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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1980 | Won | Oscar |
Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro |
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Best Sound Walter Murch Mark Berger Richard Beggs Nathan Boxer |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Duvall |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Dean Tavoularis Angelo P. Graham George R. Nelson |
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Best Director Francis Ford Coppola |
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Best Film Editing Richard Marks Walter Murch Gerald B. Greenberg Lisa Fruchtman |
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Best Picture Francis Ford Coppola Fred Roos Gray Frederickson Tom Sternberg |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium John Milius Francis Ford Coppola |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Lisa Fruchtman Gerald B. Greenberg Richard Marks Walter Murch |
| American Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | Marquee |
Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall |
| Nominated | Marquee |
Best Actor Martin Sheen |
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Best Film |
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| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1981 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction Francis Ford Coppola |
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Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall |
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| Nominated | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
Carmine Coppola Francis Ford Coppola |
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| BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor Martin Sheen |
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Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro |
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Best Editing Richard Marks Walter Murch Gerald B. Greenberg Lisa Fruchtman |
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Best Film |
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Best Production Design Dean Tavoularis |
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Best Sound Track Nathan Boxer Richard P. Cirincione Walter Murch |
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| British Society of Cinematographers | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1979 | Nominated | Best Cinematography Award |
Vittorio Storaro |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1979 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
Competition Francis Ford Coppola |
| Golden Palm |
Francis Ford Coppola The film was screend as a work in progess. Tied with Die Blechtrommel (1979). |
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| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize |
Best Foreign Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) For the Redux version. USA. |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Francis Ford Coppola |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | David |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Migliore Regista Straniero) Francis Ford Coppola |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Francis Ford Coppola |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola |
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Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Duvall |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture Carmine Coppola Francis Ford Coppola |
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| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | Golden Screen | |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Carmine Coppola Francis Ford Coppola |
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Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Paul Williams Kenny Ascher |
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| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1981 | Won | ALFS Award |
Film of the Year |
| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | National Film Registry | ||
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Frederic Forrest Also for The Rose (1979). |
| World Stunt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Taurus Award |
Best Aerial Work Dick White J. David Jones (deceased) Opening scene at Battle at Charlie's Point. Helicopters enter scene in formation as they launch their attack on the enemy below. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best Fire Stunt Terry Leonard Kerry Rossall Steve Boyum Joe Finnegan Helicopter blows up in schoolyard engulfing 4 stuntmen in flames. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best High Work Terry Leonard Chuck Waters Two stunt performers do a 75 ft. high fall from the bamboo tower into the river. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature Film Terry Leonard For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Sequence Terry Leonard Battle at Charlie's Point. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best Water Work Kerry Rossall Steve Boyum Two stunt performers surf through the explosions at the Battle at Charlie's Point. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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Best Work With a Vehicle Kerry Rossall Joe Finnegan Terry Leonard Steve Boyum During Charlie's Point Battle car goes off of bridge during attack, driver and passengers are thrown from car off bridge and into water. For Apocalypse Now Redux. |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen John Milius Francis Ford Coppola |
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