1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
# 1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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.

## 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
