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Re:Apple’s “Coda” Wins Historic Oscar for Best Picture at th... by dagw on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:44AM (#30828543)
Who knows, without Apple's support and promotion, CODA may not have gotten to this point

Having worked on a movie that had a (short, failed) Oscar push, you cannot underestimate who important (and expensive) promotion is to even just getting a nomination. Had CODA remained an indie darling on the festival circuit it almost certainly would not have won.

Re:Apple’s “Coda” Wins Historic Oscar for Best Picture at th... by relyks on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:16PM (#30836774)
Interesting, I assumed it'd be the case, but I didn't know that for sure