Best Motion Picture, Animated

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BEST MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED

AWARD 10

BEST MOTION PICTURE ‑ ANIMATED

“MISSING LINK”

CHRIS BUTLER: Well, I am flabbergasted. So thank you to the HFPA.

It takes a lot of people to make one of these movies. There are 450 talented artists, crafts people, technicians, engineers who made this movie possible.

ARIANNE SUTNER: Humans.

CHRIS BUTLER: Human beings.

Thank you to Arianne Sutner, my producer.

ARIANNE SUTNER: Aww.

CHRIS BUTLER: Thank you to Trevis Knight for making this possible.

Just thank you, all of you. I am genuinely shocked.

ARIANNE SUTNER: We love you so much.

CHRIS BUTLER: Thank you.

–BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW–

QUESTION:  Hi.  You must have been reading the newspaper reports
          and predictions because you acted so shocked that you won.
          CHRIS BUTLER:  I am more shocked.  I've been making animated
          movies for a long time, and we at the studio tried to do things
          differently.  We tried to tell more irreverent stories.  We try
          to do things that maybe other people won't do.
          QUESTION:  And the work that goes into it?
          CHRIS BUTLER:  Yeah.
          QUESTION:  People don't realize that this is very different than
          sitting at a computer.  Can you briefly tell us a little bit
          about that?
          CHRIS BUTLER:  Yeah.  Our studio is like -- if you walked around
          our studio, it's like walking around Santa's workshop.  Because
          you have so many different types of artists and crafts people.
          You don't just have animators.  You have carpenters.  You have
          metal workers.  You have costume designers, and they are all
          working very, very hard.  It took five years to make this movie.
          So it is a very, very long and hard process.
          ARIANNE SUTNER:  It's a long and hard process, and we are an
          original movie written and directed by this guy.  It's our fifth
          movie, and we are really dedicated to the art and the passion of
          this kind of movie making.  We are so happy.
          QUESTION:  Congratulations on the win.  How does it feel to go in
          so many big movies like the Frozen 2 and, of course, they are
          backed by Disney had so much leverage but still being able to
          come out on the end?
          CHRIS BUTLER:  I feel privileged.  I feel like we are in very,
          very good company, and I never expected this, as you probably
          guessed.  It is great to be acknowledged.  It is great to have a
          movie that isn't maybe as big as some of others.  It's great to
          have that scene and appreciate it.
          ARIANNE SUTNER:  It is.  I think we are so happy that we are kind
          of in this animated landscape and marketplace, and I think people
          are saying they are happy that we are here.  We are happy that we
          are here, and we are so impressed with all of the talent and all
          of those other movies.  It's incredible.

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