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The French Connection
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Academy Awards, USA (8)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (5)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1)
Golden Globes, USA (4)
Grammy Awards (1)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
National Film Preservation Board, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (1)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
22 wins & 13 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1972 Winner
Oscar
Best Picture
Philip D'Antoni
1972 Winner
Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Gene Hackman
1972 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Roy Scheider
1972 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
William Friedkin
1972 Winner
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Ernest Tidyman
3 more
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American Cinema Editors, USA
1972 Nominee
Eddie
Best Edited Feature Film
Gerald B. Greenberg
BAFTA Awards
1973 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
William Friedkin
1973 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
1973 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Editing
Gerald B. Greenberg
1973 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Sound Track
Christopher Newman
Theodore Soderberg
1973 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actor
Gene Hackman
Shared with:
The Poseidon Adventure
David di Donatello Awards
1972 Winner
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Philip D'Antoni
(producer)
Directors Guild of America, USA
1972 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
William Friedkin
Paul Ganapoler
(unit production manager) (plaque)
William C. Gerrity
(assistant director) (plaque)
Terence A. Donnelly
(assistant director) (plaque)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1972 Winner
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
Ernest Tidyman
Golden Globes, USA
1972 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture - Drama
1972 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
William Friedkin
1972 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Gene Hackman
1972 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Ernest Tidyman
Grammy Awards
1973 Nominee
Grammy
Best Instrumental Composition
Don Ellis
For "Theme from The French Connection".
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1971 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Film
1971 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Actor
Gene Hackman
Tied with
Walter Matthau
for
Kotch (1971)
.
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
1972 Winner
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Feature Film
National Board of Review, USA
1971 Winner
NBR Award
Best Actor
Gene Hackman
1971 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
National Film Preservation Board, USA
2005 Winner
National Film Registry
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1972 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actor
Gene Hackman
Tied with
Jean-Louis Trintignant
for
The Conformist (1970)
in 3rd place.
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1971 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Actor
Gene Hackman
1971 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Film
Writers Guild of America, USA
1972 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Ernest Tidyman
Kinema Junpo Awards
1973 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
William Friedkin
Tenth place
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1973 Nominee
SIYAD Award
Best Foreign Film
7th Place
Online Film & Television Association
2014 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Motion Picture
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