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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1976 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1976 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1976 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1976 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor 1977 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Screenplay 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material) 1976 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1976 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1976 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction 1976 · Nominated
- 1976: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Walter Matthau) and Screenplay 1975: Oscar: Supp. Actor (Burns). Nominated for Actor (Matthau), Writing, Art direction. 1975: 4 Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy. 5 nominations 1975: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay
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The Sunshine Boys. Jump to. 6 wins & 7 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Walter Matthau. 1976 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. George Burns. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material. Neil Simon. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration.
Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. Academy Awards: Best Actor: Walter Matthau: Nominated Best Supporting Actor: George Burns: Won Best Screenplay – Adapted from Other Material: Neil Simon: Nominated Best Art Direction: Albert Brenner and Marvin March: Nominated British Academy Film Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jan 8, 1976 · The Sunshine Boys: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith. A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
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- 1976-01-08
The Sunshine Boys is an original two-act play written by Neil Simon that premiered December 20, 1972 on Broadway starring Jack Albertson as Willie Clark and Sam Levene as Al Lewis and later adapted for film and television.
- Gary Blake, Neil Simon
- 1973
181M subscribers. 130. ...more. George Burns ("Oh, God!") won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as one of two feuding vaudevillian actors who are reunited for a television comeback. Co-sta...
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are a pair of feuding vaudeville comedians (Lewis and Clark, naturally) who performed together for 47 years ...
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Dec 14, 2004 · The Sunshine Boys scored big at the Golden Globes, with the film and Benjamin winning awards. When they announced Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, however, it was Matthau who was called to the stage. Burns went with him nonetheless, "I just came up here to help him up.