1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards

8th NSFC Awards

January 4, 1974

Best Film:
Day for Night

The 8th National Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1973. Voting by nineteen members of the society took place on 2 January 1974 and winners announced that day. Citations were presented to the winners in a ceremony on 20 January 1974. Both the voting and the ceremony occurred at the Algonquin Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.^[1]^[2]

Winners

Best Picture

Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Director

François Truffaut – Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Actor

Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)

Best Actress

Liv Ullmann – The New Land (Nybyggarna)

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro – Mean Streets

Best Supporting Actress

Valentina Cortese – Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Screenplay

George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck – American Graffiti

Best Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond – The Long Goodbye

Special Awards

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo)
Daryl Duke
Robert Ryan – The Iceman Cometh

References

^ "Film by Truffaut named best of '73". The New York Times. 7 January 1974. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ Champlin, Charles (4 January 1974). "'Day for Night' Tops Critics' Poll". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.