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PONPOKO.DOC [1 PONPOKO review]
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WRITTEN BY: Hy Hollinger
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, November 11, 1994
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996
JAPAN PICKS ANI 'POKO' FOR OSCAR DERBY
by Hy Hollinger
Japan has selected "Pom Poko," a feature-length animated film, as
its entry for consideration as best foreign-language film in the upcoming
Academy Awards competition.
It is believed this is the first time an animated film has been been
submitted in the foreign-language category, a spokeswoman for the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said.
Walt Disney Prods.' "Beauty and the Beast" was a nominee for best
picture honors in the 1992 Oscar race.
Produced by Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. in association with Japan's
leading animation studio, Studio Ghibli, "Pom Poko" is Japan's third
highest grossing animated film, following Disney's "Aladdin" and "Porco
Rosso," also from Ghibli.
Since its Tokyo premiere on July 16, it played in 201 theaters on
the Toho circuit, grossing $52 million throughout the country.
The film has an environmental twist. In "Pom Poko" a village of
raccoons is being threatened by an encroaching residential development.
The raccoons fight back in amusing and entertaining ways. The Japanese
are said to have a traditional facination with raccoons, which are
thought to sometimes transform themselves into humans.
World-acclaimed animator Hayao Miyazaki, hailed as the "Walt Disney
of Japan," is the godfather of "Pom Poko."
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