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Yes. The Academy's regulations require a $1 offer to the Academy before a winner sells the statuette. This is a resale condition, not its manufacturing cost.
Yes. Animated features can compete for Best Picture. Entering the animation category does not automatically satisfy Best Picture's separate eligibility requirements.
No. It combined silent-film storytelling with recorded songs and brief spoken passages. Its importance in sound cinema does not mean all its dialogue was spoken.
Yes. The specially designed honorary award included one standard statuette and seven miniatures representing the dwarfs. It was one honour, not eight competitive wins.
No. Silent films commonly had live musical accompaniment. The absence of recorded dialogue did not mean audiences watched in silence.
No. Modern Oscar statuettes are cast in bronze and plated with 24-karat gold. The gold is a surface coating, not the material throughout.
No. The original series ran for three seasons, from 1966 to 1969. The five-year mission describes the fictional voyage, not the show's television run.
No. Star Wars is part of the museum, but its wider focus is visual storytelling across art, comics, cinema and cultures.