Editing Heaven Can Wait (1978 film) (section)

===Awards and nominations===
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
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| rowspan="9"| [[51st Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1979">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979 |title=The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=October 31, 2011 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017075832/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/21978/Heaven-Can-Wait/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204221355/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/21978/Heaven-Can-Wait/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-04 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2009 |title=Heaven Can Wait |access-date=2008-12-30}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Warren Beatty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Warren Beatty and [[Buck Henry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Warren Beatty
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Jack Warden]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Dyan Cannon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Elaine May]] and Warren Beatty
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Paul Sylbert]], [[Edwin O'Donovan]] and [[George Gaines (set decorator)|George Gaines]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[William A. Fraker]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Dave Grusin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[31st Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1978.aspx?value=1978|title=31st DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[36th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/heaven-can-wait |title=Heaven Can Wait – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1979}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Warren Beatty
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Dyan Cannon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jupiter Award (film award)#1st Jupiter Award / 1979|Jupiter Awards]]
| Best International Actor
| Warren Beatty
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[17th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Warren Beatty
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[James Mason]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Dyan Cannon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| Elaine May and Warren Beatty
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costumes]]
| Theadora Van Runkle and [[Richard Bruno]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Dave Grusin
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[31st Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|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|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium]]
| Elaine May and Warren Beatty
| {{won}}
|}