Special to the FAC: Best Animated Film and Critic's Choice Awards

SPECIAL TO THE FAC: BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 10 DAYS OUTWINNERS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS VIA MOVIE CITY NEWS ( Telluride #38 films in bold)




With just 10 days left until the Oscar nominations are announced here are the films most likely to named on Jan. 24 are ( one TFF #38 film is bold and large:



1) Rango

2) Puss in Boots

3) The Adventures on Tintin

4) Arthur Christmas

5) Kung Fu Panda 2



In the running:

6) Rio

7) Winnie the Pooh

8) Cars 2

9) Happy Feet 2

10) Chico and Rita



Others receiving notice: Wrinkles and Gnomeo and Juliet.



In a year that has been less than stellar in as far as animated films are concerned this category seems a lock for Rango. After that it’s simply which other films will be able to advertise that they were nominated. Rio has a reasonable shot to bump something out of the top five and snag a nomination.





BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – “The Help”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Thomas Horn – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“The Help”

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TIE)
“The Tree of Life”
AND
“War Horse”

BEST ART DIRECTION
“Hugo”

BEST EDITING
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist”

BEST MAKE-UP
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

BEST SOUND
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Rango”

BEST ACTION MOVIE
“Drive”

BEST COMEDY
“Bridesmaids”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Separation”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“George Harrison: Living in the Material World”

BEST SONG
“Life’s a Happy Song” – The Muppets
Performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter
Written by Bret McKenzie and The Muppets

BEST SCORE
“The Artist”

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD
Sean Penn

CRITICS’ CHOICE MUSIC+FILM AWARD
Martin Scorsese

To view the Movie City News complete story abput last night's awards go here: http://moviecitynews.com/2012/01/the-17th-annual-critics%E2%80%99-choice-movie-awards-select/