Nobody's Fool (1994 film)

Nobody's Fool
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Benton
Written by	Robert Benton
Based on	Nobody's Fool 1993 novel by Richard Russo
Produced by	Arlene Donovan Scott Rudin
Starring	Paul Newman Jessica Tandy Melanie Griffith
Cinematography	John Bailey
Edited by	John Bloom
Music by	Howard Shore
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (USA & Canada) Capella Films (International)
Release dates	December 23, 1994 (1994-12-23) (limited) January 13, 1995 (1995-01-13) (North America)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[1]
Box office	$39.5 million[2]

Nobody's Fool is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. It stars Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco and Bruce Willis.

It was Paramount's final production under its Paramount Communications ownership (being sold to the original Viacom in July 1994) as well as Tandy's final film performance before her death on September 11, 1994.^[3] For his performance, Newman received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role as well as for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, in addition to a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Benton at the 67th Academy Awards.