1967 National Society of Film Critics Awards

2nd NSFC Awards

January 1968

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Best Picture:
Persona

The 2nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics in January 1968, honored the best in film for 1967. ^[1]

The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the Saturday Review , Brendan Gill of The New Yorker , Philip T. Hartung of Commonweal , Pauline Kael of The New Yorker , Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic , Arthur Knight of Saturday Review , Joseph Morgenstern of Newsweek , Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice , Richard Schickel of Life , Wilfrid Sheed of Esquire , and John Simon of The New Leader . ^[2]

Winners

Best Picture

• Persona (18 points)

2. Bonnie and Clyde (9 points)
3. Closely Watched Trains (8 points)

Best Director

• Ingmar Bergman – Persona (majority vote on the first ballot)

Best Actor

• Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night (10 points)

2. Marcello Mastroianni – The Stranger (8 points)
2. Yves Montand – The War Is Over (8 points)

Best Actress

• Bibi Andersson – Persona (23 points)

2. Annie Girardot – Live for Life (20 points)
3. Edith Evans – The Whisperers (17 points)

Best Supporting Actor

• Gene Hackman – Bonnie and Clyde (16 points)

2. Jean Martin – The Battle of Algiers (7 points)
3. Brian Keith – Reflections in a Golden Eye (6 points)

Best Supporting Actress

• Marjorie Rhodes – The Family Way (11 points)

2. Vivien Merchant – Accident (10 points)
3. Ellen O'Mara – Up the Down Staircase (8 points)

Best Screenplay

• David Newman and Robert Benton – Bonnie and Clyde (14 points)

2. Ingmar Bergman – Persona (13 points)
3. Jiří Menzel and Bohumil Hrabal – Closely Watched Trains (10 points)

Best Cinematography

• Haskell Wexler – In the Heat of the Night (16 points)

2. Conrad L. Hall – Cool Hand Luke and In Cold Blood (9 points)
3. Sven Nykvist – Persona (6 points)
3. Nicolas Roeg – Far from the Madding Crowd (6 points)

References

1. "Magazine Critics Name Swedish Film 'Tops'". The Calgary Herald. 5 January 1968. Retrieved 3 January 2018– via Google News Archive.
2. Schickel, Richard; Simon, John, eds. (1968). Film 67/68: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. New York: Simon and Schuster.

External links

• Past Awards