Apple TV+ made history at the 94th Academy Awards as the first streaming service to win a best picture Oscar for CODA, a heart-warming drama about the daughter of deaf parents who pursues her passion for music.
The Apple TV+ purchase CODA for a record $25 million (approx. Rs. 190.745 crore) following its debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and it has momentum throughout the awards season, winning top honours from the Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guild awards.
CODA face intense competition from Netflix’s critically acclaimed western, The Power of the Dog, which collect a dozen nominations.
The film’s director, Jane Campion, receive an Academy Award.
The best picture Oscar signals how far the industry has come since 2017, when the Cannes Film Festival prohibited movies that were not release on the big screen from competing for its most prestigious prize, the Palme d’Or.
It was a deliberate snub to streaming services like Netflix.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences modified its Oscar eligibility rules to temporarily change the requirement that a movie screen for seven days in theatres to qualify.
That represent a watershed moment for movies that debut via streaming services in the home.
The best picture Oscar also marks a milestone for Apple TV+, which launch in November 2019 with a handful of original series and no library of movies and TV shows.
Apple TV+ saw a breakthrough in September 2021, when its fish-out-of-water comedy, Ted Lasso, about an American football coach who takes a job with an English soccer club, receive the Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series.
CODA won three awards, including Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.
Apple will now naturally attract more A+ Hollywood talent to its streaming service.
Details about CODA
- Release Date : 13 August 2021
- Language : American Sign Language, English
- Genre : Comedy, Drama
- Duration : 1h 51min
- Cast : Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman
- Director : Sian Heder
- Music : Marius de Vries
- Producer : Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Jerôme Seydoux, Patrick Wachsberger
- Production : Vendôme Pictures, Pathé Films, Apple TV+
- Certificate : 13+
