1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1973, honored the best filmmaking of 1972.

Winners

Best Actor:

Laurence Olivier - Sleuth

Runners-up: Marlon Brando - The Godfather and James Mason - Child's Play

Best Actress:

Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)

Runners-up: Cicely Tyson - Sounder, Harriet Andersson - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and Janet Suzman - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Best Director:

Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather and Luis Buñuel - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Best Film:

Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Runners-up: The Godfather and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)

Best Screenplay:

Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Runners-up: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Best Supporting Actor:

Robert Duvall - The Godfather

Runners-up: Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid and Robert Shaw - Young Winston

Best Supporting Actress:

Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid

Runners-up: Susan Tyrrell - Fat City and Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner

Special Award:

The Sorrow and the Pity

References

1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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