Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kuma zabi Mortensen don Kyautar Kwalejin Kwalejin don Kyauta mafi kyau a 80th Academy Awards, amma ya gaya wa Associated Press: "Idan akwai wani yajin aiki ba zan tafi ba".
Ƙungiyar Mawallafa ta Amirka ta yi yajin aiki. A ranar 12 ga Fabrairun 2008, yajin aikin ya ƙare, kuma ya halarci bikin, kodayake ya rasa kyautar ga Daniel Day-Lewis don "Za a yi jini". "Alkawuran Gabas" sun sami gabatarwa goma sha biyu a Gwarzon Genie na 28, tare da fim din "Shake Hands with the Devil" don mafi yawan gabatarwa, kuma ya lashe bakwai, Mafi kyawun Mataimakin Actor (Mueller-Stahl), Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Musical Score, Overall Sound, Sound Editing.