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BAFTA 1972: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1971)

Highlights

Best Film: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Best Director: John Schlesinger
Best Leading Actor: Peter Finch
Best Leading Actress: Glenda Jackson
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Fox
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Leighton
Best Original Screenplay: Harold Pinter
Best Cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis

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Best Editing: Richard Marden
Best Music Score: Vittorio Trentino, Giuseppe Muratori
Best Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Best Costume Design: Piero Tosi
Best Documentary: The Hellstrom Chronicle
Best Short: Alaska: The Great Land (S)
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music: Michel Legrand
Best TV Series - Drama: Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series)
Best TV Series - Drama: For Episode 'Edna, the Inebriate Woman (#2.2)'
Best Leading Actor TV - Drama: John Le Mesurier, for Episode 'Traitor (#2.1)'
Best Leading Actress TV - Drama: Patricia Hayes, for Episode 'Edna, the Inebriate Woman (#2.2)'
Best TV Screenplay - Comedy: Benny Hill
Best Production Design - TV: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
Most Promising Newcomer to Film: Dominic Guard

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Best Film - 1972

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Winner

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

Nominees

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards
The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

John Schlesinger

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

Nominees

Luchino Visconti

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards
Joseph Losey

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
Milos Forman

Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

Peter Finch

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

Nominees

Dirk Bogarde

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards
Albert Finney

Gumshoe
Stephen Frears

Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule ...

2 nominations
Dustin Hoffman

Little Big Man
Arthur Penn

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan ...

2 nominations

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Winner

Glenda Jackson

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

Nominees

Julie Christie

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
Jane Fonda

Klute
Alan J. Pakula

Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider, Charles Cioffi ...
Nanette Newman

Long Ago, Tomorrow
Bryan Forbes

Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Gerald Sim

2 nominations
Lynn Carlin

Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

Edward Fox

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

John Hurt

10 Rillington Place
Richard Fleischer

Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood ...
Ian Hendry

Get Carter
Mike Hodges

Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne ...
Michael Gough

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards

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Winner

Margaret Leighton

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Jane Asher

Deep End
Jerzy Skolimowski

Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford ...
Georgia Brown

Long Ago, Tomorrow
Bryan Forbes

Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Gerald Sim

2 nominations
Georgia Engel

Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

Harold Pinter

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Neville Smith

Gumshoe
Stephen Frears

Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule ...

2 nominations
Penelope Gilliatt

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards
Milos Forman, John Guare, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jon Klein

Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

Pasqualino De Santis

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Oswald Morris

Fiddler on the Roof
Norman Jewison

Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon ...

3 nominations
Gerry Fisher

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
Billy Williams

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

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Winner

Richard Marden

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

Nominees

Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence

Fiddler on the Roof
Norman Jewison

Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon ...

3 nominations
Antony Gibbs

Performance
Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell

James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton ...
John Carter

Taking Off
Milos Forman

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey ...

6 nominations

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Winner

Vittorio Trentino, Giuseppe Muratori

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Les Wiggins, David Hildyard, Gordon K. McCallum

Fiddler on the Roof
Norman Jewison

Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon ...

3 nominations
Garth Craven, Peter Handford, Hugh Strain

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
David Campling, Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...

8 nominations - 5 awards

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Winner

Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Carmen Dillon

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
John Box

Nicholas and Alexandra
Franklin J. Schaffner

Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Tom Baker, Laurence Olivier ...

3 nominations
Christine Edzard

Tales of Beatrix Potter
Reginald Mills

Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Julie Wood, Ann Howard ...

2 nominations

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Winner

Piero Tosi

Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti

Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson ...

7 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

John Furniss

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards
Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo

Nicholas and Alexandra
Franklin J. Schaffner

Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Tom Baker, Laurence Olivier ...

3 nominations
Christine Edzard

Tales of Beatrix Potter
Reginald Mills

Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Julie Wood, Ann Howard ...

