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Showing: 20th February 2015 at 7:30 pm
Released: 23rd May 2013 (Cannes)
6th December 2013 (UK)
Sponsored by: Special Edition Chocolate
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Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach
In Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” a father and son steer the American road comedy into a vanishing Midwest on the trail of a dubious fortune – and in search of an understanding of each other that once seemed impossible. Stubborn, taciturn Woody (Bruce Dern in a role that won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival) believes he’s got one last shot at mattering: a notice that he’s the lucky winner of a million-dollar sweepstakes. To claim his fortune, Woody insists he must quickly get to the sweepstakes company’s office in Nebraska – a 750-mile journey that seems unlikely given that he can barely shuffle down the road a few blocks, at least not without stopping for a drink. Worried for his father’s state of mind, it falls to Woody’s reluctant, baffled son David (Will Forte) to accompany him on a trip that seems hilariously futile on the surface. When Woody and David make a pit-stop in their hometown of Hawthorne – with the Grant’s tart-tongued matriarch (June Squibb) and anchor-man son (Bob Odenkirk) joining them – word of Woody’s fortune makes him a returning hero, while also opening a view into the unseen lives of David’s parents and a past more alive than he ever imagined.
AWARDS
Award |
Year |
Category |
Recipients and nominees |
Result |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Albert Berger Ron Yerxa | Nominated – Oscar |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Bruce Dern | Nominated – Oscar |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | June Squibb | Nominated – Oscar |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – Oscar |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Achievement in Directing | Alexander Payne | Nominated – Oscar |
Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Bob Nelson | Nominated – Oscar |
American Cinema Editors | 2014 | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Kevin Tent | Nominated – Eddie |
American Film Institute Awards, USA | 2014 | Movie of the Year | Albert Berger Ron Yerxa | Won – AFI Award |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards, USA | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Feature Film | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – ASC Award |
BAFTA Awards | 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Bob Nelson | Nominated – BAFTA Film Award |
BAFTA Awards | 2014 | Best Leading Actor | Bruce Dern | Nominated – BAFTA Film Award |
BAFTA Awards | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – BAFTA Film Award |
Boston Society of Film Critics | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Won – BSFC Award |
Boston Society of Film Critics | 2013 | Best Ensemble Cast | Won – BSFC Award | |
Boston Society of Film Critics | 2013 | Best Use of Music in a Film | 2nd place – BSFC Award | |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Picture | Bruce Dern | Nominated – Critics Choice Award |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – Critics Choice Award |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated – Critics Choice Award | |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Bob Nelson | Nominated – Critics Choice Award |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – Critics Choice Award |
Cannes Film Festival | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | Won |
Cannes Film Festival | 2103 | Palme d’Or | Alexander Payne | Nominated |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominated – COFCA Award |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – COFCA Award |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Screenplay, Original | Bob Nelson | Nominated – COFCA Award |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Score | Mark Orton | Nominated – COFCA Award |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Ensemble | Nominated – COFCA Award | |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Picture | Nominated – COFCA Award | |
Camerimage | 2013 | Main Competition | Phedon Papamichael(director of photography) Paramount Pictures(studio) | Nominated – Golden Frog |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | Nominated – CFCA Award |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – CFCA Award |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Bob Nelson | Nominated – CFCA Award |
Chlotrudis Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Won – Chlotrudis Award |
Chlotrudis Awards | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – Chlotrudis Award |
Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2014 | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Wendy Chuck | Nominated – CDG Award |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | 2nd Place – DFWFCA Award |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Screenplay | Bob NelsonTied with Spike Jonze for Her (2013) | 2nd Place – DFWFCA Award |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Picture | 3rd Place – DFWFCA Award | |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | 3rd Place – DFWFCA Award |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | 3rd Place – DFWFCA Award |
Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Nominated – Golden Globe | |
Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Bruce Dern | Nominated – Golden Globe |
Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | June Squibb | Nominated – Golden Globe |
Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Alexander Payne | Nominated – Golden Globe |
Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Bob Nelson | Nominated – Golden Globe |
Hamburg Film Festival | 2013 | Art Cinema Award | Alexander Payne | Nominated |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best First Screenplay | Bob Nelson | Won – Independent Spirit Award |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Feature | Albert Berger Ron Yerxa | Nominated – Indpendent Spirit Award |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Male Lead | Bruce Dern | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Female | June Squibb | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Male | Will Forte | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Picture | Nominated – Sierra Award | |
London Film Critics Circle Awards | 2014 | Film of the Year | Nominated – ALFS Award | |
London Film Critics Circle Awards | 2014 | Actor of the Year | Bruce Dern | Nominated – ALFS Award |
London Film Critics Circle Awards | 2014 | Supporting Actress of the Year | June Squibb | Nominated – ALFS Award |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | Won – LAFCA Award |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | 2nd Place – LAFCA Award |
National Board of Review, USA | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | Won – NBR Award |
National Board of Review, USA | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Will Forte | Won – NBR Award |
National Board of Review, USA | 2013 | Top Ten Films | Won – NBR Award | |
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | 3rd Place – NSFC Award |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | 3rd Place – NYFCC Award |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 2013 | Best Cinematographer | Phedon Papamichael | 3rd Place – NYFCC Award |
New York Film Festival | 2013 | Best Film | Alexander Payne | Nominated – Grand Marnier Fellowship Award |
PGA Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Albert Berger Ron Yerxa | Nominated – PGA Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Screenplay – Original | Bob Nelson | Won – PFCS Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Picture | Nominated – PFCS Award | |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominated – PFCS Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Bruce Dern | Nominated – PFCS Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | June Squibb | Nominated – PFCS Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – PFCS Award |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Breakthrough Performance on Camera | June Squibb | Nominated – PFCS Award |
Rotterdam International Film Festival | 2014 | Alexander Payne | Won – Audience Award | |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Picture | Nominated – SFFCC Award | |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Actor | Bruce Dern | Nominated – SFFCC Award |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Will Forte | Nominated – SFFCC Award |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – SFFCC Award |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Screenplay, Original | Bob Nelson | Nominated – SFFCC Award |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated – SFFCC Award |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2014 | June Squibb | Won – Virtuoso Award | |
Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | June Squibb | Won – Satellite Award |
Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Ensemble, Motion Picture | Won – Special Achievement Award | |
Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture | Bruce Dern | Nominated – Satellite Award |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Bruce Dern | Nominated |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | June Squibb | Nominated |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Picture | Nominated – SEFCA Award | |
Stockholm Film Festival | 2013 | Best Film | Alexander Payne | Won – FIPRESCI Prize |
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 2013 | Best North American Independent Film | Alexander Payne | Nominated |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | 3rd Place – TFCA Award |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – VFCC Award |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | June Squibb | Nominated – WAFCA Award |
Writers Guild of America, USA | 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Bob Nelson(written by) | Nominated – WGA Award (Screen) |