The unanimously - praised film with a
modest budget of $ 23 million deservedly won seven Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (the first for Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Adapted
Screenplay, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Editing (Michael Kahn), and Best Art Direction.
It could also have a
modest theatrical life — and possible
awards play — for Collins» lead performance, Reeves» supporting turn and Noxon's tonally bold, emotionally earnest
screenplay