Editing The Thin Red Line (1998 film) (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
''The Thin Red Line'' was given a limited release on December 25, 1998, in five theaters where it grossed $282,534 on its opening weekend. The film was given a wide release on January 15, 1999, in 1,528 theaters where it grossed $9.7&nbsp;million during its opening weekend. The film earned $98,126,565 at the worldwide box office.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web
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===Critical reception===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Thin Red Line'' holds an approval rating of 80% based on 107 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Thin Red Line'' is a daringly philosophical World War II film with an enormous cast of eager stars."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Thin Red Line (1998)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1084146_thin_red_line?|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113043756/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1084146_thin_red_line|archive-date=November 13, 2020|access-date=October 12, 2023|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 78 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-thin-red-line |title=The Thin Red Line Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403005941/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-thin-red-line |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home - Cinemascore|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|access-date=2021-08-01|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|format=Type "Thin red line" in the search box; film incorrectly appears as "A Thin Red Line"|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]] described ''The Thin Red Line'' as the "finest contemporary war film I've seen, supplanting Steven Spielberg's ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' from earlier this year, or even [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' from 1986."<ref name="siskel">{{cite web | last=Siskel | first=Gene | title=The Thin Red Line | work=[[Siskel & Ebert]] |date=1998|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gq60pzltqg}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=which episode specifically?|date=March 2023}}  A more subdued [[Roger Ebert]] gave it three stars out of four, saying that it felt confused and unfinished. He wrote, "The movie's schizophrenia keeps it from greatness (this film has no firm idea of what it is about), but doesn't make it bad. It is, in fact, sort of fascinating... The battle scenes themselves are masterful, in creating a sense of the geography of a particular hill, the way it is defended by Japanese bunkers, the ways in which the American soldiers attempt to take it ... Actors like Sean Penn, John Cusack, Jim Caviezel and Ben Chaplin find the perfect tone for scenes of a few seconds or a minute, and then are dropped before a rhythm can be established."<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | title=The Thin Red Line | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=January 8, 1999 | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990108/REVIEWS/901080302/1023 | access-date=2022-10-19 | archive-date=September 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917164319/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19990108%2FREVIEWS%2F901080302%2F1023 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In his review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[Richard Corliss]] wrote, "Some films deal in plot truth; this one expresses emotional truth, the heart's search for saving wisdom, in some of the most luscious imagery since Malick's last film, the 1978 ''[[Days of Heaven]]''."<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Corliss | first=Richard | title=Ho, Ho (Well, No) | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989927,00.html | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=December 28, 1998 | access-date=2023-01-01 | archive-date=August 17, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817183747/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989927,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Mike Clark of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film four out of four stars.<ref>{{cite news | last=Clark | first=Mike | title=Stirring ''Red Line'' Captures War's Humanity and Horror | work=[[USA Today]] | date=December 23, 1998 <!--|access-date=2008-01-07-->}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=archive copies of modern newspapers are usually available |date=March 2023}} Michael O'Sullivan of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote, "''The Thin Red Line'' is a movie about creation growing out of destruction, about love where you'd least expect to find it and about angels – especially the fallen kind – who just happen to be men."<ref>{{cite news | date=January 8, 1999 | last=O'Sullivan | first=Michael | title=''Red Line'': Above and Beyond | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/thinredlineosullivan.htm | access-date=2023-01-07 | archive-date=November 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129104120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/thinredlineosullivan.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]] of ''[[Time Out New York]]'' wrote: "Like Malick's previous efforts – ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands (1973)]]'' and ''Days of Heaven'' (1978) – ''Line'' is a film of incredible beauty. However, the atmosphere created by John Toll's breathtaking cinematography and Hans Zimmer's powerful score is occasionally compromised. The parade of cameos (John Travolta, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson and John Cusack briefly appear) is somewhat distracting, and the fact that Bell and Witt both have Appalachian accents sometimes makes the characters hard to differentiate. Yet, even though it's confusing at times (and perhaps a little long), ''Line'' is still a film of rare substance and power."<ref>Time Out New York, December 17–31, 1998, p. 141.</ref>

[[Owen Gleiberman]] gave the film a "B−" in his review for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' and wrote, "''The Thin Red Line'' could, I think, turn out to be this season's ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'', a movie too paralyzingly high-minded to connect with audiences."<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Gleiberman | first=Owen | title=The Thin Red Line | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | url=https://ew.com/article/1998/12/23/thin-red-line/ | date=December 23, 1998 | access-date=2007-11-27 | archive-date=October 14, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130525/https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,63840,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In her review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Janet Maslin]] called it "intermittently brilliant" and wrote, "The heart-piercing moments that punctuate its rambling are glimpses of what a tighter film might have been."<ref>{{cite news | last=Maslin | first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin | title=Beauty and Destruction in Pacific Battle | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/23/movies/film-review-beauty-and-destruction-in-pacific-battle.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 23, 1998 | access-date=2008-01-07 | archive-date=July 13, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713224835/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/23/movies/film-review-beauty-and-destruction-in-pacific-battle.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In a special episode of ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel and Ebert]]'', guest host [[Martin Scorsese]] selected ''The Thin Red Line'' as the second best film of the 1990s behind ''[[The Horse Thief]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | work=[[Chicago Sun Times]] | date=February 23, 2000 | title=The Best 10 Movies of the 1990s | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/the-best-10-movies-of-1990s | access-date=April 20, 2020 | archive-date=April 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404110311/https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/the-best-10-movies-of-1990s | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | work=[[Chicago Sun Times]] | date=February 26, 2000 | title=Ebert & Scorsese: Best Films of the 1990s | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/ebert-and-scorsese-best-films-of-the-1990s | access-date=April 20, 2020 | archive-date=April 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404104342/https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/ebert-and-scorsese-best-films-of-the-1990s | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[71st Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| Robert Michael Geisler, [[Grant Hill (producer)|Grant Hill]], and John Roberdeau
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=Oscars.org |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102828/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Terrence Malick]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[John Toll]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Billy Weber]], [[Leslie Jones (film editor)|Leslie Jones]], and [[Saar Klein]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]]
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Andy Nelson (sound engineer)|Andy Nelson]], [[Anna Behlmer]], and [[Paul Brincat]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ALMA Award]]s
| Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
| [[Kirk Acevedo]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1802958161/bio Kirk Acevedo Biography – Yahoo! Movies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001537/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1802958161/bio |date=June 29, 2011}}. Movies.yahoo.com (1974-11-27). Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref>
