HOLLYWOOD -- Nine pics were declared eligible Wednesday for the first
new Oscar category in 20 years: feature-length animation.
A committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will pare
the list down to three nominees. The contenders are "Final Fantasy: The
Spirits Within," "Monsters, Inc.," "Osmosis Jones," "The Prince of
Light," "Shrek," "The Trumpet of the Swan," "Waking Life," "Jimmy
Neutron: Boy Genius" and "Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu."
The toons will be viewed by a 100-member screening committee chaired by
Academy governor Tom Hanks. Members of the committee -- half of them
animators, half members of the Acad's other 13 branches -- will
determine the nominees to be announced Feb. 12 with the other Oscar
contenders.
new Oscar category in 20 years: feature-length animation.
A committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will pare
the list down to three nominees. The contenders are "Final Fantasy: The
Spirits Within," "Monsters, Inc.," "Osmosis Jones," "The Prince of
Light," "Shrek," "The Trumpet of the Swan," "Waking Life," "Jimmy
Neutron: Boy Genius" and "Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu."
The toons will be viewed by a 100-member screening committee chaired by
Academy governor Tom Hanks. Members of the committee -- half of them
animators, half members of the Acad's other 13 branches -- will
determine the nominees to be announced Feb. 12 with the other Oscar
contenders.