Editing Absence of Malice (section)

===Accolades===
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
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| rowspan="3"| [[54th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Paul Newman]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-24 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425113425/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Melinda Dillon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| [[Kurt Luedtke]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[32nd Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Sydney Pollack]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistr_ger_1982/03_Preistraeger_1982.html |title=Berlinale 1982: Prize Winners |access-date=2010-09-02 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120231/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistr_ger_1982/03_Preistraeger_1982.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Honourable Mention
| {{won}}
|-
| Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[39th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| [[Sally Field]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/absence-malice |title=Absence of Malice – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1982}} |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804172049/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/absence-malice |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Kurt Luedtke
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| Best Supporting Actress
| rowspan="2"| Melinda Dillon
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201105239/https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[1981 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1981.php |title=The 7th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207044548/http://www.lafca.net/Years/1981.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[34th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Kurt Luedtke
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <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}}</ref>
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