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Ashby
2015
· Movie
· 102 min
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Every rating
46–66
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 46, highest is Kinopoisk on 66.
See the most agreed on films →A socially awkward teenager struggling to fit in at his new school is assigned to befriend his neighbor for a school project. His neighbor is a retired CIA assassin named Ashby who has a terminal illness. The two form an unlikely friendship, with the old hitman offering life lessons and the boy becoming involved in Ashby's final mission to settle scores from his past.
Details
- Director
- Tony McNamara
- Writer
- Tony McNamara
- Released
- 19 April 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $4.6K
- Awards
- 13 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 28 →4 major awards won · 13 wins from 28 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Melvyn Douglas | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Peter Sellers | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2015 | Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Jerzy Kosinski | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2015 | Palme d'Or | Hal Ashby | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Shirley MacLaine | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Peter Sellers | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Melvyn Douglas | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Shirley MacLaine | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Hal Ashby | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Jerzy Kosinski | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Winner |
| Best Actor | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Jerzy Kosinski | Winner |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Hal Ashby | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Peter Sellers | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Jerzy Kosiński | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Shirley MacLaine | Nominee |
| Best Film | Andrew Braunsberg | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel (also for The Black Stallion ) | Winner |
| Best Actor | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jerzy Kosinski and Robert C. Jones | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Winner |
| Best Actor | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jerzy Kosinski | Nominee |
Fotogramas de Plata Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Performer | Peter Sellers | Winner |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Achievement Award | Peter Sellers | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas (also for The Seduction of Joe Tynan ) | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Hal Ashby | Nominee |