When the day broke on February 15, 2000, an old man wasn't humdrum about
joining a list of Oscar nominees that included three misses and my
grandmother who irons shirts! The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences has released its list of nominations for this year's Oscar
competition. In the category of animated short films the nominees are:
Aardman Animations' Peter Peaks' HUMDRUM; Torril Cove's MY GRANDMOTHER
IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS; Alexander Petrov's oil paint on glass in IMAX
format THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA; Paul Driessen's enigmatic 3 MISSES; and
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' WHEN THE DAY BREAKS, which has won first
place at both the Annecy and Cannes film festivals. Visual effects
nominations went to Imagina first prize winner THE MATRIX; the second
highest grossing film in the history of the world STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE
PHANTOM MENACE; and Sony's hit flick STUART LITTLE. In the often toon
friendly category of best original song the animated nominees are "Blame
Canada" from SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT, "When She Loved Me" from
TOY STORY 2 and "You'll Be In My Heart" from TARZAN. Special effects also
appear in over fifty percent of the best picture nominees this year with
nods going to AMERICAN BEAUTY, THE GREEN MILE and THE SIXTH SENSE. The
short animated films that were short listed but didn't make the cut were:
Character Builders' Oscar Moore's THE INDESCRIBABLE NTH and THE PHOX, THE
BOX AND THE LOX, which screened earlier this year with feature DUDLEY
DO-RIGHT; Oscar Grillo's MONSIEUR PETT; Orly Yadin and Sylvie Bringas'
Holocaust drama, SILENCE; and Eugene Federinko and Rose Newlove's VILLAGE
OF IDIOTS. The 72nd annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC
March 26, 2000.
Now that you know the animated short nominees, you can watch clips, hear
from the filmmakers, and then vote for your favorite, by visiting
Animation World Network's Third
Annual Oscar Showcase!
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
Creator of Rick's Flicks Picks
