![]() Superman (1978) won the Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects). Superman was nominated at the 51st Academy Awards in 1979 in four different categories and won one. This is why Christopher Reeves’s name appears behind Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman in the credits and trailers for the original movie. Christopher Reeves portrayal of the superhero Clark Kent/Superman has become iconic, despite Reeves being an unknown actor at the time. The first installment in the popular Superman film series was the next superhero movie nominated for an Oscar after a long time with no recognition. The film lost to Walt Disney’s Lend A Paw. Producer Max Fleischer was nominated in the category for Short Subject (Cartoon). Published by DC, the movie was nominated for the 14th Academy Awards in 1942. The film is also known as The Mad Scientist and had Bud Collyer playing Clark Kent/Superman. Directed by Dave Fleischer, it became the first installment of seventeen short films produced in animated technicolor. Superman was the first DC adaptation to be nominated for an Oscar. Smith, and Ned Washington for their contribution to Disney’s Pinocchio. ![]() However, Newman lost to Leigh Hairline, Paul J. Alfred Newman was nominated in the category of Music (Original Score). The Mark of Zorro received a single nomination at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941. The movie, combined with the murder, helped to set the stage for the creation of Batman. While in changes in different iterations, in most versions of DC lore, The Mark of Zorro was the movie Bruce Wayne and his parents went to see before the parents were mugged and killed by Joe Chill. The movie was based on Johnston McCulley’s novel, The Curse of Capistrano. Yhe first superhero film to be nominated for an Oscar was The Mark of Zorro.
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