Beatty was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to "Chariots of Fire". Beatty, Keaton, Nicholson, and Stapleton were nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Stapleton was the only one of the four to win. Beatty became the third person to be nominated for Academy Awards in the categories Best Actor, Director, and, with co-writer Trevor Griffiths, Original Screenplay—losing again to "Chariots of Fire"—for a film nominated for Best Picture.