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Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor Dexter Gordon Nominated
1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score Herbie Hancock Won

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Score Herbie Hancock Nominated

French Academy of Cinema

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 French Academy of Cinema Best Sound Claude Villand Won
1986 French Academy of Cinema Best Music Herbie Hancock Won
1986 French Academy of Cinema Best Sound William Flageollet Won
1986 French Academy of Cinema Best Sound Bernard Le Roux Won
1986 French Academy of Cinema Best Sound Michel Desrois Won

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Dexter Gordon Nominated

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Music Score Herbie Hancock Won
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Music Score Dexter Gordon Won

National Board of Review

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 National Board of Review Best Picture Nominated