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Grand Canyon
MEANRANK
69/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 79.
See the most agreed on films →The lives of six residents from different backgrounds intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
Details
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Writers
- Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 25 December 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $41.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 7 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1991 | Golden Bear | Lawrence Kasdan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1991 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1991 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Awards 1991 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Political Film Society Awards 1991 | Peace | Winner |
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7 awards — Grand Canyon
×| Golden Bear | Lawrence Kasdan | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan | Nominee |
| Peace | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominee |