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For which film did John Malkovich receive his first Academy Award nomination?

  • Empire of the Sun

  • The Killing Fields

  • In the Line of Fire

  • Places in the Heart

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John Malkovich received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1984 film "Places in the Heart." The film, directed by Robert Benton, tells the story of a widowed woman in Texas who struggles to raise her children during the Great Depression. Malkovich plays the role of a traveling salesman who falls in love with the woman.
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