1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards<br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> January 3, 1973 </div>

Best Picture: <br> <big> Cries and Whispers </big>

</div> 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