1.   It won him the best actor honors that year at the Cannes Film Festival.

2.   Its lead actor, Alan Rickman, won best actor honors.

3.   Supporting actor honors at the Golden Globe awards went to actors who played supportive spouses in two true-life dramas about ailing geniuses.

4.   Supporting actor honors went to performers who played supportive spouses in two true-life dramas about ailing geniuses.

5.   The role also earned him best supporting actor honors from the New York Film Critics Circle.

6.   In six of the last seven years, winners of SAG lead actor honors have gone on to receive Academy Awards.