Oscars 2007 Nominations

Oscars 2007 Nominations The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards have been announced in Los Angeles.

Here is the list of nominated movies in animation and VFX categories.

 

 

Short Film (Animated)
Lifted

Lifted 

As his weary instructor looks on in disbelief, an alien abductor-in-training tries to maneuver a sleeping farmer onto their spaceship.

Gary Rydstrom


The Danish Poet

The Danish Poet

Kasper, a young poet in search of inspiration, travels to Norway to meet the celebrated writer, Sigrid Undset.

Torill Kove


The Little Matchgirl

The Little Matchgirl

The poor street urchin of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale finds visions of happiness in the flames of the matches she lights to keep warm.

Roger Allers, Don Hahn


Maestro

Maestro

A singing bird sits in front of a dressing room mirror as a mechanical arm prepares him for his grand performance.

Geza M. Toth


No Time For Nuts

No Time For Nuts

While trying to bury a nut during the Ice Age, Scrat uncovers a frozen time machine.

Chris Renaud, Michael Thurmeier

Animated Feature Film
Cars

Cars

Cocky racecar Lightning McQueen is heading across the country to face his rivals in the California Piston Cup racewhen he is forced to stop in the small town of Radiator Springs. Sentenced by the town judge to repair its mainroad, loner Lightning learns a lesson in friendship from the easygoing locals.

John Lasseter


Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Mumble is a young Emperor penguin who, unlike the rest of his colony, can’t sing a note but is a dazzling dancer. Banished for this perceived flaw by the colony’s rigid elders, Mumble begins an odyssey that leads him to a band of friendly Mexican penguins…and his first encounters with the two-legged creatures whose presence threatens the animals’ Antarctic home.

George Miller


Monster House

Monster House

When twelve-year-old DJ confronts Nebbercracker, the owner of the menacing house across the street, the sinister old man is taken away after a seemingly fatal seizure. Along with his friends, Chowder and Jenny, DJ decides to explore the house…only to discover that it has its own fatal way of dealing with invaders.

Gil Kenan

Visual Effects

Superman Returns

Superman Returns

Following a five-year absence, Superman returns to his old haunts to find that online slots australia a strong campaign has developed against him…led by his one-time love, Lois Lane. Now married and a mother, Lois insists that the world can get along quite well without the caped superhero, until he thwarts the attempt of his old nemesis, Lex Luthor, to crasht he space shuttle on which she is a passenger.

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, Jon Thum


Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Captain Jack Sparrow has set sail on the Black Pearl in search of the keys to the fabled Dead Man’s Chest, where underseas kingpin Davy Jones stores his heart. In pursuit of Sparrow are his friends, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who have been taken captive and ordered by the greedy Lord Beckett to gain possession of Sparrow’s magical compass.

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibbon, Allen Hall


Poseidon

Poseidon

When a ship is overturned by an enormous wave, survivors of the disaster attempt to find their way to the surface before the boat sinks. Dylan, a young gambler, joins forces with Robert, a man he has faced across the gambling table, to lead their imperiled fellow passengers through a series of hazards toward safety.

Boyd Shermis, Chaz Jarrett, Kim Libreri, John Frazier


Check out all nominations at this complete list.