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Which Academy Award nominations did Raiders of the Lost Ark receive?
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American motion-picture director and producer Steven Spielberg attending the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis at the Cannes International Film Festival, France, 2013.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, including nods for best picture and best director for Steven Spielberg.12
The film ultimately won four Oscars for art and set direction, sound, film editing, and visual effects, in addition to a special achievement Oscar for sound effects editing.1