10 Oscar Contender Long Shots: ‘Mud’, ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’, ‘Before Midnight’ (Photos)

Few of them are legitimate Best Picture contenders, but here are 10 movies whose creators could conceivably get tickets to the Dolby Theatre next March 2.

“Monsters University”
For years, Pixar owned the Oscar animated-feature category – and while it’s unlikely that this sequel will crash the Best Picture race the way “Up” and “Toy Story 3” did, it’s clearly a major player on the animation side.

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