Unforgiven is a 1992 American Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an aging, reformed gunfighter drawn back into violence when he accepts one last bounty, alongside an old partner and a younger man eager to prove himself. The film consciously undercuts the genre's traditional heroism, presenting killing as ugly and morally corrosive rather than a source of glory for any of its characters. It won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and is widely regarded as one of the defining works of the revisionist Western.
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Original Language AwardAcademy Award for Best Director 2 AwardAcademy Award for Best Film Editing 2 AwardAcademy Award for Best Picture 2 AwardAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2 AwardBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2 AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 2 AwardDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film 2 AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Director 2 AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 2 AwardLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year 2 AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor 2 AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2 AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 2 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director 2 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film 2 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 2 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 2 Release Year FAQs
Which Academy Awards did Unforgiven win, and who received them?
Four Oscars: Best Picture and Directing for Clint Eastwood, Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman, and Film Editing for Joel Cox.
Unforgiven won four Academy Awards at the 65th Academy Awards, held on March 29, 1993, honoring films released in 1992. Best Picture went to Clint Eastwood as producer, and Eastwood also won for Directing. Gene Hackman won Actor in a Supporting Role, and Joel Cox won Film Editing.
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is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
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is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
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is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Picture
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Picture.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Wikidata P166: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Wikidata P166 (award received): BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Wikidata P166: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film.
Wikidata P166: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Feature Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Feature Film.
Wikidata P166: Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture.
Wikidata P166: London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year
Wikidata P166 (award received): London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year.
Wikidata P166: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Wikidata P166 (award received): Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor.
Wikidata P166: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film.
Wikidata P166: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
Wikidata P166: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film.
Wikidata P166: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay.
Wikidata P166: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
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Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
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