2 nominations

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Winner

The Hellstrom Chronicle
Ed Spiegel, Walon Green

Documentary

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Winner

Alaska: The Great Land (S)
Derek Williams

Documentary

Nominees

Big Horn (S)
Bill Schmalz

Documentary

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Michel Legrand

Summer of '42
Robert Mulligan

Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant ...

2 nominations - 1 award

Nominees

John Hammond

Little Big Man
Arthur Penn

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan ...

2 nominations
Isaac Hayes

Shaft
Gordon Parks

Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Gwenn Mitchell ...
Charles Dumont

Traffic
Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati, Maria Kimberly, Marcel Fraval, Honoré Bostel ...

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Winner

Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series)
Bill Bain, Christopher Hodson, Raymond Menmuir

Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley ...
For Episode 'Edna, the Inebriate Woman (#2.2)'

Play for Today (TV Series)
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie

Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker ...

4 nominations - 3 awards

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John Le Mesurier, for Episode 'Traitor (#2.1)'

Play for Today (TV Series)
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie

Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker ...

4 nominations - 3 awards

Nominees

Frank Finlay

Casanova (TV) (TV Miniseries)
Mark Cullingham, John Glenister

Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Zienia Merton, Christine Noonan ...

2 nominations
Alfred Burke

Public Eye (TV Series) (TV Series)
Don Leaver, William G. Stewart, Kim Mills

Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish ...
Kenneth Haigh

Man at the Top (TV Series)
John Braine (Creator)

Kenneth Haigh, Zena Walker, Paul Hardwick, Avice Landone ...
Kenneth Haigh

The Search for the Nile (TV) (TV Miniseries)
Christopher Ralling, Fred Burnley, Richard Marquand

Kenneth Haigh, James Mason, John Quentin, Barbara Leigh-Hunt ...

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Winner

Patricia Hayes, for Episode 'Edna, the Inebriate Woman (#2.2)'

Play for Today (TV Series)
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie

Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker ...

4 nominations - 3 awards

Nominees

Gemma Jones, for Episode 'The Man In The Sidecar'

Play for Today (TV Series)
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie

Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker ...

4 nominations - 3 awards
Gemma Jones, for Episode 'The Cherry Orchard'

BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)
Cedric Messina, John Gorrie, Rudolph Cartier

Charles Gray, Lally Bowers, Eileen Atkins, Janet Suzman ...
Glenda Jackson

Elizabeth R (TV Series) (TV Series)
Roderick Graham

Glenda Jackson, Ronald Hines, Robert Hardy, Anthony Ainley ...
Rosemary Leach

Cider with Rosie (TV)
Claude Whatham

Rosemary Leach, Stephen Grendon, Philip Hawkes, Peter Chandler ...

3 nominations
Rosemary Leach, for Episode 'The Mosedale Horseshoe'

ITV Playhouse (TV Series) (TV Series)
John Jacobs, Michael Apted, David Cunliffe

Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Gwen Nelson ...

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Winner

Benny Hill

The Benny Hill Show (TV Series)
Benny Hill, Dennis Kirkland, John Robins

Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Anna Dawson ...

Nominees

Dennis Potter

Casanova (TV) (TV Miniseries)
Mark Cullingham, John Glenister

Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Zienia Merton, Christine Noonan ...

2 nominations

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
Jonathan Alwyn, Alan Cooke, Jim Goddard

Peter Barkworth, Peter Vaughan, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines ...

Nominees

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Winner

Dominic Guard

The Go-Between
Joseph Losey

Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave ...

12 nominations - 4 awards

Nominees

Carrie Snodgress

Diary of a Mad Housewife
Frank Perry

Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress, Lorraine Cullen ...
Janet Suzman

Nicholas and Alexandra
Franklin J. Schaffner

Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Tom Baker, Laurence Olivier ...

3 nominations
Gary Grimes

Summer of '42
Robert Mulligan

Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant ...

2 nominations - 1 award