1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1973, honored the best filmmaking of 1972.^[1]

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

External links

• 1972 Awards