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When a nominees for the 53rd Annual Academy Awards were announced in February 1981, many in the industry were appalled that this movie was not going to be honored for its make-up effects (at the time there was not regular category and winners for make-up were cited with a "special award"). Feeling that the make-up technicians deserved to be rewarded for the film, a letter a protest was sent to the Academy's Board of Governors to ask them to change their minds and give the film a special award. The Academy refused but in response to the outcry they decided a year later to reward make-up artists with their own annual category, and thus the Best Make-Up award was born.
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