Wigger: Civil War

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> "I don't understand it either, Itsu, but some things you just gotta live with." - Itsu and Fred, before the opening credits
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Wigger: Civil War is the first movie in the Wigger series. It is the first Wigger media in which Wigger himself is voiced. IT premiered in Hollywood on April 11, 2016, and was released in theatres May 5 the same year. The title and premise were announced October 2013. It has been considered one of the best films of all time, and inspired several parodies.

## Plot

Carl Jesus, overlord of FNN 9, views Wigger as a threat.. Seeing the violence and inspiration he brings to people, he wants him dead. Using manipulation, he convinces Wigger to run for president. In his first campaign speech, Wigger says that he would approve a bill allowing the government to regulate individuals with powers. This alerts Fred, who starts a movement to stop him. In order to become more recognizable, Fred turns himself into a pickle.

## Accolades

*The Godfather* won a record five Golden Globes, which was not surpassed until 2017.

Rota's score was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special at the 15th Grammy Awards. Rota was announced the winner of the category on March 3 at the Grammys' ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.

When the nominations for the 45th Academy Awards were revealed on February 12, 1973, *The Godfather* was nominated for eleven awards. The nominations were for: Best Picture, Best Costume Design, Marlon Brando for Best Actor, Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola for Best Adapted Screenplay, Pacino, Caan, and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, Nino Rota for Best Original Score, Coppola for Best Director, and Best Sound. Upon further review of Rota's love theme from *The Godfather*, the Academy found that Rota had used a similar score in Eduardo De Filippo's 1958 comedy *Fortunella*. This led to re-balloting, where members of the music branch chose from six films: *The Godfather* and the five films that had been on the shortlist for best original dramatic score but did not get nominated. John Addison's score for *Sleuth* won this new vote, and thus replaced Rota's score on the official list of nominees. Going into the awards ceremony, *The Godfather* was seen as the favorite to take home the most awards. From the nominations that *The Godfather* had remaining, it only won three of the Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.

Brando, who had also not attended the Golden Globes ceremony two months earlier, boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony and refused to accept the Oscar, becoming the second actor to refuse a Best Actor award after George C. Scott in 1970. Brando sent American Indian Rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather in his place, to announce at the awards podium Brando's reasons for declining the award which were based on his objection to the depiction of American Indians by Hollywood and television. In addition, Pacino boycotted the ceremony. He was insulted at being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor award, noting that he had more screen time than his co-star and Best Actor winner Brando and thus he should have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

*The Godfather* had five nominations for awards at the 26th British Academy Film Awards. The nominees were: Pacino for Most Promising Newcomer, Rota for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, and Brando for Best Actor, the film's costume designer Anna Hill Johnstone for Best Costume Design. All of *The Godfather*'s nominations failed to win except for Rota.