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February 16, 2007
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
(out of four)
Oscar prediction gets a little trickier in the animated shorts category, but then, the program is a lot more fun, so check out all 10 shorts (the five nominees, plus five more culled from the Academy's short list).
There's something for everyone here. Fans of The Little Mermaid can see Disney's hand-drawn take on another Hans Christian Andersen story in The Little Matchgirl, while Pixar aficionados can enjoy Lifted, in which an alien student takes his abduction exam, before the studio releases it with Ratatouille this summer.
Ice Age's Gollum-like Scrat character chases his precious acorn through history in No Time for Nuts. Maestro features an operatic CG bird prepping for his hourly performance. And the intensely personal The Danish Poet most resembles last year's winner, Moon and the Son.
[as featured in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
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