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Cold Mountain
2003
· Movie
· 154 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1764
- IMDb #1689
- Google retired #800
- Rotten Tomatoes #2182
- Metacritic #1176
- Letterboxd #2296
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2787
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1930
- Metacritic Critics #1162
- Metacritic Audience #1217
- Criticker #1906
- Douban #468
- Kinopoisk #528
- AlloCiné #2036
- Trakt #2409
Every rating
47–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wounded Confederate soldier deserts the army and begins a perilous journey on foot back to his home in the remote mountains of North Carolina and to the woman he loves. Meanwhile, the woman he left behind must transform from a gentlewoman into a rugged survivor, protecting her home from the ravages of war and a cruel home guard in his absence.
Details
- Director
- Anthony Minghella
- Writer
- Anthony Minghella
- Based on
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Studio
- Miramax, Mirage Enterprises, Castel Film, Cattleya
- Released
- 24 December 2003
- Country
- United States, Romania, Italy
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $79.0M
- Box office
- $173.0M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 33 →4 major awards won · 6 wins from 33 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards 2003 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| 61st Golden Globe Awards 2003 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| 76th Academy Awards 2003 | Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| 9th Critics' Choice Awards 2003 | Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| 61st Golden Globe Awards 2003 | Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| 61st Golden Globe Awards 2003 | Best Original Song | " You Will Be My Ain True Love " | Nominee |
| 61st Golden Globe Awards 2003 | Best Original Score | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
| 61st Golden Globe Awards 2003 | Best Screenplay | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
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61st Golden Globe Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Jude Law | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Cold Mountain | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " You Will Be My Ain True Love " | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
76th Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| Best Actor | Jude Law | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Walter Murch | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " The Scarlet Tide " | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " You Will Be My Ain True Love " | Nominee |
9th Critics' Choice Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Cold Mountain | Nominee |
| Best Score | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
10th Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
57th British Academy Film Awards
13 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Renée Zellweger | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Gabriel Yared and T Bone Burnett | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Jude Law | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Roth and Carlo Poggioli | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Walter Murch | Nominee |
| Best Film | Cold Mountain | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Paul Engelen and Ivana Primorac | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Dante Ferretti | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Eddy Joseph, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, Mike Prestwood Smith and Matthew Gough | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Anthony Minghella | Nominee |