Record 17 animated films Oscar-eligible

By: Mike Whybark
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2002
Source: AMPAS web site

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a record 17 animated films as eligible to be nominated for Oscars. The mixed live/CG production STUART LITTLE 2 is the first such film to be admitted to the category. A maximum of five will be nominated for the award in total.

The films are:

• ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS
  
• ALIBABA & THE FORTY THIEVES
  
• EDEN
  
• EL BOSQUE ANIMADO (THE LIVING FOREST)
  
• HEY ARNOLD! THE MOVIE
  
• ICE AGE
  
• JONAH - A VEGGIETALES MOVIE
  
• LILO & STITCH
  
• MUTANT ALIENS
  
• THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE
  
• THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
  
• RETURN TO NEVER LAND
  
• SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
  
• SPIRITED AWAY
  
• STUART LITTLE 2
  
• TREASURE PLANET
  
• THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE
  

The Academy Web site notes that the eligibility of two films THORNBERRYS and EDEN are subject to the films successfully opening as scheduled before the end if the year in the United States.

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