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The Animated Feature Race is On
From the Front Row —
... AMPAS has released its list of 14 films that will be vying for the 2008 Best Animated Feature award at this year's Oscars. They are:“Bolt” “Delgo” “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” “Dragon Hunters” “Fly Me to the Moon” “Igor” “Kung Fu Panda” “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” “$9.99” “The Sky Crawlers” “Sword of the Stranger” “The Tale of Despereaux” “WALL-E” “Waltz with Bashir”According to the press release, Bolt, Delgo, Dragon Hunters, $9.99, The Sky Crawlers, The Tale of Despereaux, and Waltz with Bashir, have yet to fulfill their Los Angeles qualifying runs, so their ...
WALL•E Officially Submitted for Best Animated Picture Academy Award
Upcoming Pixar —
... The Academy will announce the 3 nominees on Thursday, January 22, 2009 and we’ll see if WALL•E nabbed the award on on Sunday, February 22, 2009, the night of the 81st Annual Academy Awards! Enjoy the press release here. ...
Best Animated Feature Shortlist
Fataculture —
[image] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have unveiled the fourteen animated films in the running for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars next year, listed below in alphabetical order. Only three of these films will make the cut in terms of nominations, as no fewer than eight films but fewer than sixteen films need to be in the “eligible” field. In my mind, “WALL-E” owns this award, nothing will even come close, but right now I am thinking that “Kung Fu Panda” and “Waltz with Bashir,” despite its darker subject matter, will round off the nominees ( ...
Best Animated Feature Shortlist Announced
:: The Playlist :: —
... The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have unveiled the fourteen animated films in the running for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars next year, listed below in alphabetical order. Only three of these films will make the cut in terms of nominations, as no fewer than eight films but fewer than sixteen films need to be in the “eligible” field. In my mind, “WALL-E” owns this award, nothing will even come close, but right now I am thinking that “Kung Fu Panda” and “Waltz with Bashir ...
14 Animated Features For Oscar 2008
FilmoFilia —
... The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22nd 2009 . Source: The official site for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
What Wall-E Is Up Against
Cinema Blend News —
... film that has gone up against one of its summer tent-poles has lost in the past (except for the year Cars came out). So it's looking like Wall-E s chance at Animated Feature dominance is extremely high. If Oscars were handed out based on cuteness of the protagonist, there wouldnt even be a point to this whole discussion. We could just hand Pixar the golden man and be done with it. Nonetheless, here is a breakdown of the Animated Features gunning for noms, announced yesterday at Oscar.com , in order of release date: ...
