1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Explained

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 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

News: Film Critics Awards Go To Bergman. Google News Archive. 29 December 2017. Youngstown Vindicator. 4 January 1973.