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1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
37th New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 23, 1972 ---- Best Picture: A Clockwork Orange The 37th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1971 in film, 1971. The winners were announced on 29 December 1971 and the awards were given on 23 January 1972. Winners *Best Actor: **Gene Hackman - ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'' **Runners-up: Peter Finch - ''Sunday Bloody Sunday (film), Sunday Bloody Sunday'' and Malcolm McDowell - ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' *Best Actress: **Jane Fonda - ''Klute'' **Runners-up: Gena Rowlands - ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' and Shirley MacLaine - ''Desperate Characters'' *Best Director: **Stanley Kubrick - ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' **Runners-up: Peter Bogdanovich - ''The Last Picture Show'' and Bernardo Bertolucci - ''The Conformist (film), The Conformist (Il conformista)'' *Best Film: **''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' **Runners-up: ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 In Film
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. *April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971. *May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto. *May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures. *Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :'' The Go-Between'', directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |