Complex sentence: The film was directed by Scott Hicks and starred Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Sam Shepard, and Max von Sydow and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for cinematography.
Split into simpler sentences: The film was directed by Scott Hicks and starred Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Sam Shepard, and Max von Sydow. It went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for cinematography.