1973 Awards

1973 National Board of Review - Top Ten Films WinnerBang the Drum SlowlyThe story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.AmazonO Lucky Man!An apprentice coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.AmazonPaper MoonDuring the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.AmazonSerpicoAn honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.AmazonThe Day of the DolphinA marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in...