11th NSFC Awards
January 4, 1977
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Best Film:
All the President's Men
The 11th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1977, honored the best filmmaking of
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
.
Winners
Best Picture
1. ''
All the President's Men''
2. ''
Taxi Driver''
3. ''
The Memory of Justice
''The Memory of Justice'' is a 1976 documentary film directed by Marcel Ophuls. It explores the subject of atrocities committed in wartime and features Joan Baez, Karl Dönitz, Hermann Göring, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Yehudi Menuhin, Albert Sp ...
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Best Director
1.
Martin Scorsese – ''
Taxi Driver''
2.
Alan J. Pakula – ''
All the President's Men''
3.
Éric Rohmer – ''
The Marquise of O
''The Marquise of O'' (german: Die Marquise von O....) is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. It was first published in 1808.
Synopsis
The story begins with a one-sentence paragraph -- the widowed Marquise von O. ...
'' (''Die Marquise von O...'')
Best Actor
1.
Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...
– ''
Taxi Driver''
2.
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
– ''
The Last Woman'' (''La dernière femme'')
2.
William Holden – ''
Network''
Best Actress
1.
Sissy Spacek – ''
Carrie
Carrie may refer to:
People
* Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname
Places in the United States
* Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Carrie Glacier, Olympic Nati ...
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2.
Faye Dunaway – ''
Network''
3.
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in m ...
– ''
Face to Face'' (''Ansikte mot ansikte'')
Best Supporting Actor
1.
Jason Robards – ''
All the President's Men''
2.
Harvey Keitel – ''
Taxi Driver''
3.
Robert Duvall – ''
Network'' and ''
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.'' is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. It is written as a pastiche of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, and was made into a film of the same na ...
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Best Supporting Actress
1.
Jodie Foster – ''
Taxi Driver''
2.
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shire ...
– ''
Rocky''
3.
Marie-France Pisier – ''
Cousin, Cousine
''Cousin Cousine'' is a 1975 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella and starring Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, and Marie-France Pisier. Written by Tacchella and Danièle Thompson, the film is about two cousins by ...
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Best Screenplay
1.
John Berger and
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director.
Early years and education
Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had re ...
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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
''Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000'' (french: Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) is a 1976 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. The location of the shooting was Geneva.
The film follows the lives ...
'' (''Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000'')
2.
Paddy Chayefsky – ''
Network''
3.
Paul Mazursky – ''
Next Stop, Greenwich Village''
4.
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...
– ''
The Last Tycoon''
Best Cinematography
1.
Haskell Wexler – ''
Bound for Glory''
2.
N̩stor Almendros Р''
The Marquise of O
''The Marquise of O'' (german: Die Marquise von O....) is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. It was first published in 1808.
Synopsis
The story begins with a one-sentence paragraph -- the widowed Marquise von O. ...
'' (''Die Marquise von O...'')
3.
Michael Chapman – ''
Taxi Driver''
Special Citation
*''
Ossessione''
References
External links
Past Awards
{{NSFC Awards Chron
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
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