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Being There
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
BAFTA Awards (4)
Cannes Film Festival (1)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
Golden Globes, USA (6)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
National Film Preservation Board, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (4)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (3)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (1)
14 wins & 15 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1980 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Peter Sellers
1980 Winner
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was not present at the awards ceremony. Co-presenter
Liza Minnelli
accepted the award on his behalf.
BAFTA Awards
1981 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actor
Peter Sellers
1981 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actress
Shirley MacLaine
1981 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Andrew Braunsberg
1981 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay
Jerzy Kosinski
Cannes Film Festival
1980 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Hal Ashby
Fotogramas de Plata
1981 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero)
Peter Sellers
Golden Globes, USA
1980 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
1980 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Hal Ashby
1980 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Shirley MacLaine
1980 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Peter Sellers
1980 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
Melvyn Douglas
Tied with
Robert Duvall
for
Apocalypse Now (1979)
.
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Awards of the Japanese Academy
1982 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Foreign Language Film
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1981 Winner
Special Achievement Award
Peter Sellers
For his performance in the movie.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1979 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Melvyn Douglas
Shared with:
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
National Board of Review, USA
1979 Winner
NBR Award
Best Actor
Peter Sellers
1979 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
National Film Preservation Board, USA
2015 Winner
National Film Registry
National Film Preservation Board
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1980 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Shared with:
The Black Stallion
1980 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actor
Peter Sellers
2nd place
1980 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Melvyn Douglas
2nd place
Shared with:
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1980 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
Jerzy Kosinski
Robert C. Jones
4th Place
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1979 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Melvyn Douglas
1979 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actor
Peter Sellers
1979 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
Jerzy Kosinski
Writers Guild of America, USA
1980 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Jerzy Kosinski
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1984 Winner
SIYAD Award
Best Foreign Film
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