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https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145419/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tron-s-20th-Anniversary-Director-discusses-3236009.php#page-2 https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145419/https://www.sfgat... has the director saying it though. Lisberger recounts. "We did all those effects in about seven months, which included inventing the techniques." "Tron," however, wasn't nominated for a special-effects Oscar. "The Academy thought we cheated by using computers," he scoffs.