Editing Cat Ballou (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Cat Ballou'' earned over $20.6{{nbsp}}million in North America, making it the [[1965 in film|7th highest-grossing film of 1965]].<ref name=tcmart />

===Critical response===
{{RT data|prose|consensus=|ref=yes}} {{MC film|60|7|ref=yes|access-date=2024-12-15}}

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a breezy little film" which "does have flashes of good satiric wit. But, under Elliott Silverstein's direction, it is mostly just juvenile lampoon."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=June 25, 1965 |title=The Screen: 'Cat Ballou' |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=36 }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that the film "emerges middlingly successful, sparked by an amusing way-out approach and some sparkling performances."<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 12, 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6 }}</ref> [[Richard L. Coe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the film as a "springy satire", adding, "What makes this fun is the style. Forming a mighty cool duo, Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye sing their way in and out of the plot with folk songs which Cole '[[Don't Fence Me In (song)|Don't Fence Me In]]' Porter would have relished. The format is novel and stylishly delivered."<ref>{{cite news |last=Coe |first=Richard L. |author-link=Richard L. Coe |date=June 24, 1965 |title='Cat Ballou' Is Zingy Spoof |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=D20 }}</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] in ''[[Film Quarterly]]'' called it "lumpen, coy, and obvious, a self-consciously cute movie," adding that "mainly it is full of sort-of-funny and trying-to-be-funny ''ideas'' and a movie is not just ideas."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |date=Fall 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[Film Quarterly]] |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=54 |doi=10.2307/1210823 |jstor=1210823 }}</ref> Philip K. Scheuer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "I'm in the minority, apparently. ''Cat Ballou,'' which is being hailed as a cowboy ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' or something of the sort, seems to me about as funny as a soundtrack burp."<ref>Scheuer, Philip K. (June 19, 1965). "Why the Hullabaloo About 'Cat Ballou?'" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. p. 19.</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote, "The jokes in ''Cat Ballou'' are uneven, but the mood behind the film is happily consistent."<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=32 |issue=380 |page=131 }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[38th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Lee Marvin]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233714/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Walter Newman (screenwriter)|Walter Newman]] and [[Frank Pierson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Frank De Vol]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by [[Jerry Livingston]]; <br /> Lyrics by [[Mack David]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[15th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| [[Elliot Silverstein]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html |title=Berlinale 1965: Prize Winners |access-date=2010-02-28 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2013-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121015/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
|-
| Special Mention
| Walter Newman and Frank Pierson
| {{won}}
|-
| Youth Film Award – Honorable Mention
| Elliot Silverstein
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1966 |publisher=[[BAFTA]] |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| [[Jane Fonda]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| [[Tom Nardini]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[18th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Elliot Silverstein
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1965.aspx?value=1965 |title=18th DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[23rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/cat-ballou/ |title=Cat Ballou |publisher=[[Golden Globe Foundation]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Jane Fonda
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by Jerry Livingston; <br /> Lyrics by Mack David
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer – Male]]
| Tom Nardini
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Comedy
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| 
|-
| Top Male Comedy Performance
| Lee Marvin
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Female Comedy Performance
| Jane Fonda
| {{won}}
|-
| Top Song
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by Jerry Livingston; <br /> Lyrics by Mack David
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1965|National Board of Review Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Lee Marvin {{small|(also for ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1965/ |title=1965 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1965 |title=1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| Walter Newman and Frank Pierson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}

In his [[Academy Award|Oscar]] acceptance speech, [[Lee Marvin]] concluded by saying: "I think, though, that half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in [[San Fernando Valley]]", a reference to the horse Kid Shelleen rode, which appeared to be as drunk as Shelleen was.<ref name=osborne>[[Robert Osborne|Osborne, Robert]]. Outro to [[Turner Classic Movies]] presentation of ''Cat Ballou'' (May 14, 2011)</ref>

===American Film Institute===
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026011242/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #50<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316140859/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2003: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]:
** Tim Strawn – Nominated Villain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104022712/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/handv400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]:
** "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2015-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417023552/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100YearsMovies_ballot_06.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees (10th Anniversary Edition) |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008220747/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100YearsMovies_ballot_06.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
** #10 Western Film<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Western |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042805/http://afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>