January 27, 2004
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to the artists, directors and producers of the short nominees:
• Boundin' A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Bud Luckey
• Destino(Buena Vista) A Walt Disney Pictures Production, Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
• Gone Nutty (20th Century Fox) A Blue Sky Studios Production, Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
• Harvie Krumpet A Melodrama Pictures Production, Adam Elliot
• Nibbles An Acme Filmworks Production, Chris Hinton
And congratulations to the directors and crew of the feature nominees:
• Brother Bear (Buena Vista) Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
• Finding Nemo (Buena Vista) Pixar
• The Triplets of Belleville (Sony Pictures Classics)
TRIPLETS was also nominated in the catagory of BEST SONG, while NEMO was also nominared for BEST MUSICAL SCORE, SOUND EDITING and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY.
A strong year for features and shorts. On the feature side, two "traditional" drawn features versus a computer generated cartoon. NEMO has it in the bag, it's a done deal. Pixar deserves it - congrats to Andrew Stanton and his crew.
On the shorts, I hope DESTINO takes it. And I hope Roy Disney is allowed to accept the award. All the Shorts nominees are entertaining and first rate productions, but DESTINO is (obviously) a piece of art - and a part of history. Walt, Dali and Roy deserve this final Academy tribute.
The complete list of all nominees is here. The Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 29th.