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DisneyEra wrote:Next Saturday is the Producers Guild of America Awards. Whichever wins that will be the front-runner for the Oscar the following Sunday.

On average, “Encanto” streamers have watched the film five times with the title accumulating over 180 million re-watches globally since launch.

Sotiris wrote:Disney released numbers for Encanto on Disney+.

On average, “Encanto” streamers have watched the film five times with the title accumulating over 180 million re-watches globally since launch.

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although there were not many songs excised from the film, the few that were are all attributed to Mirabel and were a specific type of song...

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote:...they're all cut Mirabel "I want" songs, because the "I want" song is the hardest song to write in any movie...It's not enough to get the assignment right of what does this character want. It has to soar in a really specific way. And if it doesn't pass the test of a kid singing with a hairbrush in the mirror, it doesn't win."

Miranda claims he had a tough time with Encanto's "I Want" song, explaining, "I struggled with it the most here...You have to really understand what the journey is to be able to then go backwards and write what the main character really wants and needs. And those things really have to line up for us to feel satisfied."

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote:The only cut songs I really have, they're all cut Mirabel "I want" songs, because the "I want" song is the hardest song to write in any movie. I struggled with it the most on Moana with "How Far I'll Go." I struggled with it the most here for two reasons. One, you have to really understand what the journey is to be able to then go backwards and write what the main character really wants and needs. And those things really have to line up for us to feel satisfied. Then the other thing is, it's just intimidating, because Disney has the best "I want" songs. You've got "Part of Your World," and "Colors of the Wind," and "Let It Go," and "Into the Unknown," and "Reflection." It's just an intimidating legacy.

Disney's Divinity wrote:And every film on that list is certainly deserving of an Oscar other than Big Hero 6. Encanto is deserving, too, imo. It's a shame Raya was released the same year, it's also deserving, but I'd say there are a lot of other great Disney films that didn't receive anything (Bambi, Dalmatians, Cinderella, L&tT, The Jungle Book, etc.)

DisneyEra wrote:Cinderella losing Best Song for Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo was terrible. Sleeping Beauty also should have won for Score for 1959.

estefan wrote:

DisneyEra wrote:Cinderella losing Best Song for Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo was terrible. Sleeping Beauty also should have won for Score for 1959.

I was curious what they lost to. The song "Mona Lisa" was a hit in 1950 and listening to it now, outside of the context of "Captain Carey U.S.A.", it's a nice song. Although I would still have picked any of the songs from Cinderella over it. "Sleeping Beauty" lost Best Score to "Porgy and Bess", but I can't say anything, because I haven't seen that movie.

I have seen "Doctor Dolittle" and "The Bare Necessitates" from "The Jungle Book" absolutely would have gotten my vote over "Talk to the Animals." The Academy showered that movie with nominations, but "The Jungle Book" and its songs are certainly more beloved. "The Jungle Book" was even the bigger hit back in 1967, with "Doctor Dolittle" being a flop for 20th Century Fox.

DisneyEra wrote:Encanto won the PGA Award

Actress in a supporting role

Makeup and hairstyling

Cinematography

Original score

Visual effects

Animated feature film

Animated short film

Actor in a supporting role

International feature film

Documentary short subject

Costume design

Original screenplay

Adapted screenplay

Live action short film

Sound

Documentary feature

Original song

Production design

Directing

Film editing

Actor in a leading role

Actress in a leading role

Best picture