The Academy made Richard Linklater play a waiting game with “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood,” the playful and vaguely autobiographical fantasy of Stanley, a kid recruited by NASA to go on a trial ...
The Animation branch reversed its decision after earlier disqualifying the rotoscoped movie, which rankled many animation professionals in October. After no small controversy and outcry, the Oscars ...
Exclusive: Linklater is appealing the decision, which he sees as a bias against both rotoscope animation and independent productions. Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” revisits ...
A version of this story about “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The Academy made Richard Linklater play a waiting game with ...