1972, Film and Television Awards: Étoiles de cristal (France)

Grand prix (Best French Film)
'Les Camisards' (René Allio)

'Les Camisards' poster

Meilleur acteur (Best Actor)
Pierre Clémenti as Horseman / Archer in 'La Cicatrice intérieure'

Pierre Clémenti as Horseman / Archer

Meilleure actrice (Best Actress)
Bulle Ogier as Rosemonde in 'La Salamandre'

Bulle Ogier as Rosemonde

Prix international (Best Foreign Film)
'Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica' (Damiano Damiani)

'Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica' poster

Meilleur acteur étranger (Best Foreign Actor)
Peter Finch as Dr. Daniel Hirsh in 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'

Peter Finch as Dr. Daniel Hirsh

Meilleure actrice étrangère (Best Foreign Actress)
Glenda Jackson as Alex Greville in 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'

Glenda Jackson as Alex Greville

1962, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best British Film
Winner: 'A Taste of Honey'

Nominees:

• 'The Innocents'
• 'The Long and the Short and the Tall'
• 'The Sundowners'
• 'Whistle Down the Wind'

Best Film from any Source
Winners: 'Ballada O Soldate' and 'The Hustler'

Nominees:

• 'Apur Sansar'
• 'Le Trou'
• 'The Innocents'
• 'Judgment at Nuremberg'
• 'The Long and the Short and the Tall'
• 'Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli'
• 'The Sundowners'
• 'A Taste of Honey'
• 'Whistle Down the Wind'

 

Best British Actor
Winner:  Peter Finch as Johnnie Byrne in 'No Love For Johnnie'

Nominees:

• Dirk Bogarde as Melville Farr in 'Victim'

Best British Actress
Winner:  Dora Bryan as Helen in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Deborah Kerr as Ida Carmody in 'The Sundowners'
• Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock in 'Whistle Down The Wind'

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Paul Newman as Eddie Felson in 'The Hustler'

Nominees:

• Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Peterson in 'Judgment At Nuremberg'
• Vladimir Ivashov as Private Alyosha Skvortsov in 'Ballada O Soldate'
• Philippe Leroy as Manu Borelli in 'Le Trou'
• Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger in 'A Raisin In The Sun'
• Maximilian Schell as defense counsel Hans Rolfe in 'Judgment At Nuremberg'
• Alberto Sordi as Captain Blasi in 'The Best Of Enemies'

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Sophia Loren as Cesira in 'La ciociara'

Nominees:

• Annie Girardot as Nadia in 'Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli'
• Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard in 'The Hustler'
• Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger in 'A Raisin In The Sun'
• Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini in 'À bout de souffle'

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Rita Tushingham as Jo in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Tony Hancock as Anthony Hancock in 'The Rebel'
• Murray Melvin as Geoffrey Ingham in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Wolf Mankowitz & Val Guest: 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' and Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson: 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Ted Willis: 'Flame In The Streets'
• Carl Foreman:'The Guns Of Navarone'
• Janet Green & John McCormick: 'Victim'
• Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall: 'Whistle Down The Wind'

1972, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• ‘Death in Venice’
• ‘The Go-Between’
• ‘Taking Off’

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:  Peter Finch as Daniel Hirsh in ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Albert Finney as Eddie Ginley in ‘Gumshoe’
• Dirk Bogarde as Gustav Von Aschenbach in ‘Death in Venice’
• Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb in ‘Little Big Man’

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:  Glenda Jackson as Alex Greville in ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels in ‘Klute’
• Julie Christie as Marian Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’
• Lynn Carlin as Lynn Tyne in ‘Taking Off’
• Nanette Newman as Jill Matthews in ‘The Raging Moon’

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Edward Fox as Hugh in ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Ian Hendry as Eric Paice in ‘Get Carter’
• John Hurt as Timothy Evans in ‘10 Rillington Place’
• Michael Gough as Mr. Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Georgia Brown as Sarah Charles in ‘The Raging Moon’
• Georgia Engel as Margot in ‘Taking Off’
• Jane Asher as Susan in ‘Deep End’

Best Screenplay
Winner: Harold Pinter: ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Neville Smith: ‘Gumshoe’
• Penelope Gilliatt: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’
• Miloš Forman, John Guare, Jean-Claude Carrière and John Klein: ‘Taking Off’

Best Direction
Winner: John Schlesinger: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Joseph Losey: ‘The Go-Between’
• Luchino Visconti: ‘Death in Venice’
• Miloš Forman: ‘Taking Off’

Best Cinematography
Winner: Pasqualino De Santis: ‘Death in Venice’

Nominees:

• Oswald Morris: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
• Gerry Fisher: ‘The Go-Between’
• Billy Williams: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Best Editing
Winner: Richard Marden: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
• Antony Gibbs: ‘Performance’
• John Carter: ‘Taking Off’

Best Costume Design
Winner: Piero Tosi: ‘Death in Venice’

Nominees:

• John Furniss: ‘The Go-Between’
• Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo: ‘Nicholas and Alexandra’
• Christine Edzard: ‘The Tales of Beatrix Potter’

Best Original Music
Winner: Michel Legrand: ‘Summer of '42’

Nominees:

• John P. Hammond: ‘Little Big Man’
• Isaac Hayes: ‘Shaft’
• Charles Dumont: ‘Trafic’

1961, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film From Any Source
Winner: ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

• ‘The Angry Silence’
• ‘Inherit the Wind’
• ‘Let's Make Love’
• ‘Elmer Gantry’
• ‘Shadows’
• ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’
• ‘Spartacus’
• ‘Tunes of Glory’
• ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
• ‘La Dolce Vita’
• ‘Hiroshima mon amour’
• ‘Orfeu Negro’
• ‘Pote tin Kyriaki’
• ‘Le testament d'Orphée’
• ‘Les Quatre cents coups’
• ‘L'Avventura’

Best British Film
Winner: ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

• ‘The Angry Silence’
• ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
• ‘Tunes of Glory’

Best Foreign Actor
Winner:  Jack Lemmon
As in Calvin Clifford (C.C.) "Bud" Baxter in ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

• George Hamilton as as Robert in ‘Crime & Punishment USA’
• Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry in ‘Elmer Gantry’
• Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady in ‘Inherit the Wind’
• Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond in ‘Inherit the Wind’
• Yves Montand as Jean-Marc Clément in ‘Let's Make Love’

Best British Actor
Winner:  Peter Finch
As Oscar Wilde in ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’

Nominees:

• Richard Attenborough as Tom Curtis in ‘The Angry Silence’
• Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in ‘The Entertainer’
• Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton in ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’
• John Fraser as Lord Alfred Douglas in ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
• Alec Guinness as Major Jock Sinclair in ‘Tunes of Glory’
• John Mills as Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow in ‘Tunes of Glory’

Best Foreign Actress
Winner:  Shirley MacLaine
As Fran Kubelik in ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

• Pier Angeli as Anna Curtis in ‘The Angry Silence’
• Monica Vitti as Claudia in ‘L'Avventura’
• Jean Simmons as Sister Sharon Falconer in ‘Elmer Gantry’
• Emmanuelle Riva as Elle in ‘Hiroshima mon amour’
• Melina Mercouri as Ilya in ‘Pote tin Kyriaki’

Best British Actress
Winner:  Rachel Roberts
As Brenda in ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

• Hayley Mills as Pollyanna Whittier in ‘Pollyanna’
• Wendy Hiller as Mrs. Morel in ‘Sons and Lovers’

 

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Bryan Forbes with ‘The Angry Silence’

Nominees:

• Howard Clewes: ‘The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England’
• John Osborne, Nigel Kneale: ‘The Entertainer’
• Val Guest: ‘Hell Is A City’
• Bryan Forbes: ‘The League Of Gentlemen’
• Wolf Mankowitz: ‘The Millionairess’
• Alan Sillitoe: ‘Saturday Night And Sunday Morning’
• Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Foxwell: ‘A Touch Of Larceny’
• Ken Hughes: ‘The Trials Of Oscar Wilde’
• James Kennaway: ‘Tunes Of Glory’

Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
Winner: Albert Finney
As Arthur Seaton in ‘Saturday Night And Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

• Lelia Goldoni as Lelia in ‘Shadows’
• Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel in ‘Les quatre cents coups’
• George Peppard as Rafe Copley in ‘Home From The Hill’
• Joan Plowright as Jean Rice in ‘The Entertainer’
• Anthony Ray as Tony in ‘Shadows’
• Billie Whitelaw as Chloe Hawkins in ‘Hell Is A City’

1976, Film: Network

"Network",  an American film, was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1976. The film, about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS), and its struggle with poor ratings, was written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. The main cast are Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall.

Chayefsky's script was partly based on the on-air suicide of television news reporter Christine Chubbuck in Sarasota, Florida two years earlier. The anchorwoman suffered from depression and shot herself on camera on July 15, 1974.

William Holden and Peter Finch

The film tells the story of Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the long-time anchor of the UBS Evening News. One day news division president Max Schumacher (William Holden) tells him that he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings. The two old friends get drunk and lament the state of their industry. The following day, Beale announces on live television that he will commit suicide during next Tuesday's broadcast...

Faye Dunaway

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Finch (1977)
• Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Faye Dunaway (1977)
• Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Beatrice Straight (1977)
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Paddy Chayefsky (1977)
• BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor: Peter Finch (1978)

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