Nobody's Fool (1994 film)
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Nobody's Fool is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. It stars Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy and Melanie Griffith, as well as Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Philip Bosco. It was Paramount's final production under its Paramount Communications ownership (being sold to the original Viacom in July 1994). For his performance, Newman received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role as well as for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, in addition to a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Benton at the 67th Academy Awards. It was the final film featuring Jessica Tandy, who died on September 11, 1994, before the film was released.
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| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 20/20 Awards | Best Actor | Paul Newman | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Robert Benton | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Paul Newman | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robert Benton | Nominated | |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Golden Bear | Nominated | |
| Best Actor | Paul Newman | Won | |
| Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Bruce Willis | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Paul Newman | Nominated |
| Humanitas Prize | Feature Film | Robert Benton | Nominated |
| National Board of Review Awards | Top Ten Films | 7th Place | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Paul Newman | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Won | |
| Retirement Research Foundation | Theatrical Film Fiction | Arlene Donovan, Michael Hausman and Scott Rudin | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Paul Newman | Nominated |
| USC Scripter Awards | Robert Benton (screenwriter); Richard Russo (author) | Nominated | |
References
- The Telegraphhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19941220&id=cotKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LpQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6583,5221726&hl=en
- Box Office Mojohttp://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nobodysfool.htm
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0607.html
- Fresh Airhttps://www.npr.org/2016/05/09/477314264/richard-russo-returns-to-north-bath-ny-in-everybodys-fool
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/nyregion/pulitzer-winning-author-tells-gloversville-library-thanks-for-the-memories.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/16/nyregion/hollywood-on-the-hudson.html
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-29-ca-25586-story.html
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-17-ca-20974-story.html
- Leonard Maltin's 2011 Movie Guide - Penguin Books Ltd. 2010
- Varietyhttps://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/nobody-s-fool-2-1200439739/
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/nobodysfoolrhowe_c0049c.htm
- The Chicago Readerhttps://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/nobodys-fool/Film?oid=1150299
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9800E3DF1F38F930A15751C1A962958260
- Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nobodys-fool-1995
- Rotten Tomatoeshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1059487-nobodys_fool/
- Metacritichttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/nobodys-fool
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienceshttp://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-15-ca-32293-story.html
- The Morning Callhttps://www.mcall.com/1995/01/15/at-70-paul-newman-is-nobodys-fool/
- Orlando Sentinelhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/1995/02/21/paul-newman-wins-award-for-best-actor-at-film-festival/
- Chlotrudis Society for Independent Filmshttps://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1995-awards/
- HFPAhttps://www.goldenglobes.com/film/nobodys-fool
- Humanitas Prizehttps://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-nominees
- National Board of Reviewhttps://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1994/
- National Society of Film Criticshttps://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/
- New York Film Critics Circlehttps://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1994
- Screen Actors Guild Awardshttps://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards
- USC Scripter Awardhttps://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/past-scripter-awards
- Staten Island Advance
- Austin American-Statesman
- National Board of Reviewhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101125214358/http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-good-bad-and-in-between-in-a-year-of-surprises-on-film.html
- Dallas Observer
- The Tampa Tribune
- The Salt Lake Tribune
- San Jose Mercury News
- The Buffalo Newshttps://buffalonews.com/news/movies-once-more-with-feeling/article_b73e9a1a-9f60-5d7a-a05c-289243ba0483.html