Summary
From top left, clockwise: "John and Karen," "The Pig," "Lavatory Lovestory" and "On the Line"
The films in the animated program offer more laughs: There are the imperiled, but acrobatic octopi in love in the computer-animated "Oktapodi" (France, multiple directors, 3 min.) and the simple black-and-white line-drawings that tell the whimsical "Lavatory Lovestory" (Russia, Konstantin Bronzit, 10 min.). "This Way Up" (U.K., Smith & Foulkes, 9 min.) may be about a pair of English undertakers, but despite its gloomy look, it's surprisingly droll.As a bonus, the animated package includes five worthy shorts that didn't make Oscar's list, including "Hot Dog," from Bill Plympton's crazeddog series; Marc Craste's "Varmints"; and the wry domestic crisis of "John and Karen," in which a penguin and polar bear have a spat.See the full content of this document
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Oscar Nominated Shorts
ON FEB. 22, the 2009 Academy Awards will be presented to the lucky winners. But, as the oft-quoted adage goes, simply being nominated is an honor in itself.
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