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Spirited Away Still Has a Chance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the moving-picture dept.

Dean Siren writes "Disney chairman Richard W. Cook says that they've budgeted to market Spirited Away in up to 1,000 North American theaters, and if the Oscars endorse it as much as Metacritic has, Disney will launch it. They'll spend the same time and money promoting Spirited Away for Academy Awards as they will Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet. Cook hopes that it will win not only Best Animated Film, but get nominated for Best Picture, as Beauty and the Beast got in 1991. Thanks to Jack Mathews at New York Daily News for getting Cook to explain."

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  1. So now we like them? by LordKronos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this the "Disney is good" week? I guess last week must have been the "evil" week, but I didn't get the memo.

  2. Why Disney won't back it fully by infonography · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would love to see how they plan to put a Radish Spirt toy in a happy meal. They don't care about ticket sales, they care about byproducts and aftermarket trinkets.

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  3. Wait a minute... THIS IS ANIME? by bujoojoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where are the hot anime chicks with the flaming hair-dos and swords? Huh? What about the some bad ass spaceships and mechs? What about VAMPIRES, HUH? NOT ONE FUCKING VAMPIRE!

    And to top it off, there is no obligitory $OBJECT blowing up in a slow motion 6 frame sequence...

    Anime, my ass...

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