ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS A NEW OSCAR CATEGORY.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski An Oscar statuette is no Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, award. Or is it? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, acknowledging a decade of box-office and critical successes for animated features, will honor the genre with a new Academy Award. Tuesday night's decision by the board of governors means the best animated feature Oscar, the first category added since the makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces prize in 1981, could be presented as soon as March 2002 to a movie released next year. There are conditions that could keep it from being an annual event, particularly the stipulation An agreement between attorneys that concerns business before a court and is designed to simplify or shorten litigation and save costs. During the course of a civil lawsuit, criminal proceeding, or any other type of litigation, the opposing attorneys may come to an agreement that there must be at least eight eligible films for nominations to be made. If there are eight to 15 qualifying features in one year, three would be nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. , and for 16 or more, five would be nominated. Films must run at least 70 minutes and must be ``primarily animated'' using cels, computer animation, stop motion or other recognized animation techniques. A committee will decide the criteria for ``primarily animated'' in the near future. Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Pictures' 1991 release, ``Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in ,'' is the only animated film to garner a best picture nomination. Generally animated movies take prizes for music. Representatives of Disney, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures and Pixar Animation could not be reached for comment. But it's likely their eyes popped out, their ears steamed and their hearts pounded visibly under their suspenders at hearing the news. |
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