The Disney/Pixar film
Soul centers on Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle school band teacher who longs to be a jazz musician.
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Pixar's
Soul has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, becoming the only film ever to win that award without playing in U.S. movie theaters.
Last October, with the COVID-19 pandemic having closed most of the nation's cinemas, Disney announced that it was opting to release
Soul — which centers on a jazz musician who's trying to reunite his accidentally separated soul and body – as a Christmas release exclusively on its streaming service Disney+.
This marked the first time a full-length Pixar feature had been released for home viewing without first playing in movie theaters.