>First animated film nominated for Best Picture in history
>Only animated film to be nominated before introduction of 10 nominees
>Only 2D animated film nominated
How and why did it escape the prejudice?
>>77755720
Motherfucking Howard Ashman lyrics is how.
>>77755720
How did Tarzan not even get a nomination? Leagues better than Beauty & The Beast. I still don't understand the "award hype" for that movie. Beast is the best part of that movie, everything else is pretty boring or "comedic relief".
>>77755720
It "escaped" by virtue of the category not existing at the time, IIRC. "Best animated" was then added for every year after that.
>>77756546
>Tarzan
>Not Hunckback of Notredame
>>77756569
Best Animated movie wasn't added until 2001, a decade later.
That still doesn't explain why other Disney movies beforehand didn't get any sort of nod (outside of Snow White which obviously got a special recognition).
I think it was nominated in a kind-of "Eh" year for movies. The other nominees for Best Picture in 1992 were JFK, Bugsy, The Prince of Tides (?), and The Silence of the Lambs, which ended up winning.
>>77757638
Academy's pretty much always looked down on animation. There's been sympathizers though. Gregory Peck actually quit being President of the Academy when his attempts at lobbying a nomination and win for Jungle Book failed.
>>77759994
Of all the hills to "die" on, he chose the Jungle Book? OK, I guess....
Because it's really fucking good.
>>77756546
Tarzan was shit, that's why.
>>77761432
Jungle Book is amazing though
Disney would never come up with a better batch of songs.
I truly, deeply miss when Disney made animated movie posters like this...
>>77761972
...instead of this.
>>77761992
I'm sure you know better than the hundreds of designers, analysts, and marketers that make them.
>>77762018
>I miss this thing
>U HTNK U KNO BETR?
>>77761992
There was another poster
>>77762181
oh, that one's pretty good I guess
