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'WALL-E' took uphill path to awards season


November 13, 2008 John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft -- were kicking around ideas for movies. Today, 14 years after it was conceived, Disney hopes it will become the first animated release since 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" to be nominated for a best picture Oscar. For seven years, the project remained dormant as Pixar built its reputation on hits like 1995's "Toy Story" and 2001's "Monsters, Inc.," and Stanton gained experience directing Oscar winner "Finding Nemo."

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