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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1976 | Won | Oscar |
Best Writing, Original Screenplay Frank Pierson Frank Pierson was not present at the awards ceremony. Presenter Gore Vidal accepted the award on his behalf. |
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Best Actor in a Leading Role Al Pacino |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Chris Sarandon |
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Best Director Sidney Lumet |
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Best Film Editing Dede Allen |
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Best Picture Martin Bregman Martin Elfand |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor Al Pacino Also for The Godfather: Part II (1974). |
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Best Film Editing Dede Allen |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction Sidney Lumet |
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Best Film |
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Best Screenplay Frank Pierson |
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Best Sound Track Jack Fitzstephens Richard P. Cirincione Sanford Rackow Stephen A. Rotter James Sabat Dick Vorisek |
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| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | Special David |
Martin Bregman
Martin Elfand For the production. |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Sidney Lumet |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Male Chris Sarandon |
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Best Director - Motion Picture Sidney Lumet |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Al Pacino |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Frank Pierson |
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Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture John Cazale |
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Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Charles Durning |
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| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Al Pacino |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Actor Al Pacino |
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Best Director Sidney Lumet |
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Best Picture Tied with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Supporting Actor Charles Durning |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor Al Pacino |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | Won | Prize San Sebastián |
Best Actor Al Pacino |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen Frank Pierson |
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