Politics and religion left|thumb|A "Dizzy Gillespie for President" pinback button, 1964 In 1962, Gillespie and actor George Mathews starred in The Hole, an animated short film by John and Faith Hubley. Released the same year as the Cuban Missile Crisis, it uses audio from an improvised conversation between the two debating the causes of accidents and the possibility of accidentally launching nuclear weapons. The short went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film the following year.
Pol.itics and religion left|thumb|A "Dizzy Gillespie for President" pinback button, 1964 In 1962, Gillespie and actor George Mathews starred in The Hole, an animated short film by John and Faith Hubley. Released the same year as the Cuban Missile Crisis, it uses audio from an improvised conversation between the two debating the causes of accidents and the possibility of accidentally launching nuclear weapons The short went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film the following year.