26th British Academy Film Awards

The 26th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 28 February 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1972. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1972.

After receiving the most nominations with 11, Bob Fosse's Cabaret took home the most awards of the night, winning a total of 7 awards. This included; Best Film, Direction (Fosse), Actress (Liza Minnelli), Production Design (Rolf Zehetbauer) and Most Promising Newcomer (Joel Grey). Gene Hackman received Best Actor for his performances in The French Connection and The Poseidon Adventure, whilst Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won in the supporting categories for their performances in The Last Picture Show.

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Parkinson and John Mills.

Winners and nominees

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Bob Fosse, Best Film and Best Direction winner

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Gene Hackman, Best Actor winner

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Liza Minnelli, Best Actress winner

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Ben Johnson, Best Supporting Actor winner

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Cloris Leachman, Best Supporting Actress winner

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Template:Award category Cabaret – Bob Fosse A Clockwork Orange – Stanley Kubrick The French Connection – William Friedkin The Last Picture Show – Peter Bogdanovich	Template:Award category Bob Fosse – Cabaret Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange William Friedkin – The French Connection
Template:Award category Gene Hackman – The French Connection as Detective Jimmy Doyle Gene Hackman – The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Frank Scott George C. Scott – The Hospital as Doctor Herbert Bock George C. Scott – They Might Be Giants as Justin Marlon Brando – The Godfather as Vito Corleone Marlon Brando – The Nightcomers as Peter Quint Robert Shaw – Young Winston as Lord Randolph Churchill	Template:Award category Liza Minnelli – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Anne Bancroft – Young Winston as Lady Randolph Churchill Dorothy Tutin – Savage Messiah as Sophie Brzeska Stéphane Audran – Le Boucher as Helene Daville
Template:Award category Ben Johnson – The Last Picture Show as Sam Max Adrian – The Boy Friend as Max Mandeville Ralph Richardson – Lady Caroline Lamb as George IV Robert Duvall – The Godfather as Tom Hagen	Template:Award category Cloris Leachman – The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper Eileen Brennan – The Last Picture Show as Genevieve Marisa Berenson – Cabaret as Natalia Landauer Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
Template:Award category The Hospital – Paddy Chayefsky The Last Picture Show – Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen A Clockwork Orange – Stanley Kubrick	Template:Award category Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Geoffrey Unsworth Cabaret – Geoffrey Unsworth A Clockwork Orange – John Alcott Deliverance – Vilmos Zsigmond The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Ennio Guarnieri Images – Vilmos Zsigmond McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Vilmos Zsigmond
Template:Award category Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Anthony Mendleson Macbeth – Anthony Mendleson Young Winston – Anthony Mendleson Cabaret – Charlotte Flemming The Godfather – Anna Hill Johnstone	Template:Award category The French Connection – Gerald B. Greenberg Cabaret – David Bretherton A Clockwork Orange – Bill Butler Deliverance – Tom Priestley
Template:Award category The Godfather – Nino Rota Lady Caroline Lamb – Richard Rodney Bennett Macbeth – Third Ear Band Young Winston – Alfred Ralston	Template:Award category Cabaret – Rolf Zehetbauer A Clockwork Orange – John Barry Lady Caroline Lamb – Carmen Dillon Young Winston – Geoffrey Drake and Donald M. Ashton
Template:Award category Cabaret – David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi A Clockwork Orange – Brian Blamey, John Jordan and Bill Rowe Deliverance – Jim Atkinson, Walter Goss and Doug Turner The French Connection – Chris Newman and Theodore Soderberg	Template:Award category Cutting Oils and Fluids We Call It Petrol What Did You Learn at School Today? What Is Life?
Template:Award category Memorial – James Allen History of the Motor Car – Bill Mason The Tide of Traffic – Derek Williams	Template:Award category The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Vittorio De Sica A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – Peter Medak Family Life – Ken Loach One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Caspar Wrede
Template:Award category Joel Grey – Cabaret as Emcee Al Pacino – The Godfather as Michael Corleone Bud Cort – Harold and Maude as Harold Parker Chasen Simon Ward – Young Winston as Winston Churchill

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

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11	Cabaret
7	A Clockwork Orange
6	The Last Picture Show
	Young Winston
5	The French Connection
	The Godfather
3	Deliverance
	Lady Caroline Lamb
2	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
	The Hospital
	Macbeth
	The Poseidon Adventure

Films that received multiple awards

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7	Cabaret
3	The Last Picture Show
2	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
	The French Connection

See also

• 45th Academy Awards
• 25th Directors Guild of America Awards
• 30th Golden Globe Awards
• 25th Writers Guild of America Awards

External links

• Official Website