Breaking AwayAwards

  • Most Promising Newcomer

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1979
    Dennis Christopher

  • Best Supporting Actor

    Won
    National Board of Review
    1979
    Paul Dooley

  • Best Screenplay

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1979
    Steve Tesich

  • Best Original Screenplay

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1979
    Steve Tesich

  • Best Screenplay

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1979
    Steve Tesich

  • New Star of the Year - Male

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1979
    Dennis Christopher

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1979
    Peter Yates

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1979
    Peter Yates

  • Best Supporting Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1979
    Barbara Barrie

  • Best Picture

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1979
    Peter Yates

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Directors Guild of America
    1979
    Peter Yates

  • Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1979
    Patrick Williams

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