27th British Academy Film Awards

27th British Academy Film Awards
27th British Academy Film Awards
Date	6 March 1974
Site	Royal Albert Hall
Hosted by	Eamonn Andrews ; Petula Clark
Highlights
Best Film	Day for Night
Best Actor	Walter Matthau; Charley Varrick and Pete 'n' Tillie
Best Actress	Stéphane Audran; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Juste avant la nuit
Most awards	Day for Night and The Hireling (3)
Most nominations	The Day of the Jackal and Don't Look Now (7)
	← 26th; BAFTA Awards; 28th →;

The 27th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 6 March 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1973. 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 1973.^[1]

François Truffaut's Day for Night won the award for Best Film, Direction (Truffaut) and Supporting Actress (Valentina Cortese). The film received a total of 3 awards, tying with The Hireling as the most awarded film.^[2] Walter Matthau received Best Actor for his performances in Charley Varrick and Pete 'n' Tillie. Stéphane Audran took home Best Actress for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall, whilst Arthur Lowe won Best Supporting Actor for O Lucky Man!.

The ceremony was hosted by Eamonn Andrews and Petula Clark and awards were presented by Princess Anne, president of the society.

Winners and nominees

François Truffaut, Best Film and Best Direction winner

Valentina Cortese, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jean-Claude Carrière, Best Screenplay co-winner

BAFTA Fellowship

David Lean

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Day for Night – François Truffaut The Day of the Jackal – Fred Zinnemann The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel Don't Look Now – Nicolas Roeg	Best Direction François Truffaut – Day for Night Fred Zinnemann – The Day of the Jackal Luis Buñuel – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Nicolas Roeg – Don't Look Now
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Walter Matthau – Charley Varrick* as Charley Varrick Walter Matthau – Pete 'n' Tillie as Pete** Donald Sutherland – Don't Look Now as John Baxter Donald Sutherland – Steelyard Blues as Jesse Veldini Laurence Olivier – Sleuth as Andrew Wyke Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris as Paul	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Stéphane Audran – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* as Alice Senechal Stéphane Audran – Just Before Nightfall as Helene Masson** Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class as Vickie Allessio Julie Christie – Don't Look Now as Laura
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Arthur Lowe – O Lucky Man!* as Charlie Johnson** Denholm Elliott – A Doll's House as Nils Krogstad Ian Bannen – The Offence as Baxter Michael Lonsdale – The Day of the Jackal as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Valentina Cortese – Day for Night* as Severine** Delphine Seyrig – The Day of the Jackal as Colette de Montpellier Ingrid Thulin – Cries and Whispers as Karin Rosemary Leach – That'll Be the Day as Mary Maclaine
Best Screenplay The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière The Day of the Jackal – Kenneth Ross Sleuth – Anthony Shaffer A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank and Jack Rose	Best Cinematography Don't Look Now – Anthony B. Richmond Cries and Whispers – Sven Nykvist Jesus Christ Superstar – Douglas Slocombe Sleuth – Oswald Morris Travels with My Aunt – Douglas Slocombe
Best Costume Design The Hireling – Phyllis Dalton Brother Sun, Sister Moon – Danilo Donati A Doll's House – Beatrice Dawson Jesus Christ Superstar – Yvonne Blake	Best Editing The Day of the Jackal – Ralph Kemplen Charley Varrick – Frank Morriss Don't Look Now – Graeme Clifford The National Health – Ralph Sheldon
Best Original Music O Lucky Man! – Alan Price Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – Bob Dylan Sounder – Taj Mahal State of Siege – Mikis Theodorakis	Best Production Design The Hireling – Natasha Kroll England Made Me – Tony Woollard Roma – Danilo Donati Sleuth – Ken Adam
Best Sound Jesus Christ Superstar – Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant The Day of the Jackal – Nicholas Stevenson and Robert Allen The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Guy Villette and Luis Buñuel Don't Look Now – Rodney Holland, Peter Davies and Bob Jones	Best Short Animation Tchou Tchou Balablok
Best Documentary Grierson – National Film Board of Canada No other nominees	Best Specialised Film A Man's World The Pastfinders Who Sold You This, Then? WSP
John Grierson Award Caring for History Artistry in Tureens The Scene from Melbury House Without Due Care	United Nations Award State of Siege – Costa-Gavras Jesus Christ Superstar – Norman Jewison Savages – James Ivory Sounder – Martin Ritt
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles *Peter Egan – The Hireling* as Captain Hugh Cantrip** David Essex – That'll Be the Day as Jim Maclaine Jim Dale – Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall as Spike Milligan Kris Kristofferson – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as Billy the Kid

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
7	The Day of the Jackal
7	Don't Look Now
5	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
4	Jesus Christ Superstar
4	Sleuth
3	Day for Night
3	The Hireling
2	Charley Varrick
	Cries and Whispers
	A Doll's House
	O Lucky Man!
	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
	Sounder
	State of Siege
	That'll Be the Day
	A Touch of Class

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
3	Day for Night
3	The Hireling
2	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
2	O Lucky Man!

References

^ "27th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ "Comic wins UK's top film award". The Age. 8 March 1974. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

External links

Official Website

[BAFTA27-1] "27th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[2] "Comic wins UK's top film award". The Age. 8 March 1974. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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