Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyi firimu yakahwina mibairo mishanu yeAcademy uye yakasarudzwa kune mamwe manomwe, kusanganisira Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor kuna Joaquin Phoenix uye Best Director kuna Ridley Scott. Yaiva firimu rokutanga kuhwina mubayiro weBest Picture risina kuhwina mubairo wokutungamirira kana kunyora mifananidzo kubvira pa"All the King's Men" pa22nd 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.