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Question of the Week

Question for the week of November 13, 2009:

Since we got word that 20 movies have been submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration, everyone has been trying to figure out which five will make the nomination list. Which films do you think deserve to be on the ballots in February?

The 20 films that have been submitted are

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
• Astro Boy
• Battle for Terra
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Disney's A Christmas Carol
• The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Mary and Max
• The Missing Lynx
• Monsters vs. Aliens
• 9
• Planet 51
• Ponyo
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
• A Town Called Panic
• Up

complete the form at the bottom of this page to submit your answer

Reader responses:

anon :
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Ponyo, Up, Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, christmas carol, and princess and the frog

justin : animator : high impact games
Thursday, November 19, 2009
up Fantastic Mr. Fox Coraline The Princess and the Frog Mary and Max

Sonya Ballas : student : Chico State
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I think these 5 films will make it because they are revolutionary in thought, idea, story, style or effects- or any combination of these aspects: Up, 9, Princess and the Frog, Caroline, and Christmas Carol.

terry : Toonville :
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
UP Fantastic Mr. Fox Coraline Ponyo Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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