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For his consideration
![JOHN LASSETER is in a classic no-win position. The chief creative officer at both Pixar and the Disney animation group is one of the most influential filmmakers of our era, both as a director (most recently of "Cars") and as the guiding force behind Pixar's unprecedented string of creative and commercial triumphs. (Pixar's latest success, "Ratatouille," made its DVD debut this week). And yet Lasseter is also a member of the Academy Board of Governors, the same Academy that is so dismissive of the artistry of today's animated films that it hasn't given a best picture nomination to an animated film since 1991's "Beauty and the Beast."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-11/33594059-06113632.jpg "JOHN LASSETER is in a classic no-win position. The chief creative officer at both Pixar and the Disney animation group is one of the most influential filmmakers of our era, both as a director (most recently of "Cars\") and as the guiding force behind Pixar's unprecedented string of creative and commercial triumphs. (Pixar's latest success, \"Ratatouille,\" made its DVD debut this week). And yet Lasseter is also a member of the Academy Board of Governors, the same Academy that is so dismissive of the artistry of today's animated films that it hasn't given a best picture nomination to an animated film since 1991's \"Beauty and the Beast.\"")
JOHN LASSETER is in a classic no-win position. The chief creative officer at both Pixar and the Disney animation group is one of the most influential filmmakers of our era, both as a director (most recently of "Cars") and as the guiding force behind...Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, DVDs and Movies, Film Festivals, Pixar Animation
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Oscar-nominated writers went deep in portrayals
Special to The TimesCharacter is destiny. Score one for Heraclitus, whose succinct aphorism seems especially apt in describing screenwriters' path to the Oscars this year. While taut plotting and visual ingenuity were certainly in abundance in this year's crop of...Tags: Academy Awards, Juno (movie), Ronald Harwood, Arts and Culture, Movies
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A supersonic master
SKYWALKER RANCH, Calif. -- What does an Oscar nomination sound like? For Randy Thom, it sounds like chalk raking down a blackboard combined with a stallion's whinny and an elephant trumpeting. It can also sound like 200 gas ovens flaring to life in unison...Tags: Academy Awards, George Lucas, Movies, Arts and Culture, Film Festivals
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Guber and Bart Talk Oscars, Strike and Hitting 150
![On Monday, Feb. 4, AMC's entertainment roundtable show "Shootout" came to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to grab time with some Academy Award nominees after their annual luncheon, for the "Shootout Oscar Special," to air at 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 15.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-02/35355187-07143053.jpg "On Monday, Feb. 4, AMC's entertainment roundtable show "Shootout\" came to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to grab time with some Academy Award nominees after their annual luncheon, for the \"Shootout Oscar Special,\" to air at 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 15.")
Zap2It.comOn Monday, Feb. 4, AMC's entertainment roundtable show "Shootout" came to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to grab time with some Academy Award nominees after their annual luncheon, for the "Shootout Oscar Special," to air at 10:30 p.m....Tags: Academy Awards, Television, Arts and Culture, Movies, AMC (tv network)
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Brad Bird, 'Ratatouille's' Pied Piper
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterREMY, c'est moi? It's hard not to think that when meeting Brad Bird, "Ratatouille's" writer-director. He thoroughly identifies with his rat protagonist Remy, who yearns to be a chef in the heretofore unwelcoming kitchen of the legendary French restaurant...Tags: Tim Burton, Academy Awards, Toy Story (movie), Movies, Ted Hughes
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Animation with a human touch
Special to The TimesThe moviegoing public caught a bad case of chatty mammal fatigue last year when more than a dozen computer-animated films were released in succession. There were rats and penguins, bears and cows — a veritable blur of fur and feathers. In fact, more...Tags: Family, Spider-Man (fictional character), Satoshi Kon, Matt Groening, Movies
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Brad Bird: Animation's big cheese
![ON the eve of the release of "Ratatouille," Brad Bird knew he was going to need some help winning over the moviegoing public.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-11/33801186-16124510.jpg "ON the eve of the release of "Ratatouille,\" Brad Bird knew he was going to need some help winning over the moviegoing public.")
ON the eve of the release of "Ratatouille," Brad Bird knew he was going to need some help winning over the moviegoing public.
"Look, it's a film about rats and it's about cooking and it's about France," the director and screenwriter of the Disney Pixar...Tags: Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Action (genre), Academy Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis
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'Old Men,' 'Blood' Lead Oscar Nominees
Zap2It.com"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood," two stark dramas about obsessed men, are the top nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards. The two films earned eight nominations apiece, including nods for best picture, best director (Paul Thomas...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Javier Bardem, Academy Awards, Viggo Mortensen, George Clooney
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DVD Review: 'Ratatouille'
![Coming off the artistic triumph of "The Incredibles," there was no way Pixar's "Cars" would be anything other than a disappointment. Similarly, coming off the soulless cacophony of "Cars," Pixar's "Ratatouille" could only be greeted as a returning hero.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-11/33646032.jpg "Coming off the artistic triumph of "The Incredibles,\" there was no way Pixar's \"Cars\" would be anything other than a disappointment. Similarly, coming off the soulless cacophony of \"Cars,\" Pixar's \"Ratatouille\" could only be greeted as a returning hero.")
Zap2It.comComing off the artistic triumph of "The Incredibles," there was no way Pixar's "Cars" would be anything other than a disappointment. Similarly, coming off the soulless cacophony of "Cars," Pixar's "Ratatouille" could only be greeted as a returning hero....Tags: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, DVDs, Movies, Food Network (tv network)
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'Ratatouille' director brings flavor to film
Sentinel Movie CriticFunny thing about the best-animated-film Oscar that Brad Bird won for directing Pixar's monster hit, The Incredibles, back in 2005. It became a burden, pretty much the instant he won it. "You get it, but if you look at it too much, it becomes this...Tags: Academy Awards, Television, Movies, Food Network (tv network), Steve Jobs
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'Ratatouille' Director Goes Live Action
Zap2It.comBrad Bird is leaving the comfort of animation to make his live action feature directing debut on the period mystery "1906." The project is set up as a co-production between Warner Bros. (which dropped the ball on the director's "Iron Giant") and Disney/...Tags: Education, Academy Awards, Health and Safety at School, Death, Earthquakes
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'Ratatouille's' the Haute Cuisine of Anime
Zap2It.comThe ads for the ravishing new Disney/Pixar feature "Ratatouille" spell out the titular dish phonetically (as rat-a-too-ee), a tactic not necessary in last summer's marketing and promotion of "Cars." This provides a clue as to why writer-director Brad...Tags: Wallace Shawn, Janeane Garofalo, Movies, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Chicago Tribune
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