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/02/ace-eddie-preview-3/|title=ACE Eddie preview|date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=2010-12-01|archive-date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210153114/http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/02/ace-eddie-preview-3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[1998 American Society of Cinematographers Awards|American Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]
| John Toll
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |title=The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802060537/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |archive-date=2011-08-02}}</ref>
|-
| [[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/afi1999.html|title=AFI awards 2009|access-date=2010-12-01|archive-date=October 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031055903/http://australiantelevision.net/awards/afi1999.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Australian Screen Sound Guild|Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards]]
| Best Foreign Funded Film Soundtrack
| Paul Brincat, Rod Conder, Gary Dixon, <br> Steven King, and Greg Burgmann
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>[http://www.cineteka.com/index.php?op=Award&id=140 Australian Screen Sound Guild – Filmes – Alugar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708154319/http://www.cineteka.com/index.php?op=Award&id=140 |date=July 8, 2011}}. Cineteka.com. Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[49th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="4"| Terrence Malick
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref name="Berlinale1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistr_ger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html |title=Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners |access-date=2012-02-04 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033208/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistr_ger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <br> <ref name="Berlin">{{cite web|url=http://www.blockbuster.com/gifts/catalog/movie/details/129917|title=Blockbuster Movie Details|access-date=2010-12-01}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|-
| Honorable Mention
| {{won}}
|-
| Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
| {{nom}}
|-
| |[[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best American Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| John Toll
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film |access-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604021621/https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[25th César Awards|César Awards]]
| [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-2000/ |title=The 2000 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804072904/https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-2000/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410183233/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Nick Nolte]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John Toll
| {{won}}
|-
| Most Promising Actor
| [[Jim Caviezel]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Awards]]
| Best Cinematography
| John Toll
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1999-5th-annual-awards/ |title=5th Annual Chlotrudis Awards |publisher=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films]] |access-date=May 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[4th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1998 |publisher=[[Critics Choice Association|Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034409/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1998|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[51st 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]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1998.aspx |title=51st Annual DGA Awards: Winners and Nominees |website=[[Directors Guild of America]] |ref={{harvid|DGA|1998}} |access-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229153705/http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1998.aspx |url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091030011953/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/174294/The-Thin-Red-Line/details The Thin Red Line – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards] The New York Times. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref>
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore|Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic)]]
| Lee Scott, Adam Milo Smalley, and Scott Rouse
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Kinema Junpo#Annual award categories|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film Director
| Terrence Malick
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1998|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|8th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1998/ |title=1998 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504081947/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1998/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1998 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151017103247/http://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John Toll
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1998 |title=New York Film Critics Circle Awards: 1998 Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |year=1999 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|NYFCC|1999}} |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127193446/https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1998 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]
| John Toll
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="12"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Best Picture
| rowspan="2"| Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, and John Roberdeau
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="12"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/3rd-annual-film-awards-1998/ |title=3rd Annual Film Awards (1998) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200420111643/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/3rd-annual-film-awards-1998/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Drama Picture
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| Terrence Malick
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Nick Nolte
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
| Terrence Malick
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| John Toll
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Editing
| Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Drama Score
| Hans Zimmer
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Sound
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Sound Effects
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Ensemble
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Drama Ensemble
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Terrence Malick
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/1998-awards-2nd-annual/ |title=1998 Awards (2nd Annual) |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121121446/https://ofcs.org/awards/1998-awards-2nd-annual/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John Toll
| {{nom}}
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Peace|Peace]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polfilms.com/previous.html |title=Political Film Society award list |access-date=2010-12-01 |archive-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818035134/http://www.polfilms.com/previous.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1999.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 1999 3rd Annual SATELLITE Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1999.shtml |archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Terrence Malick
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John Toll
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| Billy Weber
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| Hans Zimmer
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| colspan="2"| [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| Terrence Malick {{small|(screenwriter)}}; [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]] {{small|(author)}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/past-scripter-awards |title=Past Scripter Awards |website=[[USC Scripter Award]]s |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222132728/https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/past-scripter-awards |url-status=live}}</ref>
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''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine ranked Malick's film #6 on their Best of 1998 Cinema list.<ref name="TimeTop10">{{cite magazine| title = The Best of 1998 Cinema| magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date = December 21, 1998| url = http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989881,00.html| access-date = 2023-01-11| archive-date = August 17, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130817183712/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989881,00.html| url-status = live }}</ref>

[[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], film critic for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'', ranked Malick's film as his second favorite film of 1999.<ref name="Rosenbaum">{{cite news| last = Rosenbaum| first = Jonathan| title = Hope Springs Eternal| work = [[Chicago Reader]]| year = 2000| url = http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/?p=6425 | access-date = 2020-11-27 | archive-date = March 8, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210308192642/https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2018/10/hope-springs-eternal/| url-status = live }}</ref>