Meg Tilly Kasdan's award-winning ensemble film "The Big Chill", with Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams and Mary Kay Place. Tilly's appearance in "The Big Chill", which was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, helped her career significantly. In 1985, Tilly landed the acclaimed, title role in Norman Jewison's "Agnes of God", appearing with Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft. Playing the role of a novitiate nun who confesses her involvement in a virgin conception, Tilly "delivered a magnificent portrayal of a tormented young woman experiencing the ultimate crisis of faith". Tilly's critically praised performance
The Polar Express (film) 20th in the Nielsen ratings that week, according to TVTango.com. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Sound Editing (Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard), Best Sound Mixing (Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan) and Best Original Song for "Believe" (music and lyrics by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri) The film was nominated at the 3rd Visual Effects Society Awards in the category of "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture." In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated "The Polar Express" for its Top 10 Animated Films list. In November