Darabont felt the turning point for the film's success was the Academy Award nominations, saying "nobody had heard of the movie, and that year on the Oscar broadcast, they were mentioning this movie seven times".
En opinión de Darabont, o punto de inflexión do éxito do filme foron os nomeamentos ós premios Oscar, afirmando: "Ninguén sabía do filme, e ese ano na retransmisión dos Oscar, mencionárono sete veces".