Tenet is a 2020 science fiction spy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also co-produced the film with Emma Thomas, under Syncopy Inc.[1] A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.[2][3] The film follows a CIA agent who learns how to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world.[4]
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Distributed by Warner Bros.,[5] Tenet was released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020 and in the United States on September 3,[6] after being delayed three times because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] It was the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theaters after the pandemic shutdown, and grossed $363 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2020.[7] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its ambition, direction, score, visual effects, action sequences, and Washington, Debicki and Pattinson's performances, but criticized its story, characters, and sound mixing.[8][9]
Among its numerous awards and nominations, the film was nominated for Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards, winning the latter. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, and received nominations for five Critics' Choice Awards (winning one), a Golden Globe Award, five Satellite Awards (winning one), nine Saturn Awards (winning one), and one Hugo Award nomination.
Accolades
editAward | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Academy Awards | April 25, 2021 | Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas | Nominated | [10] |
Best Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher | Won | |||
Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 4, 2021 | Most Egregious Lovers' Age Difference Award | Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh | Won | [11] |
Art Directors Guild Awards | April 10, 2021 | Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Nathan Crowley | Won | [12] [13] |
Austin Film Critics Association | March 19, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [14] |
Best Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Film Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance | Andrew Jackson | Nominated | |||
Best Stunts | Tenet | Nominated | |||
Black Reel Awards | April 11, 2021 | Outstanding Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [15] [16] |
Outstanding Production Design | Nathan Crowley | Nominated | |||
BMI Film & TV Awards | July 12, 2021 | Theatrical Film Award | Ludwig Göransson | Won | [17] |
British Academy Film Awards | April 11, 2021 | Best Special Visual Effects | Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley | Won | [18] |
British Film Designers Guild | May 19, 2021 | Best Production Design International Studio Feature Film – Fantasy | Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas, Toby Britton, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee, Emmanuel Delis and Anna Pinnock | Won | [19] |
Chicago Film Critics Association | December 21, 2020 | Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | [20] |
Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Use of Visual Effects | Tenet | Nominated | |||
Critics' Choice Awards | March 7, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [21] [22] |
Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas | Nominated | |||
Best Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Tenet | Won | |||
Critics' Choice Super Awards | January 10, 2021 | Best Action Movie | Nominated | [23] | |
Best Actor in an Action Movie | John David Washington | Nominated | |||
Chinese American Film Festival | November 9, 2020 | Golden Angel Award for Most Popular U.S. Film in China | Tenet | Won | [24] |
Detroit Film Critics Society | February 28, 2021 | Best Use of Music | Nominated | [25] | |
Dragon Awards | September 9, 2020 | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie | Nominated | [26] | |
Florida Film Critics Circle | December 21, 2020 | Best Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson | Nominated | [27] [28] |
Golden Globe Awards | February 28, 2021 | Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | [29] |
Golden Trailer Awards | July 22, 2021 | Best Action Poster | "IMAX Art" (Leroy & Rose) | Nominated | [30] |
Best Action/Thriller TrailerByte for a Feature Film | "Explosive Wait" (Trailer Park, Inc.) | Nominated | |||
Hochi Film Awards | December 4, 2020 | Best Foreign Language Film | Tenet | Won | [31] |
Hollywood Critics Association | March 5, 2021 | Best Action Film | Nominated | [32] | |
Best Blockbuster Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Stunt Work | Nominated | ||||
Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson | Nominated | |||
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | January 27, 2021 | Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | Ludwig Göransson | Won | [33] |
Best Original Song in a Feature Film | "The Plan" – Jacques Webster II, Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde, and Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Houston Film Critics Society | January 18, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [34] |
Best Visual Effects | Tenet | Won | |||
Best Stunt Coordination Team | Won | ||||
Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Huading Awards | January 10, 2021 | Best Global Motion Picture | Tenet | Won | [35] |
Best Global Director for a Motion Picture | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | |||
Hugo Awards | January 19, 2021 | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Nominated | [36] | |
International Cinephile Society | February 20, 2021 | Best Sound Design | Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell and Gary A. Rizzo | Nominated | [37] |
International Film Music Critics Association | February 18, 2021 | Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | [38] |
Japan Academy Film Prize | March 19, 2021 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Tenet | Nominated | [39] [40] |
Location Managers Guild Awards | October 23, 2021 | Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film | Janice Polley, Julie Hannum and Klaus Darrelman | Won | [41] [42] |
London Film Critics' Circle | February 7, 2021 | Technical Achievement Award | Jennifer Lame (film editing) | Nominated | [43] |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards | March 1, 2021 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film | Richard King, Joseph Fraioli, Mark Larry, Michael W. Mitchell, Angela Ang, Bruce Tanis, John Cucci, Catherine Harper, Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana, Dan O'Connell, Shelley Roden, John Roesch, and Katie Rose | Nominated | [44] |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore | Alex Gibson and Nicholas Fitzgerald | Won | |||
Nikkan Sports Film Awards | December 28, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Tenet | Nominated | [45] |
Online Film Critics Society | January 25, 2021 | Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | [46] |
Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Tenet | Won | |||
People's Choice Awards | November 15, 2020 | Favorite Action Movie | Nominated | [47] | |
Favorite Action Movie Star | John David Washington | Nominated | |||
San Diego Film Critics Society | January 11, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [48] [49] |
Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Tenet | Won | |||
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | January 18, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [50] |
Best Film Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas | Nominated | |||
Satellite Awards | February 15, 2021 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Tenet | Nominated | [51] |
Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) | Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell, and Gary A. Rizzo | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson | Won | |||
Saturn Awards | October 26, 2021 | Best Science Fiction Film | Tenet | Nominated | [52] |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | |||
Best Writing | Nominated | ||||
Best Actor | John David Washington | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Robert Pattinson | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | |||
Best Music | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Special / Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher, and Mike Chambers | Nominated | |||
Seattle Film Critics Society | February 15, 2021 | Best Film Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominated | [53] |
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Action Choreography | Tenet | Won | |||
Best Visual Effects | Andrew Jackson, Mike Chambers, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher | Won | |||
Set Decorators Society of America Awards | April 1, 2021 | Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film | Kathy Lucas and Nathan Crowley | Won | [54] |
Society of Composers & Lyricists | March 1, 2021 | Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | [55] |
St. Louis Film Critics Association | January 19, 2021 | Best Action Film | Tenet | Won | [56] |
Best Visual Effects | Won | ||||
Best Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Visual Effects Society Awards | April 6, 2021 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Andrew Jackson, Mike Chambers, Andrew Lockley, David Lee, and Scott Fisher | Nominated | [57] |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | February 8, 2021 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Nominated | [58] [59] |
Best Score | Ludwig Göransson | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Won | |||
Best Production Design | Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas | Nominated | |||
Webby Awards | May 18, 2021 | Social – Television/Film | Tenet | Nominated | [60] |
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