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Days of Heaven

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival
1979 | Winner: Best Director
Academy Awards
1979 | Nominee: Best Costume Design
Academy Awards
1979 | Nominee: Best Sound
Academy Awards
1979 | Nominee: Best Music, Original Score
Academy Awards
1979 | Winner: Best Cinematography
National Board of Review
1978 | Winner: Best Film
National Board of Review
1978 | Winner: Top Ten Films
BAFTA Awards
1980 | Winner: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Writers Guild of America
1979 | Nominee: Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen (Screen)
Golden Globes (USA)
1979 | Nominee: Best Motion Picture - Drama
Golden Globes (USA)
1979 | Nominee: Best Director - Motion Picture
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1978 | Winner: Best Director
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1978 | 2nd place: Best Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1978 | Winner: Best Cinematography
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1979 | Winner: Best Director
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1979 | Winner: Best Cinematography
David di Donatello Awards
1979 | Winner: Best Foreign Actor
David di Donatello Awards
1979 | Winner: Best Foreign Screenplay
National Film Preservation Board
2007 | Winner: National Film Registry