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ILM's Rango Wins At The Oscars, John Williams Misses Out

Rango won best animation, a first Academy award and nomination for director Gore Verbinski, who said it was "made by grown-ups acting like a bunch of children". The film features the voice of Johnny Depp, who plays a chameleon Congratulations Gore Verbinski and Industrial Light & Magic.  No Oscar this time for John Williams but well done to The Artist's Ludovic Bource for winning best score. The Help's Octavia Spencer won the best supporting actress Oscar and gave a speech acknowledging Spielberg's help in her career, she received a standing ovation from the audience.  "Thank you Stephen Spielberg for changing my life...oh my God, thank you... I'm freaking out, Full List Best Picture WINNER: The Artist — Thomas Langmann The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Best Directing Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris WINNER: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist...

The Bearded Trio Rango Review. Pixar Look Out ILM Are Here!

Industrial Light & Magic Have Joined The Game With A Top Quality Family-Friendly Animated Feature J ohnny Depp is a domesticated chameleon who assumes the role of sheriff in a frontier town called Dirt populated by desert creatures.  'The Lizard' is a pet chameleon wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt. This aspiring actor spends hours improvising scenes with the toys in his terrarium; but when he is accidentally tossed onto the side of the highway winding through the desert, he quickly learns that surviving in the wild is real drama. Right from the start the first thing you will notice is how polished the animation is.  Industrial Light and Magic have really surpassed themselves with the way they have brought the world of Rango to life.  I have never seen animation like it.  The textures of each character and attention to detail is incredible even down to the cracks on the beaks of the owls.  Its a very colourful and being set in the desert its also...

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Johnny Depp Is Rango

Rango is a pet chameleon who lives in a terrarium. Everything is calm and comfortable and relaxing and quiet. Until, one day, he somehow ends up in the rough of an Old West town in the American southwest, whose name is actually “Dirt.” As he’s always thought himself a hero, Rango establishes himself as the lawman, strolling the streets as a sheriff like character. Unbeknown to him, the “good guy” role doesn’t do very well in Dirt -- with a whole cemetery filled with good guy tombstones. But that doesn’t stop Rango from trying, constantly seeking to fit in, with his surroundings, no matter how challenging -- just like a good chameleon! Check out the teaser trailer of this upcoming Nickelodeon and Paramount flick, due in theaters March 4th, 2011.