The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson, featuring an ensemble cast. The film stars Ralph Fiennes as a concierge who teams up with one of his employees (Tony Revolori) to prove his innocence after he is framed for murder. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association with Studio Babelsberg, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Indian Paintbrush's Scott Rudin and Steven Rales. Fox Searchlight supervised the commercial distribution, and The Grand Budapest Hotel funding was sourced through Indian Paintbrush and German government-funded tax rebates.
The Grand Budapest Hotel premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 6, 2014. Its French theatrical release on February 26 preceded the film's global rollout, followed by releases in Germany, North America, and the United Kingdom on March 6–7. Made on a production budget of $25 million, the film earned $172.9 million worldwide. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Grand Budapest Hotel holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
The film garnered nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director (which were won by Birdman, tying The Grand Budapest Hotel for both the most nominations and wins of the ceremony). The Grand Budapest Hotel won the Oscars for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design and Best Original Score. The film led in BAFTA nominations, with 11, including Best Actor for Fiennes, Best Director, and Best Film. It won in the same categories as it did at the Oscars, as well as for Best Original Screenplay. The film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards, with three other nominations, and it received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Alexandre Desplat won Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International AwardsJanuary 31, 2015 Best Film Best Direction Best Screenplay Academy AwardsFebruary 22, 2015 Best Picture , Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, and Jeremy Dawson Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Hugo Guinness Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Mark Coulier Best Original Score Best Production Design Production Design: ; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 12, 2015 Best Film Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Film Music or Score Best Ensemble Cast (to casting director) (tied with Birdman) American Cinema Editors Awards January 30, 2015 Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical American Society of Cinematographers Awards February 15, 2015 Theatrical Motion Picture Art Directors Guild Awards January 31, 2015 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Artios Awards January 22, 2015 Studio or Independent Comedy , Jina Jay, and Henry Russell Bergstein Austin Film Critics Association Awards December 17, 2014 Top Ten Films Belgian Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2015 Grand Prix Berlin International Film Festival February 15, 2014 Jury Grand Prix British Academy Film AwardsFebruary 8, 2015 Best Film Best Direction Best Original Screenplay Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Film Music Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Production Design and Anna Pinnock Best Costume Design Best Makeup and Hair Best Sound , Christopher Scarabosio, and Pawel Wdowczak César AwardFebruary 20, 2015 Best Foreign Film Chicago Film Critics Association Awards15 December 2014Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Art Direction/Production Design and Anna PinnockBest Cinematography Best Editing Best Original Score Most Promising Performer Costume Designers Guild AwardsFebruary 17, 2015Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 15, 2015Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Young Actor/Actress Best Acting Ensemble of The Grand Budapest HotelBest Original Screenplay and Hugo GuinnessBest Cinematography Best Art Direction (production designer) and Anna Pinnock (set decorator)Best Costume Design Best Comedy Best Actor in a Comedy Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards15 December 2014Top Ten Films Best Director David di Donatello Awards June 10, 2014 Best Foreign Film Detroit Film Critics Society Awards15 December 2014Best Film Best Director Best Ensemble Best Screenplay Directors Guild of America Award February 7, 2015 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards17 December 2014Top 10 Films Best Director Best Actor Empire AwardsMarch 29, 2015Best Comedy Florida Film Critics Circle Awards19 December 2014Best Picture Best Ensemble Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Hugo GuinnessBest Cinematography Best Art Direction/Production Design and Anna Pinnock Golden Eagle Award January 23, 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2015 Best Film – Musical or Comedy Best Director Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Best Screenplay Golden Reel Awards February 15, 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film and Christopher Scarabosio Golden Trailer Awards May 30, 2014 Best Graphics in a TV Spot Gotham Awards1 December 2014 Best Feature Audience Award Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Houston Film Critics Society Awards10 January 2015 Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Hugo Guinness Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Poster Design International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 19, 2015 Film Score of the Year Best Original Score for a Comedy Location Managers Guild Awards March 7, 2015 Outstanding Locations in a Period Film London Film Critics' Circle Awards18 January 2015Film of the Year Director of the Year Young British Performance of the Year Screenwriter of the Year Technical Achievement Award (production designer)Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 7, 2014 Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Production Design Best Editing Nastro d'Argento June 28, 2014 Best Costume Design National Society of Film Critics Awards3 January 2015 Best Actor Best Screenplay New York Film Critics Circle Award December 1, 2014 Best Screenplay Online Film Critics Society Awards 15 December 2014 Best Picture Best Actor Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Editing Best Cinematography Producers Guild of America Awards24 January 2015Best Theatrical Motion Picture , Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, and Steven RalesSan Diego Film Critics Society Awards15 December 2014Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Original Screenplay Best Editing Best Production Design and Anna PinnockBest Score Best Ensemble San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards14 December 2014Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Hugo GuinnessBest Cinematography Best Production Design Satellite AwardsFebruary 15, 2015 Best Motion Picture Best Costume Design Best Art Direction and Production Design , Anna Pinnock, and Stephan Gessler Saturn AwardsJune 25, 2015 Best Fantasy Film Best Writing Best Performance by a Younger Actor Best Production Design Screen Actors Guild Awards January 25, 2015 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, and Owen Wilson St. Louis Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 15, 2014 Best Film Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Music Score Best Visual Effects Best Comedy Best Arthouse Toronto Film Critics Association Awards14 December 2014Best Screenplay Best Film Best Director Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 5 January 2015 Best Director Best Screenplay Visual Effects Society Awards 4 February 2015 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture , Jenny Foster, Simon Weisse, Jan Burda Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 8 December 2014 Best Acting Ensemble of The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Youth Performance Best Original Screenplay Best Art Direction (production designer) and Anna Pinnock (set decorator) Best Cinematography World Soundtrack Awards October 25, 2014 Best Original Score of the Year Writers Guild of America Awards 14 February 2015 Best Original Screenplay (screenplay)Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (story)
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