 "Things Behind The Sun" earned 2002 Independent Spirit Award nominations for both Kim Dickens (Best Female Lead) and Don Cheadle (Best Supporting Male).Cheadle also earned a Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.The film garnered a Peabody Award, which was presented to Anders and Voss by journalist Walter Cronkite on May 20, 2002, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.