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Apple Original Film 'F1' Wins Oscar for Best Sound

Apple's original film "F1: The Movie" yesterday won an Oscar for Best Sound at the 98th Academy Awards.

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The film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joseph Kosinski, received four Oscar nominations in total, including Best Picture. "F1" has already picked up multiple honors across the industry, including Best Editing and Best Sound at the Critics Choice Awards and Best Sound at the BAFTA Film Awards.

The film stars Brad Pitt as a once-promising Formula 1 driver whose career was nearly ended by a crash in the 1990s. Decades later, he returns to the sport after being recruited by his former teammate to help save a struggling team, partnering with an ambitious rookie driver.

In 2022, Apple's "CODA" became the first streaming film to win Best Picture, with Troy Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor and Siân Heder winning Best Adapted Screenplay. Apple later won Best Animated Short Film for "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse." More recently, "Killers of the Flower Moon" received several Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Lily Gladstone.

"F1" is now available to stream globally on Apple TV. Apple previously said it is the highest-grossing sports feature film of all time.

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Top Rated Comments

dmr727 Avatar
8 months ago
I said it on the other thread when the nominations were announced - it was a fun popcorn movie but how it ended up nominated for Best Picture is a complete mystery to me. But hey, Best Sound. That's something. :)
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
everlast3434 Avatar
8 months ago
Apple really really really wants you to watch this... in case you didn't know.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
fenderbass146 Avatar
8 months ago

Agree, it was a fun popcorn movie so I also was surprised. Having said that, Sinners was one of the most boring, storyless, poorly acted, awful movies I've ever watched so how on earth that got 16 nominations is beyond me...
Oscars and Hollywood have become such a joke, I used to watch them yearly, but haven't watched them in years. Just a bunch of artsy, not remotely mainstream movies and some of the most privileged people on earth preaching to us.

90's and early 2000's

Silence of the Lambs, Unforgiven, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Titanic, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings as some of the winners


Since then, of ones I'd say there were mainstream movies, maybe Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, Argo and Oppenheimer and among those, I'd really say Oppenheimer was the only true blockbuster. Obviously, some big movies got nominated, but none few that one.

Now it's Kings Speech, The Artist, Birdman, Spotlight, Moonlight, The Shape of Water, Nomadland, Coda, Anora...none of these movies will be classics 20 years from now.

I'm still waiting for an award for best practical effects or stunts.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
klasma Avatar
8 months ago

It’s not a bad film overall
There should be an Oscar category for “Not a Bad Film Overall”.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ipedro Avatar
8 months ago
I stood up and cheered, it had to be F1. After watching it a few times in theatre, the sound was one of the most notable but less appreciated parts of this film. The Oscar was well deserved. 👏🏼
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Paul1964 Avatar
8 months ago

They just want Americans to believe America is part of Formula 1 because they own the rights now. The film was fine but the plot was ridiculous to anyone outside of the US.
As a Brit in the UK I have to disagree with this.

There are now 3 races in the US - and the rookie driver in the APX team was British. Yeah OK the team was American owned, which in reality 2 are.

Most of the teams are run from the UK anyway, even if they are "owned" by companies in other countries. And most are within a 50 mile radius of the Silverstone circuit. Ferrari is the obvious and notable exception to this.

F1 is global and that includes the USA.

The plot was fun and maybe not that realistic but why you think it would be ridiculous to anyone outside the US is baffling.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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