28th British Academy Film Awards

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28th British Academy Film Awards
Date26 February 1975
Hosted by David Niven
Highlights
Best Film Lacombe, Lucien
Best Actor Jack Nicholson
Chinatown and The Last Detail
Best Actress Joanne Woodward
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Most awards Chinatown , The Great Gatsby and Murder on the Orient Express (3)
Most nominations Chinatown (11)

The 28th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 26 February 1975, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1974. 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 1974. [1]

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Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien won the award for Best Film. Jack Nicholson accepted the award for Best Actor for his performances in Chinatown and The Last Detail from the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . [2] Joanne Woodward ( Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams ) received Best Actress, whilst John Gielgud and Ingrid Bergman won in the supporting categories for their performances in Murder on the Orient Express .

The ceremony was hosted by David Niven. [3]

Winners and nominees

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Roman Polanski, Best Direction winner
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Jack Nicholson, Best Actor winner
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Joanne Woodward, Best Actress winner
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John Gielgud, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Ingrid Bergman, Best Supporting Actress winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Specialised Film
  • Monet in London
    • Adventure in Colour
    • Child Part II
    • Nobody's Fault
John Grierson Award
  • Location North Sea
    • Acting in Turn
    • Facets of Glass
    • The Quiet Land
United Nations Award

Statistics

See also

References

  1. "28th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Jack Nicholson's 1975 Bafta speech from the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – video". The Guardian . 4 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. "BBC One London – 26 February 1975". BBC Programme Index. Archived from the original on Oct 31, 2020.