28th British Academy Film Awards

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.

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. 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.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Jacques Cousteau

Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Lacombe, Lucien – Louis Malle Chinatown – Roman Polanski The Last Detail – Hal Ashby Murder on the Orient Express – Sidney Lumet | valign="top" width="50%" | Roman Polanski – Chinatown Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation Louis Malle – Lacombe, Lucien Sidney Lumet – Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express Jack Nicholson – Chinatown as J.J. "Jake" Gittes Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail as Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky Albert Finney – Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot Al Pacino – Serpico as Frank Serpico Gene Hackman – The Conversation as Harry Caul Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were as Katie Morosky Cicely Tyson – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Jane Pittman Faye Dunaway – Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray John Gielgud – Murder on the Orient Express as Edward Beddoes Adam Faith – Stardust as Mike Menary John Huston – Chinatown as Noah Cross Randy Quaid – The Last Detail as Seaman Larry Meadows Ingrid Bergman – Murder on the Orient Express as Greta Ohlsson Cindy Williams – American Graffiti as Laurie Henderson Sylvia Sidney – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett Sylvia Syms – The Tamarind Seed as Margaret Stephenson Chinatown – Robert Towne The Last Detail – Robert Towne Blazing Saddles – Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola Lacombe, Lucien – Louis Malle and Patrick Modiano | valign="top" width="50%" | The Great Gatsby – Douglas Slocombe Chinatown – John A. Alonzo Murder on the Orient Express – Geoffrey Unsworth The Three Musketeers – David Watkin Zardoz – Geoffrey Unsworth |- | valign="top" width="50%" | The Great Gatsby – Theoni V. Aldredge Chinatown – Anthea Sylbert Murder on the Orient Express – Tony Walton The Three Musketeers – Yvonne Blake | valign="top" width="50%" | The Conversation – Walter Murch and Richard Chew Chinatown – Sam O'Steen Murder on the Orient Express – Anne V. Coates The Three Musketeers – John Victor Smith |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Murder on the Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith Happy New Year – Francis Lai Serpico – Mikis Theodorakis The Three Musketeers – Michel Legrand | valign="top" width="50%" | The Great Gatsby – John Box Chinatown – Richard Sylbert Murder on the Orient Express – Tony Walton The Three Musketeers – Brian Eatwell |- | valign="top" width="50%" | The Conversation – Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Mike Ejve and Walter Murch Earthquake – Melvin Metcalfe Sr. and Ronald Pierce The Exorcist – Chris Newman, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Robert Knudson, Frederick Brown, Bob Fine, Ross Taylor, Ron Nagle, Doc Siegel, Gonzalo Gavira and Hal Landaker Gold – Alan Somes, Rydal Love, Michael Crouch, John W. Mitchell and Gordon McCallum | valign="top" width="50%" | Hunger (La Faim) Cat's Cradle Cree Hunters of Mistassini Companero: Victor Jara of Chile Leprosy Monet in London Adventure in Colour Child Part II Nobody's Fault Location North Sea Acting in Turn Facets of Glass The Quiet Land Lacombe, Lucien – Louis Malle The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman – John Korty Georgina Hale – Mahler as Alma Mahler Cleavon Little – Blazing Saddles as Sheriff Bart Sissy Spacek – Badlands as Holly Sargis

Statistics

+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 11 Chinatown 10 Murder on the Orient Express 5 The Conversation The Three Musketeers 4 Lacombe, Lucien The Last Detail 3 The Great Gatsby Serpico 2 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Blazing Saddles Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

+ Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 3 Chinatown The Great Gatsby Murder on the Orient Express 2 The Conversation Lacombe, Lucien The Last Detail

28th British Academy Film Awards

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