British Academy Film Awards 1973

The 26th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in 1973 in London . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were given in 17 categories; there was also an honorary award. The awards were given to films made in 1972 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie	N	A.
Cabaret	11	7th
Clockwork Orange	7th	0
The young lion	6th	1
The last performance	6th	3
Brooklyn focal point	5	2
The Godfather	5	1
Everyone is the first to die	3	0
The great love of Lady Caroline	3	0
Alice in Wonderland	2	2
The garden of the Finzi Contini	2	1
Poseidon's journey into hell	2	1
hospital	2	1
Macbeth	2	1

Award winners and nominations

With eleven nominations, Bob Fosses Cabaret was considered a big favorite in the run-up to the award ceremony and was ultimately the winner of the evening with seven BAFTAs won. One of the losers was Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange , which received seven nominations.

Best movie

Cabaret - Director: Bob Fosse

Focal Point Brooklyn (The French Connection) - Director: William Friedkin

The Last Picture Show (The Last Picture Show) - Director: Peter Bogdanovich

A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange) - Director: Stanley Kubrick

United Nations Award

The garden of the Finzi Contini (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) - Director: Vittorio De Sica

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - Director: Peter Medak

Family Life - Director: Ken Loach

A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich) - Director: Caspar Wrede

Best director

Bob Fosse - Cabaret

Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show (The Last Picture Show)

William Friedkin - French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn (French Connection)

Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)

Best Actor

Gene Hackman - The Poseidon Adventure (The Poseidon Adventure) and French Connection - focus Brooklyn (French Connection)

Marlon Brando - The Hole in the Door (The Nightcomers) and The Godfather (The Godfather)

George C. Scott - The Wrong Sherlock Holmes (They Might Be Giants) and Hospital (The Hospital)

Robert Shaw - The Young Lion (Young Winston)

Eileen Brennan - The Last Picture Show

Shelley Winters - The Poseidon Adventure (The Poseidon Adventure)

Best Young Actor

Joel Gray - Cabaret

Bud Cort - Harold and Maude (Harold and Maude)

Al Pacino - The Godfather (The Godfather)

Simon Ward - The Young Lion (Young Winston)

Best script

Peter Bogdanovich , Larry McMurtry - The Last Picture Show (The Last Picture Show)
Paddy Chayefsky - Hospital (The Hospital)

Jay Presson Allen - Cabaret

Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)

Best camera

Geoffrey Unsworth - Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and Cabaret

John Alcott - A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)

Ennio Guarnieri - The Garden of the Finzi Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)

Vilmos Zsigmond - Everyone dies when they die (Deliverance) , McCabe & Mrs. Miller and mirror images (Images)

Best cut

Gerald B. Greenberg - Focal Point Brooklyn (The French Connection)

David Bretherton - Cabaret

Bill Butler - A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)

Tom Priestley - Everyone's Dying First (Deliverance)

Best production design

Rolf Zehetbauer - Cabaret

John Barry - A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)

Carmen Dillon - The great love of Lady Caroline (Lady Caroline Lamb)

Don Ashton , Geoffrey Drake - The Young Lion (Young Winston)

Best costumes

Anthony Mendleson - Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) , Der Junge Löwe (Young Winston) and Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Charlotte Flemming - Cabaret

Anna Hill Johnstone - The Godfather (The Godfather)