1969 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Explained

35th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 25, 1970
(announced December 29, 1969)

----Best Picture:
Z

The 35th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1969.^[1]

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy
  • Runners-up: Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy and Robert Redford - Downhill Racer
• Best Actress:
  • Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  • Runners-up: Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora and Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
• Best Director:
  • Costa-Gavras - Z
  • Runners-up: Richard Attenborough - Oh! What a Lovely War and Luchino Visconti - The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
• Best Film:
  • Z
  • Runners-up: Oh! What a Lovely War and The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
• Best Screenplay:
  • Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
  • Runners-up: François Truffaut, Claude de Givray and Bernard Revon - Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) and Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli and Nicola Badalucco - The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider
  • Runner-up: Elliott Gould - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Dyan Cannon - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
  • Runners-up: Catherine Burns - Last Summer and Delphine Seyrig - Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés)

External links

• 1969 Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Weiler. A. H.. 'Z' Voted Best Film of 1969 by Critics Here; Jane Fonda and Jon Voight Capture Acting Honor. 29 December 2017. The New York Times. 30 December 1969.