Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Firimu racho rakawana mibayiro mishanu yeAcademy uye rakasarudzwa kuti ripiwe mimwe minomwe, kusanganisira Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor nokuda kwaJoaquin Phoenix uye Best Director nokuda kwaRidley Scott. Yaiva firimu rokutanga kuhwina mubayiro weBest Picture risina kuhwina mubairo wokutungamirira kana wokunyora nyaya kubvira pa"All the King's Men" paThe
22nd Academy Awards muna 1950. Muna 2003, "Chicago" yakava mumwe mukundi weBest Picture uyo asina kukunda mubairo weAcademy mune imwe yezvikamu zviviri zvikuru izvi. Nemhaka yemitemo yeAcademy, Hans Zimmer bedzi ndiye akasarudzwa zviri pamutemo nokuda kweBest Original Score, uye kwete Lisa Gerrard. Zvisinei, vaviri vacho vakahwina mubairo weGolden Globe weBest Original Score sevanyori.