‘marcel The Shell’: Behind The Stop-motion Crowd-pleaser’s Quest To Make Oscar History

Bill Desowitz, IndieWire
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 3:45pm

. By qualifying for Best Animated Feature, A24’s “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” became the first stop-motion/live-action hybrid to enter the Oscar race. Now it could make history as the first hybrid nominee. If nominated along with “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — the favorite in the category — and Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild,” this would be another milestone for the technique, tying the record for most stop-motion Best Animated Feature nominees set in 2013, when “Frankenweenie,” “ParaNorman,” and “The Pirates!

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‘marcel The Shell’: Behind The Stop-motion Crowd-pleaser’s Quest To Make Oscar History

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