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Gibson and Penn were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Penn was nominated as Best Director, and both Bancroft (portraying Sullivan) and Duke (portraying Keller) won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Ford (who earned the award a record four times) won in 1941 for The Grapes of Wrath and in 1942 for How Green Was My Valley.. Mankiewicz won in 1950 for A Letter to Three Wives and the next year for âAll About Eve.â.