Awards and Nominations
The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White (Gene Callahan).
The film was nominated for three other Oscars in:
- Best Director - Elia Kazan
- Best Picture - Elia Kazan
- Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen - Elia Kazan
In 2001, America, America was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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