ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ten Animated Movies to Compete for Oscar Consideration

Ten Animated Movies to Compete for Oscar Consideration

by Scott Weinberg | November 18, 2005

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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?)

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	Howl's Moving Castle
	Madagascar
	Robots
	Steamboy
	Valiant
	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

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PrecentorEpsilonXVI writes:
on Nov 18 2005 10:43 AM

Maybe this sheds some light on things:

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/nov/nov163.htm

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Nov 18 2005 10:51 AM

Wallace and Gromit and The Corpse's Bride are my favourites.

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vic40186 writes:
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.

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the_dude_abides writes:
on Nov 18 2005 11:57 AM

Wallace and Grommit is a lock. I would bet my house on it.

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Banana Kid writes:
on Nov 18 2005 12:53 PM

I would bet my house and all my neighbors' houses.

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synergyred writes:
on Nov 18 2005 03:20 PM

Go Howls Moving castle!

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Reel 2/Dialogue 2 writes:
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.

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Aoiboy writes:
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 "à-la-Miramax" will have taken place... :-(

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PhreazerBurn writes:
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.

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LimpytheTurtle writes:
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.

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sauronthegr8 writes:
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?

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Rock_The_Luau writes:
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.

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joby writes:
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

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