1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 37th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1971. The winners were announced on 29 December 1971 and the awards were given on 23 January 1972.

Winners

Best Actor:

Gene Hackman - The French Connection

Runners-up: Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday and Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange

Best Actress:

Jane Fonda - Klute

Runners-up: Gena Rowlands - Minnie and Moskowitz and Shirley MacLaine - Desperate Characters

Best Director:

Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange

Runners-up: Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show and Bernardo Bertolucci - The Conformist (Il conformista)

Best Film:

A Clockwork Orange

Runners-up: The Last Picture Show and The French Connection

Best Screenplay (tie):

Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry - The Last Picture Show

Penelope Gilliatt - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Runner-up: Éric Rohmer - Claire's Knee (Le genou de Claire)

Best Supporting Actor:

Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show

Runners-up: Warren Oates - The Hired Hand and Two-Lane Blacktop and Alan Webb - King Lear

Best Supporting Actress:

Ellen Burstyn - The Last Picture Show

Runners-up: Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show and Ann-Margret - Carnal Knowledge

References

1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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