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| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1992 | Won | ASCAP Award |
Top Box Office Films Howard Shore |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role Jodie Foster |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Picture Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Ted Tally |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Film Editing Craig McKay |
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Best Sound Tom Fleischman Christopher Newman |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Horror Film |
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Best Make-Up Carl Fullerton Neal Martz |
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Best Writing Ted Tally |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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Best Costumes Colleen Atwood |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Music Howard Shore |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Craig McKay |
| Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Silver Scream Award |
Jonathan Demme
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| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Tak Fujimoto |
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Best Direction Jonathan Demme |
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Best Editing Craig McKay |
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Best Film Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman Jonathan Demme |
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Best Original Film Score Howard Shore |
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Best Screenplay - Adapted Ted Tally |
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Best Sound Skip Lievsay Christopher Newman Tom Fleischman |
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| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Silver Berlin Bear |
Best Director Jonathan Demme Tied with _Ultrà (1990)_ . |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
Jonathan Demme
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Jonathan Demme |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Cinematography Tak Fujimoto |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Film |
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Best Supporting Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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| Casting Society of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Artios |
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Howard Feuer |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay Ted Tally |
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| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Jonathan Demme |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Jonathan Demme Kenneth Utt (unit production manager) (plaque) Ronald M. Bozman (first assistant director) (plaque) Kyle McCarthy (second assistant director) (plaque) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture Ted Tally |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Jodie Foster |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Jonathan Demme |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Ted Tally |
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| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Golden Screen |
(Columbia
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| Hochi Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Hochi Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Jonathan Demme |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Silver Ribbon |
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) Jonathan Demme |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Film |
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| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Actor of the Year Anthony Hopkins |
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Actress of the Year Jodie Foster |
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Director of the Year Jonathan Demme |
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Film of the Year |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Music Howard Shore Also for Naked Lunch (1991). |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Film |
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Best Supporting Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | 2nd place | NSFC Award |
Best Actress Jodie Foster |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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Best Film |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | PGA Award |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman |
| People's Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | People's Choice Award |
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) Anthony Hopkins |
| 1991 | Nominated | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) Jodie Foster |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best DVD Extras For the collector's edition. |
| USC Scripter Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | USC Scripter Award |
Ted Tally
(screenwriter)
Thomas Harris (author) |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ted Tally |
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