Mickey Mouse won an Academy Honorary Award in 1932, becoming the first non-human to win an Oscar. Disney’s Mickey’s Orphans was also nominated that year. Oscars were first presented in 1929 and the statuette is 13.5 inches tall and weighs 8.5 pounds. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 categories in 2003.
In 1932, Disney’s Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar. The Oscar was received by Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse as an Academy Honorary Award. That year, Disney’s Mickey’s Orphans was also nominated in the Best Animated Short Film category, but the Oscar went to another Disney film: Flowers and Trees.
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The first Oscars were presented in 1929 in a ceremony that lasted just 15 minutes.
The statuette awarded to the winners is 13.5 inches (34 cm) tall and weighs 8.5 pounds (3.85 kg).
In 2003, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 categories in which it was nominated.
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