38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 3, 1973

---- Best Picture:
Cries and Whispers

The 38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1973, honored the best filmmaking of

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Winners

*Best Actor: ** Laurence Olivier - ''

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'' **Runners-up: Marlon Brando - ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

'' and James Mason - '' Child's Play'' *Best Actress: ** Liv Ullmann - '' Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)'' and '' The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)'' **Runners-up:

Cicely Tyson Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career which spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre, she became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women. Tyson recei ...

- '' Sounder'',

Harriet Andersson Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters. Film actress Harriet Andersson began her a ...

- '' Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)'' and

Janet Suzman Dame Janet Suzman, (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress who enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles, among others, on TV. In her first film, ''Nichol ...

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'' *Best Director: ** Ingmar Bergman - '' Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)'' **Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola - ''

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Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

- '' The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)'' *Best Film: **'' Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)'' **Runners-up: ''

'' and '' The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)'' *Best Screenplay: ** Ingmar Bergman - '' Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)'' **Runners-up:

and Jean-Claude Carrière - '' The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)'' *Best Supporting Actor: **

Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Gold ...

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'' **Runners-up:

Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in ''Roman Holiday'', ...

- '' The Heartbreak Kid'' and Robert Shaw - ''

Young Winston ''Young Winston'' is a 1972 British biographical adventure drama war film covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, ''My Early Life''. The first part of the film covers Churchill' ...

'' *Best Supporting Actress: **

Jeannie Berlin Jeannie Berlin (born Jeannie Brette May; November 1, 1949) is an American film, television and stage actress and screenwriter, the daughter of Elaine May. She is best-known for her role in the 1972 comedy film '' The Heartbreak Kid'', for which sh ...

- '' The Heartbreak Kid'' **Runners-up: Susan Tyrrell - '' Fat City'' and

Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...

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Junior Bonner ''Junior Bonner'' is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizon ...

'' *Special Award: **''

The Sorrow and the Pity ''The Sorrow and the Pity'' (french: Le Chagrin et la Pitié) is a two-part 1969 documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II. The film uses interviews with a Germ ...

References

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1972 Awards
{{NYFCC Awards Chron

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