TOMB RAIDER TIPPED FOR OSCAR GONG

[ 10 August 2001 ]

Hollywood's Oscar watchers have tipped Paramount Pictures Lara Croft: Tomb Raider motion picture for a possible award nomination in one of the special effects and technology categories at next years prestigious awards ceremony. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider stars former Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie who embarks on a perilous mission to rescue the Clock of Ages, and ancient time-traveling device, from the hands of an evil spectre. Originally slammed by critics across the globe, the Simon West helmed motion picture has generated over $200m in box office receipts since it's inception June 15th.

Eidos Interactive, the publisher of the Tomb Raider videogame counterpart, has also recorded accelerated sales in it's software titles since the release of the movie.