The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

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Awards for 1974:

Best Actor
Gene Hackman, The Conversation

Best Actress
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence

Best Director
Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation

Best Film
The Conversation

Best Foreign Language Film
Amarcord

Best Supporting Actor
Holger Lowenadler, Lacombe, Lucien

Best Supporting Actress
Valerie Perrine, Lenny

Special Citations
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, Outstanding special effects Robert G. Youngson, for his 25-year work with tasteful and intelligent compilation of films The Film Industry, for increasing care in subsidiary casting in many films (presumably meaning more minority casting)

Top Foreign Films
Amarcord, Lacombe Lucien, Scenes From a Marriage, The Phantom of Liberty, The Pedestrian

Top Ten Films
The Conversation, Murder on the Orient Express, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Harry and Tonto, A Woman Under the Influence, Thieves Like Us, Lenny, Daisy Miller, The Three Musketeers

 

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