1969 National Society of Film Critics Awards

4th NSFC Awards

January 5, 1970

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Best Film:
Z

The 4th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1970, honored the best filmmaking of 1969. ^[1]

The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the Saturday Review , Harold Clurman of The Nation , Jay Cocks of Time , Brad Darrach of Movie, Penelope Gilliatt of The New Yorker , Pauline Kael of The New Yorker , Stefan Kanfer of Time , Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic , Robert Kotlowitz of Harper's Magazine , Joseph Morgenstern of Newsweek , Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice , Richard Schickel of Life , Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. of Vogue , and John Simon of The New Leader . ^[2]

Winners

Best Picture

• Z (21 points)

2. Stolen Kisses (11 points)
3. The Unfaithful Wife (10 points)

Best Director

• François Truffaut – Stolen Kisses (12 points)

2. Costa-Gavras – Z (11 points)
3. Claude Chabrol – The Unfaithful Wife (9 points)
3. Miklós Jancsó – The Red and the White (9 points)

Best Actor

• Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy (18 points)

2. Peter O'Toole – Goodbye, Mr. Chips (14 points)
3. Michel Bouquet – The Unfaithful Wife (9 points)
3. Robert Redford – Downhill Racer and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (9 points)

Best Actress

• Vanessa Redgrave – The Loves of Isadora (24 points)

2. Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (16 points)
3. Verna Bloom – Medium Cool (5 points)
3. Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (5 points)
3. Ingrid Thulin – The Damned (5 points)

Best Supporting Actor

• Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider (majority vote – 1st ballot)

Best Supporting Actress (tie)

• Delphine Seyrig – Stolen Kisses (13 points)
• Siân Phillips – Goodbye, Mr. Chips (13 points)

3. Verna Bloom – Medium Cool (12 points)
3. Dyan Cannon – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (12 points)
3. Celia Johnson – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Best Screenplay

• Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (22 points)

2. Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún – Z (18 points)
3. Alvin Sargent – The Sterile Cuckoo (6 points)

Best Cinematography

• Lucien Ballard – The Wild Bunch (16 points)

2. Miroslav Ondricek – If.... (11 points)
3. Haskell Wexler – Medium Cool (8 points)

Special Awards

• Ivan Passer for Intimate Lighting , "a first film of great originality."
• Dennis Hopper "for his achievements in Easy Rider as director, co-writer and co-star."

References

1. Weiler, A. H. (6 January 1970). "National Film Critics Crown 'Z,' Jon Voight, Miss Redgrave". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
2. Morgenstern, Joseph; Kanfer, Stefan, eds. (1970). Film 69/70: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. New York: Simon and Schuster.

External links

• Past Awards