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Oscar-nominated short films in iTunes Store

by Brian Liloia (RSS feed) on Feb 26th, 2007

There are two Oscar award categories with films that almost no one ever sees, and those are the live action and animated short films. Unfortunately, these films usually never make it past film festival circuits and don't receive wide distribution, and typically they are welcomed with a big "huh?" when they pop up during the Academy Awards ceremony. Anyway, this year's short film nominees are available for purchase in the iTunes Store, along with previous winners and nominees. Priced at $1.99 each, the videos are not much of a big investment and might be worth the price of admission, just to get a feel for what a Oscar-nominated short film looks like. The curious can scope them out here (warning: iTunes link).

Tags: academy awards, AcademyAwards, itunes, itunes store, ItunesStore, oscars, short films, ShortFilms, video

Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

iPhone ad to appear during today's Oscars ceremony?

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Feb 25th, 2007

Macworld UK has apparently heard it through the grape vine (or apple tree?) that Apple has secured some ad time for the iPhone during tonight's 79th annual Academy Awards ceremony. The proceedings kick off at 8 pm EST on ABC, and the ad was apparently "made for the Oscars," though no more details are available just yet.

I honestly wasn't planning on watching the Oscars, but now I'm hoping that Macworld hasn't gone the way of pageview-baiting because I just fired up the microwave for a jumbo popcorn session. Oh the things we do in the name of TUAW.

Update: The commercial has aired, see here for the recap and here for the video.

Tags: academy awards, AcademyAwards, ad, ads, advertisement, iphone, oscars

Filed under: Video

2005 Oscar Quicktime trailers

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Feb 9th, 2006

If you're anything like me, you didn't get a chance to see every movie that was nominated for an Academy Award. Luckily, Apple has posted trailers for all the nominated movies (there might be one or two that is missing, but it seems darn comprehensive to me). Not only are there links to trailers (Quicktime 7 is required) but there are also links to the movies' soundtracks in the iTunes Music Store.

You know what that is, dear readers? Well, we here at TUAW call that 'integrating vertical synergies,' and it makes us smile.

Tags: academy awards, AcademyAwards, oscars

Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, Video, iTunes

Disney to release Oscar shorts via iTunes

by C.K. Sample, III (RSS feed) on Jan 18th, 2006

According to the great cartoon and animation blog, Cartoon Brew, Disney, following in the footsteps of Pixar, has plans to release all of its Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated shorts on the iTunes Music Store for portable playability on iPods everywhere this summer. Evidently, this information was "leaked" while Amid and Jerry of Cartoon Brew were hanging out with Roy Disney, Don Hahn, David Stainton, and Leonard Maltin at a preview screening of The Little Match Girl, another Disney short. Jerry notes, "Starting this summer, Disney will be making all its Oscar-winning (and Oscar-nominated) shorts available on itunes - for Internet downloading to iPods and the like. Yes, Der Fuehrer's Face will be available to carry around in your hand - along with The Three Little Pigs and Destino. "

When it comes to media on the iPod, I'm of the opinion that the more animation, the better.

Tags: disney, ipod, itunes, oscars, shorts

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