At the 79th Academy Awards , visual effects supervisors John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects , which was also the first time since 1994 's '' Forrest Gump '' that Industrial Light & Magic had received that particular Academy Award . The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction , Sound Editing , and Sound Mixing
79th Academy Awards
79th Academy Awards
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