Blue Velvet (film)
1986
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Production Design 1980 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor 1980 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film 1980 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1981 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Score) 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Film Editing 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction 1981 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1981 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1981 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Editing 1980 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Direction 1980 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Screenplay 1980 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Cinematography 1980 · Nominated
The Elephant Man. Jump to. 11 wins & 22 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. Jonathan Sanger. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. John Hurt. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. David Lynch. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Christopher De Vore.
Seen perhaps as the most conventional of Lynch's otherwise surrealist films, The Elephant Man was a commercial success, grossing over $26 million in the United States alone. The film was also a critical success, garnering universal acclaim and receiving multiple award nominations.
The Elephant Man was a critical and commercial success with eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor. After receiving widespread criticism for failing to honour the make-up effects, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was prompted to create the Academy Award for ...
A Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects to Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson, with Jack Valenti. View More Memorable Moments.
Oct 10, 1980 · The Elephant Man: Directed by David Lynch. With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.
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- Biography, Drama
- David Lynch
- 1980-10-10
The film went on to win the Best Film award at the latter, as well as Best Foreign Film at the César Awards. The film's technical production was similarly lauded. John Morris ' score was also nominated for several awards, including receiving a nod at the 24th Grammy Awards, but failed to win each time.
…to direct the critically acclaimed The Elephant Man (1980), based on the real-life Joseph Merrick, who suffered from a condition that caused massive disfigurement. The film won several awards, and Lynch was nominated for Academy Awards for best director and for adapted screenplay.
