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

External links

  • 1972 Awards

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