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The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for the best animated film. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.
This is a list of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since it started in 2001 (where DreamWorks Animation's Shrek was the inaugural winner.). [1] [2] An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major ...
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An ambitious, divorced mother moves to a new neighbourhood and imposes a life plan for her daughter that leaves no time for leisure, all for her to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy. The girl, however, becomes distracted by her elderly retired aviator neighbour, who tells her the story of the "Little Prince", claiming that he encountered him ...
Riley Osborne as the Little Prince, an eternally young boy and resident of "Asteroid B612", a small asteroid roughly the same size as him.Jeff Bridges as the Aviator, an eccentric and retired aviator who befriended the Little Prince in the Sahara Desertand acts as a mentor to the Little Girl.Development
On 14 October 2010, Kung Fu Panda co-director and More creator Mark Osborne was hired and set to direct The Little Prince based on the 1943 novel of the same name. Irena Brignull (writer of The Boxtrolls) and Bob Persichetti wrote the script for the film based on a story conceived by Mark Osborne. Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb and Dimitri Rassam produced the film with the budget of $70‒80 million for release in 2015. The film features a framing device not present in the novel with a schoolgirl...
Casting
On 5 June 2013, it was announced that James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Mackenzie Foy, Benicio del Toro, Paul Giamatti, Rachel McAdams and Jeff Bridges joined the film. Albert Brooksjoined the cast on 12 September to voice The Businessman, a villain. Thanks to Osborne's emotionally engaging pitch and the global popularity of Saint-Exupéry's book, a group of A-list actors were able to be recruited to lend their voices to the film's characters. As Osborne explained, "It began with Jeff Bridges. H...
Music
The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey. Camille was featured in the film's soundtrack.Lily Allen’s cover version of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Knowappeared in the French trailer, but not featured in the soundtrack
Premiere
The film was chosen in 'Official Selection' for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2015. The Little Prince made its US premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festivalon 3 February 2016. It was the first animated movie to open the Santa Barbara Film Festival since the festival started in 1985.
Release and distribution
Wild Bunch is overseeing international film sales. Paramount Pictures released the film in France on 29 July 2015 and in some other countries, and had also intended to handle distribution in the United States. The film was also released in other territories by Entertainment One in Canada, and Netflix (which also distributed the film in the U.S.) (originally The Weinstein Company) in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.Warner Bros. assumed distribution in Austria, Germany and Japan. The film was...
Marketing
On 11 September 2014, Warner Bros. Japan released a teaser from the film. The first trailer in French was released by Paramount Pictures on 8 December 2014. The first trailer in English was released on 12 December 2014. The first official English trailer and the first poster for the film were released on 20 April 2015. eOne Canada released a new trailer on 13 November 2015.The first full U.S. trailer was released by Paramount Pictures on 25 November 2015.
Box office
As of 20 September 2015, it had grossed $12.1 million in France and, as of 20 March 2016, $88.7 million worldwide. In its opening week in France, The Little Prince earned $3.3 million from 727 screens debuting at No. 2 at the French box office. In its second weekend it grossed $1.4 million (down 41%) from 830 screens for a two weekend total of $5.5 million. The film debuted at No. 2 in Brazil on 20 August, behind of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, with 330,000 tickets sold. In its second...
Critical response
The film has received positive reviews, earning praise for its style of animation and homage paid to the source material. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 93%, based on 98 reviews, with an average rating of 7.23/10. Its consensus reads: "Beautifully animated and faithful to the spirit of its classic source material, The Little Princeis a family-friendly treat that anchors thrilling visuals with a satisfying story." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100, based on 23...
The Little Prince at IMDbThe Little Prince at Box Office MojoThe Little Prince at The-Numbers.comSep 24, 2023 · Brad Bird winning for "Ratatouille". Ratatouille was nominated for a whopping five Academy Awards. This included the Ratatouille screenplay for Best Original Screenplay and a win for Best Animated Feature in 2008. The Pixar film follows the chaotic yet heartwarming journey of a rodent-turned-chef on more than just a delightful tale of culinary ...
Feb 22, 2015 · The awards are being handed out Sunday night in Hollywood. Big Hero 6 took home the Academy Award for best animated feature film on Sunday night. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zoe Saldana ...
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Sep 27, 2015 · SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) To Brian McLean and Martin Meunier for pioneering the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film production. To Jack Greasley, Kiyoyuki Nakagaki, Duncan Hopkins and Carl Rand for the design and engineering of the MARI 3D texture painting system.
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Feb 23, 2015 · A full list of winners for the 87th Academy Awards. ... Oscars 2015: Winners list. Published. 23 February 2015. ... Best animated feature. Winner: Big Hero 6.
