1986

• Winner of 2 Awards at the Sitges Film Festival
  • Best film
  • Best cinematography (Frederick Elmes)
• Winner of the “Best Cinematography Award” in the “British Society of Cinematographers”
• Winner of 2 the Los Angeles Film Critics Association LAFCA Awards
  • Best director
  • Best supporting actor (Dennis Hopper)
• Winner of the award for best actor (Dennis Hopper) in the “Montreal World Film Festival

 

1987

• Oscar-nominated for best director
• Winner of 4 BSFC awards from the “Boston Society of Film Critics Awards”
  • Best film
  • Best director
  • Best supporting actor
  • Best cinematography (Frederick Elmes)
• The Grand Prize winner in the “Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival”.
• Nominated to 2 Golden Globes
  • Best supporting actor (Dennis Hopper)
  • Best screenplay
• Artios award-winning of the “Casting Society of America” to the best casting in dramatic film (Pat Golden and Johanna Ray).
• Winner of a “Independent Spirit Award” best actress (Isabella Rossellini).
• Nominated for others 6 “Independent Spirit Award”
  • Best director
  • Best actor (Dennis Hopper)
  • Best actress (Laura Dern)
  • Best screenplay
  • Best cinematography (Frederick Elmes)
  • Best production (Fred C. Caruso)
• Award-winning Joseph Plateau in the International Film Festival of Flanders to best foreign film.
• Winner of 4 “NSFC Award” of the “National Society of Film Critics Awards”
  • Best director
  • Best film
  • Best supporting actor (Dennis Hopper)
  • Best cinematography (Frederick Elmes)
• Nominated to a “WGA Screen Award” of the “Writers Guild of America” best screenplay written directly for film

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