Nebraska

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Showing: 20th February 2015 at 7:30 pm

Released: 23rd May 2013 (Cannes)

6th December 2013 (UK)

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USAUSA – 115 mins – Drama/Comedy

 

 

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.

 

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AWARDS

Award

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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)