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The nominated Live Action Shorts:
- AT NIGHT; Denmark, Oscar Nominees: Christian E. Christiansen & Louise Vesth.
Drama, 40 minutes, Danish w/ English subtitles
Three young women share their problems while spending the holidays in a hospital cancer ward.
http://www.dfi.dk/english/Danish+films/ShortByDanishTitle/filmFact.htm?FilmID=20161 - details - IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE); Italy, Oscar Nominee: Andrea Jublin.
Comedy, 17 minutes, Italian w/ English subtitles
The arrival of an unusual newcomer galvanizes the students in a high school classroom.
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/384902/Il-Supplente/trailers - 18-sec clip - LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS); France, Oscar Nominee: Philippe Pollet-Villard
Comedy, 31 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
A pair of unlucky thieves find their fortunes have changed when they take in a deaf homeless boy.
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi871432473/ - 19-sec clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO7qiRtyJx0 - clips with interviews - TANGHI ARGENTINI; Belgium, Oscar Nominees: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
Comedy, 13 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
A man who must learn to dance the tango in two weeks asks an office colleague for help.
http://www.anotherdimension.be/detail.php?id=tanghi&p=syn#top - details
http://www.anotherdimension.be/index2.php - trailer requires QuickTime - THE TONTO WOMAN; United Kingdom, Oscar Nominees: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Drama, 36 minutes, English
A cattle rustler meets a woman who is living in isolation after being held prisoner for eleven years by the Mojave Indians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUiAksiFHI8 - trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5zkAx1aVU&feature=related - quiet dinner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12t0-wgq0g0 - “Do you know who I am?”
The nominated Animated Shorts:
- I MET THE WALRUS; Canada, Oscar Nominee: Josh Raskin
5 minutes, English, 2D Animation, Documentary
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room with his tape recorder and persuaded him to do an interview. - MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI; Canada, Oscar Nominees: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
17 minutes, Silent, Claymation/CGI, Drama
A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences.
http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/index.php - details
http://madametutliputli.com/ - adding the emotive eyes
look on YouTube for: Inspiration, Eyes, Animatic (project proposal), Making of…. - MEME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN); France, Oscar Nominees: Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
9 minutes, French w/ English subtitles, CGI
A priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven. - MY LOVE (MOYA LYUBOV); Russia, Oscar Nominee: Alexander Petrov
27 minutes, Russian with English subtitles, Drama
In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women. - PETER & THE WOLF; United Kingdom & Poland, Oscar Nominees: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
27 minutes, Silent, Drama
A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev’s classic musical piece.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/genre/cinema.html#cine_vid - clip
http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/peterandthewolffilm/ - site
I didn’t go see the parade, but this sure is a sad ending to the event:
© 2008 The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Houston police have arrested a driver after a wreck in which the curator of the famed Art Car Museum was struck — and later died.
Authorities say the accident that killed 51-year-old Tom Jones happened just hours after the 21st annual design-and-decorate-a-crazy-car parade had ended.
Officials say Jones had been sitting with a couple of friends outside the museum when a vehicle early yesterday hit a parked car and then smashed into them.
Jones later died.
Police are trying to determine if the driver was intoxicated. Charges are pending.
On the Net : http://www.artcarmuseum.com
