Ten Animated Movies to Compete for Oscar Consideration
ComingSoon.net shares a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) regarding the Best Animated Feature hopefuls. Seems we have a solid ten movies fighting for the three nomination spots.
"The 10 films have been accepted as eligible to compete by the executive committee of the short films and feature animation branch of the Academy, which has recommended to the Academy's Board of Governors that the category be activated and the Award be given for this year. The board has approved that recommendation.
Films that have not yet been released in Los Angeles County must fulfill all of the general release qualifying rules before the end of the year.
The eligible films are:
Chicken Little
Gulliver's Travel
Hoodwinked
Howl's Moving Castle
Madagascar
Robots
Steamboy
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Valiant
Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Under the rules for this category, a maximum of three films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least eight but fewer than sixteen.
Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories.
The 78th Academy Award® nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements for 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST."
(P.S. Anyone know what "Gulliver's Travel" is?)
"The 10 films have been accepted as eligible to compete by the executive committee of the short films and feature animation branch of the Academy, which has recommended to the Academy's Board of Governors that the category be activated and the Award be given for this year. The board has approved that recommendation.
Films that have not yet been released in Los Angeles County must fulfill all of the general release qualifying rules before the end of the year.
The eligible films are:
Chicken Little
Gulliver's Travel
Hoodwinked
Howl's Moving Castle
Madagascar
Robots
Steamboy
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Valiant
Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Under the rules for this category, a maximum of three films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least eight but fewer than sixteen.
Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories.
The 78th Academy Award® nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements for 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST."
(P.S. Anyone know what "Gulliver's Travel" is?)
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on Nov 18 2005 10:43 AM Maybe this sheds some light on http (Reply to this) |
on Nov 18 2005 10:51 AM Wallace and Gromit and The Corpse's Bride are my favourites. (Reply to this) |
on Nov 18 2005 11:51 AM [b]They're two great contenders: Wallace and Gromit a[/b] The third film nominated is between Madagascar and Howl's Moving Castle. The rest of the films are dead. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 18 2005 11:57 AM Wallace and Grommit is a lock. I would bet my house on it. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 18 2005 12:53 PM I would bet my house and all my neighbors' houses. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 18 2005 03:20 PM Go Howls Moving castle! (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 18 2005 09:45 PM [b]Wallace and Howl's Moving Corpse Bride[/b] I'm a big animation buff... and even I've never heard of [i]Gulliver's Travel[/i]. I've got a sneaking suspicion as to why [i]Cars[/i] was REALLY delayed until next year. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 19 2005 10:03 AM Wallace & Gromit, Corpse Bride and Howl's Moving Castle will undoubtedly be the nominees. Wallace & Gromit will win. If this doesn't happen, then some pressure strategies and money-flowing tactics "ą-la-Miramax" will have taken place... :-( (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 19 2005 11:46 AM Howl's and Wallace are the only ones with a prayer. Wallace will win, though, because it is in English. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 20 2005 06:59 PM its gotta be between wallace and gromit, copse bride and howls moving castle. I mean those are the best ones of the year. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 21 2005 11:21 AM So how does this work? Do they just consider every animated film that comes out during the year? Because based on the reviews and lackluster returns, I'm kinda confused on why Valiant is even being considered. Anyone agree here? (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 23 2005 11:03 AM In reply to this comment (#827907) Don't be so sure. One of Miyasaki's (sp?) other films, Spirited Away, won a couple of years back. But yeah, Wallace and Gromit will probably win, anyway, because it was so awesome. (Reply to this) |
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on Dec 21 2005 11:29 AM [b]Gulliver's Travel[/b] LA Times:Gulliver's Travel Logline: A softhearted colonial is washed ashore in the land of Lilliputs after a shipwreck, shocked to see the people are in inches what he is in feet. Yet for their diminuative height, these little people are no short of problems that arise in the civilized world Featuring the voices of: Ben Flax, Eddie Lopez, Jarred McAdams, Oscar Salabert, Sirena Sol Director: Anita Udeep Writer: Alexandria, based on the book by Jonathan Swift Distributor: PentaMedia Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the NAZ8 Cinemas in Artesia CA on December 23 MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA Running Time: 70 minutes Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.40:1) Sound Format: Dolby Digital (Reply to this) |
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