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Leading into the Academy Awards, it seems that there is not much that stands in the way of Toy Story 3 capturing the Best Animated Film Oscar. Earlier tonight, the 64th Annual BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards took place and handed out the big animation prize to Pixar’s latest, further cementing the film’s status as the best animated film (and one of the best films) of the year. [Read more…]
The British Film Academy announced their nominations in the wee-hours of the morning Tuesday. Similar in its prestige to the Academy Awards, the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) will feature three categories in which Toy Story 3 has received nominations! The animated film has been flying high lately, most recently named Best Animated Film at the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes. That run looks like it is just getting started. [Read more…]
At the 68th Annual Golden Globes tonight, Toy Story 3 was nominated for an award. From the very first moments that viewers began to gaze upon Pixar’s latest film, there was talk of the film winning big awards. Critics across the country have lauded the film as the best animated film of the year, with some saying that it was the best film of the year. Part of that has been realized tonight, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has named Toy Story 3 the Best Animated Feature Film of 2010. [Read more…]
Toy Story 3 is smiling brightly, as it took home a big prize tonight at the 16th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards. Director Lee Unkrich and Producer Darla K. Anderson were in attendance at the awards show voted on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Read on for a recap with a full transcript of the acceptance speech. [Read more…]
Each year, popular review-collecting site, Rotten Tomatoes, compiles lists of the best reviewed films and awards the best of them with Golden Tomato Awards. Continuing Pixar’s past success, Toy Story 3 was awarded the most coveted Golden Award: the best reviewed wide release film of the year! [Read more…]
Boy, Disney and Pixar were not joking when they said they would be aggressively releasing Toy Story 3 ‘for your consideration’ ads! After releasing over a dozen very creative ads referencing past Oscar Best Picture winners, here is another ad in the ‘Not since…” series. Midnight Cowboy is the film receiving honors this time:
The 2011 People’s Choice Awards were handed out tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The people have spoken and they have given Toy Story 3 a People’s Choice Award! The Pixar film had been nominated in two categories: Favorite Movie and Favorite Family Movie. Read on to find out how the film’s night turned out. [Read more…]
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced their nominations today, and Toy Story 3 bagged two of them! As the producer of the film, Darla K. Anderson, who has been at Pixar for over 15 years, was the nominee in both categories: [Read more…]
Given the sheer amount of awards Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is winning and has been nominated for, here is a comprehensive list of the film’s accolades. [Read more…]
A brand new ‘for your consideration’ ad for Toy Story 3 has debuted, and the creativity in the ad series has yet to die down. The previous ads referenced Shakespeare In Love, Titanic, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. This new ad evokes 1991 Best Picture winner The Silence of the Lambs:
While the other ads solely stated that Toy Story 3 was “The Best Reviewed Film of the Year,” this one has been updated to include the additional acclaim that has been piled on the film these past few weeks:
With several more print ads to come, I can hardly wait to see what the other ads will look like!
Thanks to Movielicious for the heads up about the new ad.
