Editing Picnic (1955 film) (section)

==Reception==
The film's release was accompanied by a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[Article (publishing)|cover story]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19560227,00.html |title= William Holden |date=February 27, 1956 |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref> It earned [[theatrical rental]]s of $6,300,000 in the United States and Canada and $9 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 2, 1957 |title=Top Film Grossers of 1956 |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety205-1957-01#mode/1up |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=1 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=6 January 1960 |title=All Time Domestic Champs |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=34}}</ref><ref name="wall" />

In a contemporary review, critic Mae Tinee of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote:<blockquote>It is a taut two hours of masterful movie making ... The story presents a cross-section of many lives, but the telling is never hurried, the detail is impressive, and the performances are some of the finest of the year. ... The film tells a moving and human tale, and does it in superb fashion. It is one of the finest examples of superior motion picture production."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tinee |first=Mae |date=1956-02-17 |title='Picnic' Found More than Fun: A Good Movie |pages=6, Part 2 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref></blockquote>Once the movie premiered at the [[Radio City Music Hall]], film critic [[A. H. Weiler]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote:<blockquote>[I]t should be noted that William Inge's distinguished comedy-drama is slightly travelworn here and there. The hearts and minds of the commonplace Kansas townsfolk that were so beautifully revealed on stage still leave a sharp, poignant and lasting impression on a moviegoer. But the new CinemaScope surroundings appear too vast an occasion for these basically intimate stories. ''[[Lebensraum]]'' apparently is not what these [[Great Plains|Plains]] people need. And, while the titular picnic of this sprawling dramatization is inventive, eye-catching and eye-filling, it is not particularly germane to the dramas at hand. ... In returning to film making after a long absence, Joshua Logan, who has lived with the play from the beginning, has made its characters come alive again through his directorial artistry. Although he is occasionally overwhelmed by the CinemaScope process, Mr. Inge's principals are not. They still make ''Picnic'' a memorable and moving drama.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. H. |date=1956-02-17 |title='Picnic,' at Music Hall, Faithful to Inge Play |pages=13 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref></blockquote>The film was restored in the mid-1990s<ref name="nyt1996" /> and brought many art-house bookings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swapadvd.com/dvd/title/7072-Picnic/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071212015648/http://www.swapadvd.com/dvd/title/7072-Picnic/| archive-date= 2007-12-12 |title=Picnic |publisher=SwapaDVD.com |year= 2007 |access-date=2014-02-15| quote= The DVD greatly benefits from a mid-1990s film restoration project that saw Picnic back on the big screen in art houses across the country.}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[28th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[Fred Kohlmar]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956 |title=The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 20, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094007/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/28th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Joshua Logan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Arthur O'Connell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction – Color]]
| Art Direction: [[William Flannery]] and [[Jo Mielziner]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Robert Priestley]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]] and [[William Lyon (film editor)|William Lyon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]]
| [[George Duning]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Belgian Film Critics Association]]
| colspan="2"| [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[10th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=1957 |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1957 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| [[William Holden]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| [[Kim Novak]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Film]]
| [[Susan Strasberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Cahiers du cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|Cahiers du Cinéma]]
| Best Film
| rowspan="4"| Joshua Logan
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[8th 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]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1955.aspx?value=1955 |title=8th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/picnic/ |title=Picnic |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Film
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1955|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|9th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1955/ |title=1955 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[8th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]]
| [[Daniel Taradash]]
| {{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=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2002: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions|AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions]] – #59<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150603/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-13 |url-status=live |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-19}}</ref>
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150632/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-13 |url-status=live |title= AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees |access-date=2016-08-19}}</ref>