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surprised when the film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best
Picture. [13] Harper was believed by some to be a strong contender for either
Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress , but ultimately she was nominated in
neither category. [88] Duvall was the only American actor nominated for the
Best Actor Oscar; his competition were Britons Michael Caine (who had co-
starred with Duvall in the 1976 The Eagle Has Landed ), Tom Conti , Tom
Courtenay and Albert Finney . During an interview before the Oscar ceremony,
Duvall offended some Britons by complaining about "the Limey syndrome,"
claiming "the attitude with a lot of people in Hollywood is that what they do
in England is somehow better than what we do here." [87] Duvall, who was
presented with the Oscar by country music star, Dolly Parton , said of winning
the award, "It was a nice feeling, knowing I was the home-crowd favorite."
[89] In a New York Times profile of Duvall that appeared six years after
Tender Mercies ' release, Nan C. Robertson wrote that, despite four previous
Academy Award nominations, "it was not until he won as Best Actor in 1983 ...
that moviegoers woke up in droves to this great natural resource. The reason
was that they rarely recognized Mr. Duvall from one part to another, so
effortlessly did he vanish into each celluloid persona." [22] Foote, who was
so certain he would not win the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for To Kill a
Mockingbird he had not attended the 1963 ceremony , made sure he was present
to collect his award for Best Original Screenplay. [7] The critical success of
the film allowed Foote to exercise considerable control over his future film
projects, including final veto power over major decisions; when such power was
denied, Foote would simply refuse to do the film. [3] Award Category
Nominee(s) Result Academy Awards [7] Best Picture Philip S. Hobel Nominated
Best Director Bruce Beresford Nominated Best Actor Robert Duvall Won Best
Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Horton Foote Won Best Original
Song " Over You " Music and Lyrics by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart Nominated
Cannes Film Festival [23] [69] Palme d'Or Bruce Beresford Nominated David di
Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actor Robert Duvall Nominated Directors Guild of
America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Bruce
Beresford Nominated Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Robert Duvall Won [a] Best Supporting
Actress – Motion Picture Tess Harper Nominated Best Director – Motion Picture
Bruce Beresford Nominated Best Original Song – Motion Picture "Over You" Music
and Lyrics by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart Nominated Kansas City Film Critics
Circle Awards Best Film Won [b] Best Actor Robert Duvall Won Los Angeles Film
Critics Association Awards Best Film Runner-up Best Director Bruce Beresford
Runner-up Best Actor Robert Duvall Won National Board of Review Awards Top Ten
Films 3rd Place National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actor Robert
Duvall 2nd Place New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Won Writers
Guild of America Awards Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen Horton
Foote Won Young Artist Awards Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Allan Hubbard Nominated Notes [ edit ] ^ Tied with Tom Courtenay for The
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