Beau Is Afraid
2023 film by Ari Aster
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| April 4 2024 | Critics' Choice Super Awards where Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Actor in a Horror Movie |
| February 18 2024 | Satellite Awards where Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical |
| February 10 2024 | ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards where Fiona Crombie was nominated for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film |
| January 7 2024 | Golden Globe Awards where Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| 2023 | Martin Scorsese publicly praised the film and its director Ari Aster, calling him 'one of the most extraordinary new voices in world cinema' and commending his subversion of traditional three-act storytelling structure. |
| 2023 | Filmmaker John Waters selected 'Beau Is Afraid' as the best movie of 2023, praising its super-crazy, super-funny narrative about mental breakdown. |
| 2023 | Film opened in theaters, grossing $320,396 from four theaters in its initial weekend, ranking 14th at the box office. |
| December 17 2023 | Indiana Film Journalists Association awards where 'Beau Is Afraid' was longlisted and received multiple nominations including Best Film, Best Lead Performance for Joaquin Phoenix, Best Adapted Screenplay for Ari Aster, Best Cinematography for Pawel Pogorzelski, Best Ensemble Acting, and Original Vision |
| July 2023 | A vinyl edition of the soundtrack was released in "sail away blue" color, featuring a bonus song "A Play Within a Play Within a Film" not included in the digital release. |
| July 11 2023 | Blu-ray and DVD release of the film. |
| July 11 2023 | Blu-ray and DVD release of Beau Is Afraid. |
| June 30 2023 | Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards where Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Actor and Patti LuPone for Best Supporting Actress |
| June 29 2023 | Golden Trailer Awards ceremony where 'Beau Is Afraid' was nominated for Most Original Trailer and Best Drama Poster |
| June 29 2023 | Nominated for Most Original Trailer at the Golden Trailer Awards for 'Beyond' trailer by AV Squad. |
| June 29 2023 | Nominated for Best Drama Poster at the Golden Trailer Awards for 'Payoff' poster by AV Print. |
| June 13 2023 | The film was released digitally. |
| April 2023 | Joaquin Phoenix received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film. |
| April 21 2023 | Beau Is Afraid was released theatrically in the United States by A24, following a delay from its original 2022 schedule, and was released in select North American IMAX theaters. |
| April 14 2023 | The soundtrack album was released by A24 Music in a five-disc digital format. |
| April 14 2023 | The film was shown a week early in select IMAX theaters in Los Angeles and New York. |
| April 14 2023 | Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) released the film score for 'Beau Is Afraid', with the soundtrack divided into five parts corresponding to the film's five acts, one week before the film's wide theatrical release. |
| April 10 2023 | Beau Is Afraid officially premiered in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild of America, with director Ari Aster and the cast in attendance. |
| April 1 2023 | During a Q&A session with Emma Stone, director Ari Aster recounted an incident where Joaquin Phoenix collapsed during an intense scene with Patti LuPone due to the physical intensity of his stunts. |
| April 1 2023 | Sneak premiere with a Q&A moderated by Emma Stone at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Brooklyn, New York, as part of an April Fools' Day event with livestream screenings. |
| March 28 2023 | Bobby Krlic released "Sail Away" as the lead single from the Beau Is Afraid soundtrack. |
| 2019 | Bobby Krlic previously collaborated with director Ari Aster on the film Midsommar, establishing their prior creative partnership before working on Beau Is Afraid. |
| 2014 | Aster drafted a script for 'Beau Is Afraid' which circulated on the internet. |
| 2011 | Ari Aster created a short film titled 'Beau', which would later serve as the basis for a sequence in the feature film. |
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