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100 BAFTA Moments - Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn Receive the Leading Actor and Actress Awards in 1976

27 January 2015

12 days to go - Sean Connery presents them with the awards at The Actors Studio in New York

In 1976, Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn won the Leading Actor and Actress award respectively. Pacino received his for both The Godfather Part II (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975), while Burstyn won her award for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). 

After Michael Caine announces Pacino's name, the camera cuts to New York, where Sean Connery is shown giving them both their awards (Burstyn's was announced earlier in the evening). Watch it in full below. 

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