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Academy Awards, USA (2)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (4)
Cannes Film Festival (1)
Casting Society of America, USA (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (5)
Costume Designers Guild Awards (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Golden Globes, USA (5)
Satellite Awards (2)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (4)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (5)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (4)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (1)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (2)
USC Scripter Award (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
AFI Awards, USA (1)
American Screenwriters Association, USA (1)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (1)
Golden Trailer Awards (4)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (3)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (4)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Utah Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (3)
Village Voice Film Poll (2)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (2)
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) (2)
Golden Schmoes Awards (3)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (3)
German Dubbing Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (3)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
25 wins & 71 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2003 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates
American Cinema Editors, USA
2003 Nominee
Eddie
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Kevin Tent
BAFTA Awards
2003 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jack Nicholson
Critics Choice Awards
2003 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Picture
2003 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
Tied with
Daniel Day-Lewis
for
Gangs of New York (2002)
.
2003 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Writer
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Cannes Film Festival
2002 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Alexander Payne
Casting Society of America, USA
2003 Winner
Artios Award
Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman
John Jackson
(location casting)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Picture
2003 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Alexander Payne
2003 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
2003 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
Costume Designers Guild Awards
2003 Winner
CDG Award
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Wendy Chuck
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Picture
Golden Globes, USA
2003 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture - Drama
2003 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Alexander Payne
2003 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Satellite Awards
2003 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
Kathy Bates
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2002 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Film
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2002 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2003 Winner
ALFS Award
Film of the Year
2003 Nominee
ALFS Award
Actor of the Year
Jack Nicholson
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Picture
2002 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
Tied with
Daniel Day-Lewis
for
Gangs of New York (2002)
.
2002 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
2002 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
National Board of Review, USA
2002 Winner
NBR Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2003 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2002 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Film
2002 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2002 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
2002 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Hope Davis
2002 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Alexander Payne
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2003 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
2003 Winner
OFCS Award
Top Ten Films of the Year
9th place
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2004 Nominee
Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
Alexander Payne
(director)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2002 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2002 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2003 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2002 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Picture
10th place
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Performance, Male
Jack Nicholson
2002 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Supporting Performance, Female
Kathy Bates
USC Scripter Award
2003 Nominee
USC Scripter Award
Alexander Payne
(screenwriter)
Jim Taylor
(screenwriter)
Louis Begley
(author)
Writers Guild of America, USA
2003 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
AFI Awards, USA
2003 Winner
AFI Award
Movie of the Year
ABOUT SCHMIDT puts a new face on film satire, embodied in a towering performance by Jack Nicholson. The movie presents America's heartland with a richness of detail that brings a unique light to this funny, sad and always captivating tale.
American Screenwriters Association, USA
2003 Nominee
Discover Screenwriting Award
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2003 Nominee
VFCC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
Golden Trailer Awards
2003 Winner
Golden Trailer
Best of Show
For the teaser.
2003 Winner
Golden Trailer
Best Comedy
For the teaser.
2003 Winner
Golden Trailer
Best Voice Over
For the teaser.
2003 Winner
Golden Trailer
Best Music
For the teaser.
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2003 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Picture
2003 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2003 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Jim Taylor
Alexander Payne
2003 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Picture
7th place
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Winner
WAFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2002 Winner
WAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2002 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Film
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Nominee
UFCA Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
Online Film & Television Association
2003 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Village Voice Film Poll
2002 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Film
10th place.
2002 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Performance
Jack Nicholson
4th place.
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2002 Nominee
ACCA
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates
2002 Nominee
ACCA
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jack Nicholson
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2003 Nominee
IOMA
Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
IOMA
Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura)
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Golden Schmoes Awards
2002 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
Kathy Bates
2002 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Actor of the Year
Jack Nicholson
2002 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Screenplay of the Year
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2003 Nominee
INOCA
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
2003 Winner
INOCA
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Nominee
INOCA
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
German Dubbing Awards
2003 Winner
German Dubbing Award
Outstanding Male Performance
Joachim Kerzel
For dubbing Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt.
Gold Derby Awards
2003 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates
As Roberta Hertzel
2003 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
2003 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Lead Actor
Jack Nicholson
As Warren Schmidt
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2003 Winner
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson
2003 Winner
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Movie for Grownups
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