Monday, 7 April 2025

1975, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Poster 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Nominees:

  • 'Chinatown'
  • 'The Last Detail'
  • 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:  Jack Nicholson  as J.J. "Jake" Gittes in  'Chinatown' and as Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky in 'The Last Detail'

Jack Nicholson  as J.J. "Jake" Gittes in  'Chinatown'

Nominees:

  • Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot in 'Murder on the Orient Express'
  • Al Pacino as Frank Serpico in 'Serpico'
  • Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in 'The Conversation'

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:  Joanne Woodward as Rita Walden in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'

Joanne Woodward as Rita Walden in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'

Nominees:

  • Barbra Streisand as Katie Morosky in 'The Way We Were'
  • Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman in 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'
  • Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in 'Chinatown'

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: John Gielgud as Edward Beddoes in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

John Gielgud as Edward Beddoes in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Nominees:

  • Adam Faith as Mike Menary in 'Stardust'
  • John Huston as Noah Cross in 'Chinatown'
  • Randy Quaid as Seaman Larry Meadows in 'The Last Detail'

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Ingrid Bergman as Greta Ohlsson in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Ingrid Bergman as Greta Ohlsson in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Nominees:

  • Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson in 'American Graffiti'
  • Sylvia Sidney as Mrs. Pritchett in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'
  • Sylvia Syms as Margaret Stephenson in 'The Tamarind Seed'

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler in 'Mahler'

Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler in 'Mahler'

Nominees:

  • Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in 'Blazing Saddles'
  • Sissy Spacek as Holly Sargis in 'Badlands'

Best Screenplay
Winner: Robert Towne for 'Chinatown' and  'The Last Detail'

Poster 'Chinatown'
Poster 'The Last Detail'

Nominees:

  • Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger: 'Blazing Saddles'
  • Francis Ford Coppola: 'The Conversation'
  • Louis Malle and Patrick Modiano: 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Best Direction
Winner: Roman Polanski for 'Chinatown'

Poster 'Chinatown'

Nominees:

  • Francis Ford Coppola for 'The Conversation'
  • Louis Malle for 'Lacombe, Lucien'
  • Sidney Lumet for 'Murder on the Orient Express'
  • Sidney Lumet for 'Serpico'

Best Cinematography
Winner: Douglas Slocombe for 'The Great Gatsby'

Poster 'The Great Gatsby'

Nominees:

  • John A. Alonzo: 'Chinatown'
  • Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Murder on the Orient Express'
  • David Watkin: 'The Three Musketeers'
  • Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Zardoz'

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

1974, Sports; French Open – Men's singles

On June 16, 1974, the young Swedish talent Björn Borg at the age of 18 triumphed in Paris, winning his first Grand Slam title. He defeated Manuel Orantes in the final with 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1. It was his first of an eventual six French Open titles, and the first of eleven major titles overall. Ilie Năstase was the defending champion, but lost in the quarter-finals to Harold Solomon.

Björn Borg and his trainer Lennart Bergelin
Manuel Orantes and Björn Borg


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