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It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Peter O ' Toole ), Best Director ( Richard Rush ), and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

However, due to its limited release, it never earned much attention from US audiences at large.

As O ' Toole remarked in a DVD audio commentary, " The film wasn't released, it escaped.