Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaingoatia hoki a Mortensen mo te Academy Award mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu i te 80th Academy Awards, engari i kii ia ki te Associated Press: "Mena he patu kaore au e haere".
Ka mutu te mahi a te Rōpū Kaituhi o Amerika. I te Hui-tanguru 12, 2008, ka mutu te patu, a ka tae atu ia ki te huihuinga, ahakoa i ngaro ia i te tohu ki a Daniel Day-Lewis mo "There Will Be Blood". I whakawhiwhia a "Eastern Promises" ki nga tohu tekau ma rua i te 28 o nga Tohu Genie, e hono ana ki te kiriata "Shake Hands with the Devil" mo te nuinga o nga whakaingoa, a ka wini e whitu, Kaitito Tautoko Pai (Mueller-Stahl), Whakaahua, Whakaahua, Whakatikatika, Whakaari Waiata, Te Whakarite oro, Whakatikatika oro.