1973 National Society of Film Critics 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.

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

References

1. (7 January 1974). "Film by Truffaut named best of ‘73". The New York Times.
2. (4 January 1974). "'Day for Night' Tops Critics' Poll". Los Angeles Times.