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1979 - 33rd British Film Awards

Best Film: Manhattan
Director: Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Actor: Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
Actress: Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome
Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now
Supporting Actress: Rachel Roberts - Yanks
Screenplay: Manhattan - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Cinematography: The Deer Hunter - Vilmos Zsigmond
Editing: The Deer Hunter - Peter Zinner
Film Music: Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone
Production Design: Alien - Michael Seymour
Costume Design: Yanks - Shirley Russell
Sound: Alien
Most Promising Newcomer: Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story & Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away
Academy Fellowship: Lew Grade


1978 - 32nd British Film Awards

Best Film: Julia
Director: Alan Parker - Midnight Express
Actor: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Actress: Jane Fonda - Julia
Supporting Actor: John Hurt - Midnight Express
Supporting Actress: Geraldine Page - Interiors
Screenplay: Julia - Alvin Sargent

Cinematography: Julia - Douglas Slocombe
Film Editing: Midnight Express - Gerry Hambling
Film Music: Star Wars - John Williams
Production Design: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Joe Alves
Costume Design: Death on the Nile - Anthony Powell
Sound: Star Wars
Newcomer: Christopher Reeve - Superman
Academy Fellowship: Huw Weldon


1977 - 31st British Film Awards

Best Film: Annie Hall
Director: Woody Allen - Annie Hall
Actor: Peter Finch - Network
Actress: Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
Supporting Actor: Edward Fox - A Bridge Too Far
Supporting Actress: Jenny Agutter - Equus
Screenplay: Annie Hall - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Cinematography: A Bridge Too Far - Geoffrey Unsworth
Editing: Annie Hall - Ralph Rosenblum, Wendy Greene Bricmont
Film Music: A Bridge Too Far - John Addison
Production Design: Casanova - Danilo Donati, Federico Fellini
Costume Design: Casanova - Danilo Donati
Sound: A Bridge Too Far
Newcomer: Isabelle Huppert - La Dentelliere
Academy Fellowship: Denis Forman & Fred Zinnemann


1976 - 30th British Film Awards

Best Film: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Director: Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Actor: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Actress: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Supporting Actor: Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster - Bugsy Malone / Taxi Driver
Screenplay: Bugsy Malone - Alan Parker

Cinematography: Picnic at Hanging Rock - Russell Boyd
Editing: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
Film Music: Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
Production Design: Bugsy Malone - Geoffrey Kirkland
Costume Design: The Slipper and the Rose - Julie Harris
Sound: Bugsy Malone
Newcomer: Jodie Foster - Bugsy Malone / Taxi Driver
Academy Fellowship: Charles Chaplin, Laurence Olivier


1975 - 29th British Film Awards

Best Film: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Director: Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Actor: Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon / The Godfather Part II
Actress: Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Supporting Actor: Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno
Supporting Actress: Diane Ladd - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Screenplay: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell

Cinematography: Barry Lyndon - John Alcott
Editing: Dog Day Afternoon - Dede Allen
Film Music: Jaws & The Towering Inferno - John Williams
Art Direction: Rollerball - John Box
Costume Design: The Day of the Locust - Ann Roth
Sound: Nashville
Newcomer: Valerie Perrine - Lenny
UN Award: Conrack
Academy Fellowship: Jacques Cousteau


1974 - 28th British Film Awards

Best Film: Lacombe, Lucien
Director: Roman Polanski - Chinatown
Actor: Jack Nicholson - Chinatown / The Last Detail
Actress: Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Supporting Actor: John Gielgud - Murder on the Orient Express
Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Murder on the Orient Express
Screenplay: The Last Detail - Robert Towne

Cinematography: The Great Gatsby - Douglas Slocombe
Editing: The Conversation - Walter Murch, Richard Chew
Film Music: Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett
Art Direction: The Great Gatsby - John Box
Costume Design: The Great Gatsby - Theoni Aldredge
Sound: The Conversation
Newcomer: Georgina Hale - Mahler
UN Award: Lacombe, Lucien
Academy Fellowship: David Lean


1973 - 27th British Film Awards

Best Film: Day for Night
Director: Francois Truffaut - Day for Night
Actor: Walter Matthau - Charley Varrick / Pete 'n' Tillie
Actress: Stephane Audran - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie / Just Before Nightfall
Supporting Actor: Arthur Lowe - O Lucky Man!
Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese - Day for Night
Screenplay: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere

Cinematography: Don't Look Now - Anthony Richmond
Editing: The Day of the Jackal - Ralph Kemplen
Film Music: O Lucky Man! - Alan Price
Art Direction: The Hireling - Natasha Kroll
Costume Design: The Hireling - Phyllis Dalton
Sound: Jesus Christ Superstar
Newcomer: Peter Egan - The Hireling
UN Award : Etat de Siege
Academy Fellowship: Grace Wyndham Goldie


1972 - 26th British Film Awards

Best Film: Cabaret
Director: Bob Fosse - Cabaret
Actor: Gene Hackman - The French Connection / The Poseidon Adventure
Actress : Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show
Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show
Screenplay: The Hospital - Paddy Chayefsky & The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurty, Peter Bogdanovich

Cinematography: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Geoffrey Unsworth & Cabaret - Geoffrey Unsworth
Editing: The French Connection - Gerald Greenberg
Film Music: The Godfather - Nino Rota
Art Direction: Cabaret - Rolf Zehetbauer
Costume Design: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Anthony Mendleson & Macbeth - Anthony Mendleson & Young Winston - Anthony Mendleson
Sound: Cabaret
Newcomer: Joel Grey - Cabaret
UN Award: The Garden of the Finzi-Contini
Academy Fellowship: Freddie Young


1971 - 25th British Film Awards

Best Film: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Director: John Schlesinger - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Actor: Peter Finch - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Actress: Glenda Jackson - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Supporting Actor: Edward Fox - The Go-Between
Supporting Actress: Margaret Leighton - The Go-Between
Screenplay: The Go-Between - Harold Pinter

Cinematography: Death in Venice - Pasqualino de Santis
Editing: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Art Direction: Death in Venice - Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Costume Design: Death in Venice - Piero Tosi
Sound: Death in Venice
Newcomer: Dominic Guard - The Go-Between
UN Award: The Battle of Algiers
Film Music: Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand
Academy Fellowship: Alfred Hitchcock


1970 - 24th British Film Awards

Best Film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Director: George Roy Hill - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Actor: Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Downhill Racer / Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Actress: Katharine Ross - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Supporting Actor: Colin Welland - Kes
Supporting Actress: Susannah York - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Screenplay: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - William Goldman

Cinematography: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Conrad Hall
Editing: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - John Howard, Richard Meyer
Film Music: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach
Art Direction: Waterloo - Mario Garbuglia
Costume Design: Waterloo - Maria De Matteis
Sound: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Newcomer: David Bradley - Kes
UN Award : M*A*S*H



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