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THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS CELEBRATES 12 OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR TOY STORY 3, ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND MORE
Disney•Pixar animated film earns Best Picture nomination for second straight year
BURBANK, Calif. – January 25, 2011 – The Walt Disney Studios is proud to announce its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar® nominations. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced five nominations for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3, including for the coveted title of Best Picture; three for Alice in Wonderland, and one each for Day & Night, Tangled, The Tempest and TRON: Legacy.
“2010 was a banner year for The Walt Disney Studios, and we are thrilled that the Academy has chosen to recognize both our animated blockbusters Toy Story 3 and Tangled and our live-action hits Alice in Wonderland and TRON: Legacy for their artistry, technical achievements and storytelling,” said Rich Ross, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
Toy Story 3 marks only the third time in history that Academy members have honored an animated film in the Best Picture category. It also earned a nomination for Adapted Screenplay – making it the fourth consecutive screenplay nomination for a Disney•Pixar film. The Toy Story trilogy’s tally of Oscar nominations now stands at nine.
Commenting on the announcement, John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said, “To have Toy Story 3 represented in the Best Picture category is a great honor, and a fitting tribute to director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla Anderson, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and all of the talented people at Pixar, who worked so hard to live up to and exceed the standards and expectations of Toy Story fans and moviegoers all over the world.”
A summary of nominations for The Walt Disney Studios is as follows:
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Toy Story 3
Best Motion Picture of the Year – A Pixar Production Darla K. Anderson, Producer
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year – Lee Unkrich
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Achievement in Sound Editing – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Adapted Screenplay – Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
Alice in Wonderland
Art Direction – Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Costume Design – Colleen Atwood
Achievement in Visual Effects – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Day & Night
Best Animated Short Film – Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
Tangled
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater
The Tempest
Achievement in Costume Design – The Tempest (Touchstone) Sandy Powell
TRON: Legacy
Achievement in Sound Editing – TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
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And below are reactions from the parties who fall under those nominations. The way I see it, regardless of who wins, it’s gotta be a thrill just to get a nomination for the Oscars, as it’s perhaps the highest form of validation in Hollywood… well, next to actually winning the statue.
2010 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS – reactions
TANGLED
Alan Menken – Music By – Best Song
“Many of the greatest joys in my life are due to the Walt Disney Company. This nomination which comes from my work on Disney’s 50th animated film and their first CGI musical is satisfying beyond words.”
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TOY STORY 3
Lee Unkrich – Director, Toy Story 3 – Best Animated
“It’s an incredible honor to be nominated by the Academy. When we began making the first ‘Toy Story,’ nearly 16 years ago, we never could have imagined the journey on which these films, and these characters, would take us. For ‘Toy Story 3’ to be recognized by the Academy as not only one of the best animated films of the year, but also as one of the ten best pictures of the year, is both humbling and overwhelming. I’m speechless; I feel like I’ve been blasted to infinity and beyond.”
Darla K. Anderson – Producer, Toy Story 3 – Best Picture
“We are ecstatic at the Academy’s generous and humbling recognition of ‘Toy Story 3.’ For everyone that worked so passionately to bring these beloved toys back to life – from our artists to the actors – it’s incredibly gratifying to be recognized along side these other amazing films today in both the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories.”
Michael Arndt – Best Adapted Screenplay
“I’ve spent my whole life being inspired and moved by the work of the screenwriters of the Academy, so to be recognized by the Writers Branch this morning is deeply gratifying and profoundly humbling. While I wish I could hog all the credit for myself, I would have gone nowhere and done nothing without the collective brilliance of the entire creative community at Pixar, who have always maintained that ‘story comes first’ and who are crazy enough to actually believe it.”
Randy Newman – Best Song
“I’m honored that the Academy would choose to nominate me. I feel fortunate to have been part of the Toy Story trilogy.”
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DAY AND NIGHT
Teddy Newton – Best Animated Short
“I thank the Academy for this extraordinary recognition. Creating ‘Day & Night’ with the high quality team of artists and technicians within Pixar was truly a non-stop sensation of positive energy for me. I was constantly amazed by the crew’s fortitude to push through challenges and inspire each other with their ingenuity. On behalf of the team that helped bring ‘Day & Night’ to life, it is an honor to be nominated.”
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Ken Ralston – senior visual effects supervisor, ALICE IN WONDERLAND (8th nomination, won 5 Academy Awards)
“The nomination is wonderful because working on ALICE IN WONDERLAND was one of the best creative experiences of my entire career. Tim Burton trusted us with his vision and the work on the screen is the result of an amazing collaboration with hundreds of brilliant artists, including my fellow nominees and a great team on set. You hope to have an experience like this at least once in career and I am so happy that our peers recognized the extraordinary complexity, detail and accomplishment that the visual effects in ALICE IN WONDERLAND represent.”
Colleen Atwood – Costume Designer
“I am thrilled to be nominated. Alice was a labor of love for all of us, and to be recognized for the work is really the frosting on the cake.”
Robert Stromberg – Art Direction
“Everything feels upside down right now, which is probably fitting being honored for designing the world of Alice in Wonderland”
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
