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Oscar Time!
Animated Short * Animated Feature * Updated 03/01/04
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And the Oscar goes to Harvey Krumpet ...which has proved itself a real awards magnet for some time now.
I predicted Destino... because of its fame: the Dali/Disney backstory.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT NOMINEES
BOUNDIN'
Bud Lucky
(Official Pixar Site)
DESTINO
Dominque Monterey
(More Info)

GONE NUTTY
Carlos Saldanha
HARVEY KRUMPET
Adam Elliott
(Short Clip)
NIBBLES
Chris Hinton
Annie Winner
(Pixar -this is set to debut right before The Incredibles next summer but is somehow in this year's race for this category)
Annie Nominee
(6 minutes)
This is the Dali/Disney coproduction that began 60 years ago and was recently completed by Roy Disney's request. Disney has it playing in front of prints of Calendar Girls
(? minutes)
Blue Sky Films. The further adventures of Scrat, the squirrel from Ice Age. This is available on the Ice Age DVD.
(22 minutes)
Winner of a triple crown: jury, audience, and FIPRESCI prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival
?
MY THOUGHTS

I've only seen DESTINO and GONE NUTTY but I hope to see the others soon. They usually play here in NYC shortly before the Oscars. I scored 4/5 in my predictions here...missing Nibbles for Eternal Gaze.

the high profile snub:
ETERNAL GAZE Sam Chen
(Official Site)(16+ minutes)
Which qualified for this race four times over (!!!) with numerous festival prizes. It's imagined tale is the final years of sculptor Alberto Giacometti's life.

also snubbed:
THE AMAZING JORGE (Film Roman) / EARLY BLOOMER
Kevin Johnson-Played before Daddy Day Care apparently -this is a short about a tadpole's coming of age.(9 minutes) (Official Site)/ ROCKFISH (Blur Studios)/ THE TOLL COLLECTOR Rachel Johnson (Official Site) (? minutes)/ THE HUNGER ARTIST / ANANDA

 

And the Oscar goes to FINDING NEMO
as everyone predicted.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE NOMINEES
BROTHER BEAR
(Disney)
FINDING NEMO
(Disney/Pixar)
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Precursor Awards:
None
Precursor Awards:
9 ANNIE Awards (including Best Animated Feature) OFCS, Dallas Fort Worth, Las Vegas, NBR, Florida, Toronto
Precursor Awards: NYFCC, Cinemarati, San Diego, Seattle
My Thoughts
Just as we all expected. I scored 3/3 on my predictions here. Not hard to do since there just wasn't much real competition this year.

Snubbed:
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION / MILLENIUM ACTRESS (Dreamworks)
The only other films that seemed to stand even a remote chance. / TOKYO GODFATHERS From the director of Millenium Actress. Now playing in major markets / JUNGLE BOOK 2 (Disney) / JESTER ILL (TILL EULENSPIEGEL) / RUGRATS GO WILD (Paramount) / PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE (Disney) / POKEMON HEROES (Miramax)

Not submitted for consideration:
SINBAD