Shane (film) - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Loyal Griggs; 1954

Nominations

• Academy Awards:
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Brandon deWilde
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Jack Palance
  • Best Director, George Stevens
  • Best Picture, George Stevens
  • Best Writing, Screenplay, A.B. Guthrie Jr.; 1954

Other

• In 1993, Shane was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

• Shane was listed at #69 on the original AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list in 1997. When the list was revisited in 2007, it rose to #45.

• In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Shane was listed as the third best film in the western genre.

American Film Institute recognition

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies #69
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains:
  • Shane, Hero #16
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes #47
  • "Shane. Shane. Come back!"
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers #53
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) #45
• AFI's 10 Top 10 #3 Western