List of accolades received by Atonement (film)

Atonement is a 2007 British romantic World War II film directed by Joe Wright. Christopher Hampton adapted the screenplay from the eponymous novel by Ian McEwan.[1] The film focuses on fictional lovers Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie (James McAvoy), whose lives are ruined when Cecilia's younger sister, Briony (Saoirse Ronan), falsely accuses Robbie of a serious crime.[1] The film opened the 64th Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2007 and competed for the Golden Lion.[1] The following month it screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.[2][3] Atonement was released in the United Kingdom by Universal Studios on 7 September 2007. It was then released in the United States by Focus Features on 7 December 2007.[4][5] The film earned over £84 million in its combined total gross at the box office.[6]

List of accolades received by Atonement
Director Joe Wright at the UK premiere of Atonement
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals35122
References

Atonement earned many awards and nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the film itself to Hampton's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. The film received seven Academy Award nominations and came away with one award for Best Original Score. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists awarded Atonement two accolades from six nominations, while the American Society of Cinematographers and the Art Directors Guild gave the film one nomination apiece. Atonement gathered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, the most of any film that year,[7] but ultimately came away with two awards. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey received a nomination for his work from the British Society of Cinematographers and costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, earned a nomination from the Costume Designers Guild. Atonement won three accolades out of five nominations at the 13th Empire Awards.

The film also received five nominations from the Evening Standard British Film Awards, including Best Actress nominations for both Knightley and Romola Garai (who played Briony aged 18). McGarvey, Durran and Sarah Greenwood were awarded the Best Technical Achievement accolade. At the 65th Golden Globe Awards, Atonement was named Best Drama Motion Picture, while Dario Marianelli won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The composer would go on to win five more awards for the score, as well as the Film Music Composition of the Year accolade from the International Film Music Critics Association. Intralink Film garnered two nominations from the Golden Trailer Awards and won the Best Romance Trailer category. Ronan won five awards for her performance including Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 5th Irish Film & Television Awards and Best Young Actress from the Women Film Critics Circle. Atonement earned eight nominations from the London Film Critics' Circle; McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave (who portrayed an elderly Briony) won the British Actor of the Year and British Supporting Actress of the Year awards respectively. Knightley won Best International Actress at the 2007 Rembrandt Awards and was given the Choice Movie Drama Actress accolade from the Teen Choice Awards. Hampton earned a total of thirteen nominations for the screenplay.

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResult
Academy Awards[8]24 February 2008Best PictureAtonementTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (producers)Nominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best Art DirectionSarah Greenwood and Katie SpencerNominated
Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Best Costume DesignJacqueline DurranNominated
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliWon
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[9][10]21 December 2007Best Adapted ScreenplayAtonementNominated
Best Depiction of Nudity or SexualityKeira KnightleyNominated
Best EditingAtonementNominated
Best FilmAtonementNominated
Best NewcomerSaoirse RonanWon
Best SeductionKeira Knightley and James McAvoyWon
American Society of Cinematographers[11]26 January 2008Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical ReleasesSeamus McGarveyNominated
Art Directors Guild[12]18 February 2008Excellence in Production Design for a Period FilmSarah GreenwoodNominated
British Academy Film Awards[13]10 February 2008Best ActorJames McAvoyNominated
Best ActressKeira KnightleyNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best British FilmAtonementNominated
Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Best Costume DesignJacqueline DurranNominated
Best DirectorJoe WrightNominated
Best EditingPaul TothillNominated
Best FilmAtonementWon
Best Makeup and HairIvana PrimoracNominated
Best MusicDario MarianelliNominated
Best Production DesignSarah Greenwood and Katie SpencerWon
Best SoundDanny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki PontingNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
British Society of Cinematographers[14]7 December 2007Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association[15]7 January 2008Best ComposerDario MarianelliNominated
Best DirectorJoe WrightNominated
Best FilmAtonementNominated
Best Supporting ActressVanessa RedgraveNominated
Best Young ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association[16]13 December 2007Best Adapted ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliNominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize[17]14 April 2009Best Foreign Feature FilmAtonementNominated
Costume Designers Guild[18]19 February 2008Excellence in Costume Design for Period FilmJacqueline DurranNominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[19]17 December 2007Best PictureAtonementNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Empire Awards[20]9 March 2008Best ActorJames McAvoyWon
Best ActressKeira KnightleyWon
Best British FilmAtonementWon
Best DirectorJoe WrightNominated
Best NewcomerSaoirse RonanNominated
Best SoundtrackAtonementNominated
European Film Awards[21]6 December 2008Best ActorJames McAvoyNominated
Best ComposerDario MarianelliNominated
Best FilmAtonementNominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards[22][23]3 February 2008Best ActorJames McAvoyNominated
Best ActressRomola GaraiNominated
Keira KnightleyNominated
Best ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best Technical AchievementSeamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, Jacqueline DurranWon
Film Critics Circle of Australia[24]1 February 2008Best Foreign Film in the English LanguageAtonementNominated
Golden Globe Awards[25]13 January 2008Best Actor in a Drama Motion PictureJames McAvoyNominated
Best Actress in a Drama Motion PictureKeira KnightleyNominated
Best DirectorJoe WrightNominated
Best Drama Motion PictureAtonementWon
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliWon
Best ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Golden Tomato Awards[26]21 January 2008Best RomanceAtonementWon
Golden Trailer Awards[27]8 May 2008Best RomanceAtonement – Intralink FilmWon
Best Romance TV SpotAtonement "Love Story" – Intralink FilmNominated
Houston Film Critics Society[28]3 January 2008Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliWon
Best PictureAtonementNominated
Best ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
International Film Music Critics Association[29]15 February 2008Best Original Score for a Drama FilmAtonement – Dario MarianelliWon
Film Composer of the YearDario MarianelliNominated
Film Music Composition of the Year"Elegy for Dunkirk" – Dario MarianelliWon
Film Score of the YearAtonement – Dario MarianelliWon
Irish Film & Television Awards[30]17 February 2008Best Actress in a Supporting RoleSaoirse RonanWon
Best Director of PhotographySeamus McGarveyWon
Best International ActorJames McAvoyNominated
Best International ActressKeira KnightleyNominated
Best International FilmAtonementNominated
Ivor Novello Awards[31][32]22 May 2008Best Original Film ScoreDario MarianelliWon
London Film Critics' Circle[33][34]8 February 2008British Actor of the YearJames McAvoyWon
British Actress of the YearKeira KnightleyNominated
British BreakthroughSaoirse RonanNominated
British Director of the YearJoe WrightNominated
British Film of the YearAtonementNominated
British Supporting Actress of the YearVanessa RedgraveWon
Saoirse RonanNominated
Screenwriter of the YearChristopher HamptonNominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[35]23 February 2008Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature FilmAtonementNominated
Nastro d'Argento[36]14 June 2008Best European Film DirectorJoe WrightNominated
National Board of Review[37]5 December 2007Top Ten FilmsAtonementWon
Online Film Critics Society[38]8 January 2008Best Adapted ScreenplayChristopher HamptonNominated
Best EditingPaul TothillNominated
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliNominated
Best PictureAtonementNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Pyongyang International Film Festival[39]26 September 2008Shooting and Fine Arts AwardAtonementWon
Rembrandt Award[40]10 March 2008Best International ActressKeira KnightleyWon
Richard Attenborough Film Awards[41]30 January 2008Best ActorJames McAvoyWon
Best Film-makerJoe WrightWon
Best ScreenwriterChristopher HamptonWon
Film of the YearAtonementWon
San Diego Film Critics Society[42]18 December 2007Best EditingPaul TothillWon
Satellite Awards[43]16 December 2007Best Actress in a Drama Motion PictureKeira KnightleyNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayChristopher HamptonWon
Best Costume DesignJacqueline DurranNominated
Best Original ScoreDario MarianelliNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[44]24 December 2007Best CinematographySeamus McGarveyNominated
Best PictureAtonementNominated
Best ScoreDario MarianelliNominated
Best ScreenplayIan McEwan and Christopher HamptonNominated
Best Supporting ActressSaoirse RonanNominated
Teen Choice Awards[45]26 August 2007Choice Movie Drama ActressKeira KnightleyWon
USC Scripter Awards[46]2 February 2008Best ScreenplayIan McEwan and Christopher HamptonNominated
Venice International Film Festival[47][48]8 September 2007Golden LionAtonementNominated
Prize of the Forum for Cinema and LiteratureJoe WrightWon
Women Film Critics Circle[49]13 December 2007Best Young ActressSaoirse RonanWon
World Soundtrack Awards[50]18 October 2008Best Original Score of the YearAtonement – Dario MarianelliWon
Soundtrack Composer of the YearDario MarianelliNominated
Young Artist Awards[51]30 March 2008Best Performance by a Leading Young ActressSaoirse RonanNominated

References

General

  • "Atonement (2007)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

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