From cbc.ca:
The story of an upwardly mobile Parisian rat with a gourmet appetite ate up 10 Annie Awards, which honour the years top achievements in film and television animation.
The Disney and Pixar rodent tale Ratatouille, about a French rat who ends up running a gourmet restaurant, captured trophies for top animated feature, writing and directing for Brad Bird, voice acting for Ian Holm, character design and animation, music, storyboarding, production design and animated video game.
Ratatouille, the story of a rat that loves to cook, beat out the likes of Bee Movie, Surfs Up, Persepolis and The Simpsons Movie to nab 10 Annie Awards.Ratatouille, the story of a rat that loves to cook, beat out the likes of Bee Movie, Surfs Up, Persepolis and The Simpsons Movie to nab 10 Annie Awards.
Disney-PixarThe film headed into the competition with the most nominations, 13 in all, at the gala in Los Angeles on Friday night.
It beat out main competitors Bee Movie, Surfs Up, Persepolis and The Simpsons Movie.
The Annie Awards are presented by the International Animated Film Society. The winner of the best-picture prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for animated feature every year since it was added as an Oscar category in 2001, with one exception. Last years Annie winner, the auto-racing comedy Cars, lost at the Oscars to the penguin musical Happy Feet.
Ratatouille will be battling it out on Oscar night with Persepolis and Surfs Up.
