" BY THE METRICS OF THE HEART ,
'
NEBRASKA' IS AS BIG AS IT IS
BEAUTIFUL .
BOB NELSON'S SCRIPT
IS BRILLIANT .
"
JOE MORGENSTERN
"'
NEBRASKA
'
IS A FILM OF
RAW BEAUTY AND GREAT HUMANITY.
BRILLIANT, WISELY OBSERVED
AND WRYLY FUNNY .
"
CLAUDIA PUIG
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"MASTERFUL, MEANINGFUL AND POETIC.
BRUCE DERN GIVES THE
PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME."
ANN HORNADAY
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"'NEBRASKA' IS ALEXANDER PAYNE'S
BEST, MOST COMPLEX AND
MOST SATISFYING
WORK TO DATE .
"
LARRY GROSS
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OUTFITTED WITH
DELICIOUS WIT .
JUNE SQUIBB IS UNFORGETTABLE."
JESSICA HERNDON
"
IN ALEXANDER PAYNE'S
AMERICAN MASTERPIECE,
BRUCE DERN IS NOTHING SHORT OF
MAGNIFICENT .
"
RICHARD ROEPER
"
BREA T HTAKING.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT A MOVIE IN
BLACK-AND-WHITE, THEN YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE
THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
"
OWEN GLEIBERMAN
" NEBRASKA IS A NAME
THAT STANDS ALONE…AND IT'S NOW
THE NAME OF ONE OF ALEXANDER PAYNE'S
BEST FILMS .
"
SASHA STONE
®
A C A D E M Y A W A R D N O M I N A T I O N S
BEST ACTOR
BRUCE DERN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JUNE SQUIBB
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL, ASC
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOB NELSON
BEST PICTURE
ALBERT BERGER, p.g.a. & RON YERXA, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR
ALEXANDER PAYNE
DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE WRITTEN BY BOB NELSON
DREAM BIG