Directed by: Joseph Barbera, and William Hanna
Produced by: Fred Quimby
Voice of: Billy Bletcher

Tom and Jerry became animated legends with the release of this Tex Avery-style cartoon that turns a simple gag into a classic joke. The cartoon contains the usual cast of a big violent dog, a very cautious cat, and a mischievous mouse, like we see in all of the "cat chasing mouse" short cartoons. The family dog wants to take a quiet nap and doesn't want any noise at all, because he wants his beauty sleep. Jerry decides to get Tom into a lot of trouble and start doing many noisy things to wake the dog up, and give Tom a really bad beating. Tom, in many instances tries to stop Jerry from waking the dog up. This was the first cartoon to use the famous "waking the dog to beat the cat up by making a lot of noise" gag, and is the only one that I laugh at, that has it. This joke was repeated again and again, but this is the only cartoon that you should watch with that story line. The short's only flaw was that it portrayed Jerry more as a villain, when he's supposed to be the one we're cheering for.

Oscar: Best Animated Short Film

Directed by: Robert Redford
Written by: Paul Attansio
Based on the book by: Richard N. Goodwin
Produced by: Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, and Michael Nozik
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Elizabeth Wilson, Hank Azaria, Christopher McDonald

The quiz show, "21" is one of the highest-rated shows on television. What the people who watch it don't know is they give one of the contestants, the answers in advance. Charles is a university professor who goes on the show, and ends up becoming the returning champion, when he beats the previous champion, Herbie, at an easy question. Herbie is horrified and tells the government the quiz show's scheme. They send someone over to find out how they do it. Meanwhile, Charles is a nation-wide sensation. This film will boggle your senses, and make you wonder if "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" do the same thing. Anyway, Robert Redford runs a smooth direction and John Tonturro is incredible as the stuttering Jew, Herbie.

Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Paul Scofield), Best Director (Robert Redford), Best Adapted Screenplay