Before 'Flow,' This 2003 Indie Animated Film Took on Disney and Pixar at the Oscars

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From its initial inception in 2002, the Oscar for Best Animated Feature has usually been dominated by Disney and/or Pixar. With some exceptions sprinkled throughout the years, like Spirited Awayor Rango,many of the best films by Disney and Pixar won the Oscar in a no-real-contest fashion. Sometimes it wasn't always that bleak, as 2004 saw an impressive underdog try to take a shot at the kings, a wildly designed French extravaganza called The Triplets of Belleville. An indie darling equally indebted to classic silent cinema and every era of French art, it gave Academy voters a flavor much zestier and downright stranger than what the ultimate victor was offering, making it more than just a fascinating footnote.

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