10 h, feb 26, 2012 y - RANGO & HUGO OSCAR WINNERS BEST ANIMATION Plus 5 Others

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “Rango,” starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday.

Depp voices Rango, who ends up stuck in a desert town called Dirt, where he takes on the role of sheriff and leads a quest to replenish the town’s water supply.

The film is directed by Gore Verbinski, the man behind three of the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies that also star Depp. “Rango” is Verbinski’s first animated movie.

The film features references to classic movie westerns and is filled with sophisticated humor appreciated by adults.

“Someone asked me if this film was for kids,” Verbinski said as he accepted the award. “It was certainly created by a bunch of grown-ups acting like children.”

Johnny Depp’s company Infinitum Nihil produced Martin Scorsese's Hugo which won a total of five Academy Awards:

- Cinematography: Robert Richardson
- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgely
- Visual Effects: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning