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ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1988 Won ASCAP Award Most Performed Feature Film Standards
Carol Connors
Ayn Robbins
Bill Conti
For the song "Gonna Fly Now".
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Oscar Best Director
John G. Avildsen

Best Film Editing
Richard Halsey
Scott Conrad

Best Picture
Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone becomes the third person to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year, following Charles Chaplin for The Great Dictator (1940) and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941).
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Burgess Meredith

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Burt Young

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Talia Shire

Best Music, Original Song
Bill Conti (music)
Carol Connors (lyrics)
Ayn Robbins (lyrics)
For the song "Gonna Fly Now"
Best Sound
Harry W. Tetrick
William L. McCaughey
Lyle J. Burbridge
Bud Alper

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Sylvester Stallone

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Richard Halsey
Scott Conrad

 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
Sylvester Stallone

Best Direction
John G. Avildsen

Best Editing
Richard Halsey

Best Film

Best Screenplay
Sylvester Stallone

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
John G. Avildsen

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won David Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Sylvester Stallone
Tied with Dustin Hoffman for Marathon Man (1976).
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
John G. Avildsen
Ted Swanson (unit production manager) (plaque)
Fred T. Gallo (assistant director) (plaque)
Steve Perry (assistant director) (plaque)

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
John G. Avildsen

Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Sylvester Stallone

Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Talia Shire

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Bill Conti

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Sylvester Stallone

 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Nominated Grammy Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
Bill Conti

 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won KCFCC Award Best Actor
Sylvester Stallone

Best Film

 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
John G. Avildsen

Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film
John G. Avildsen

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won LAFCA Award Best Picture
Tied with Network (1976).
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actress
Talia Shire

 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006   National Film Registry 
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actress
Talia Shire

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Sylvester Stallone

 

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