Odd Couple, RON HOWARD and TOM HANKS, The Classicists, NICOLE KIDMAN and BAZ LUHRMANN, The Colonists, MERYL STREEP and JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, The Undoubted, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN and the late HEATH LEDGER, The Risktakers, CLINT EASTWOOD, The Old Hand [Vanity Fair 2009 Hollywood Portfolio]