Editing Nicholas and Alexandra (section)

==Reception==
===Critical===
Despite the detailed production design, photography, and strong performances from the cast, ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' failed to find the large audience it needed to be a financial success.<ref>Kirgo, Julie "Nicholas and Alexandra" booklet, ''Twilight Time'', 2013</ref> However, it was chosen by the American [[National Board of Review]] as one of the Top 10 Films of 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oscarsijmen.freehostia.com/NBR70.htm|title = National Board of Review}}</ref>

The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 67% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 57 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Citation |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nicholas-and-alexandra |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref>

''Variety'' called it "a film of exquisite taste."<ref>{{cite book|title=Variety Film Reviews 1971-74|page=166|date=1983|url=https://archive.org/details/varietysfilmrevi0013unse/page/n166/mode/1up?q=%22nicholas+and+alexandra%22+%22sam+spiegel%22+schaffner}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four, writing "If the movie isn't exactly stirring, however, it is undeniably interesting, especially after the intermission."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nicholas-and-alexandra-1972 |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |website=Rogerebert.com|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=4 February 1972|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>

''[[Halliwell's Film and Video Guide]]'' described ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' as an "inflated epic of occasional interest, mainly for its sets" and "generally heavy going", awarding it one star from a possible four.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leslie Halliwell|editor=John Walker|title=Halliwell's Film and Video Guide|year=1997|page=550|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0002559324}}</ref> In 2013, Alex von Tunzelmann wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'', "''Nicholas and Alexandra'' boasts terrific performances and gorgeous production design, but it's bloated and unwieldy. There is more history here than the film-makers know what to do with."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jun/14/nicholas-and-alexandra-reel-history |title=Nicholas and Alexandra: mashing up history can't make this pair lovable |website=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alex|last=von Tunzelmann|date=14 June 2013|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> For ''[[Radio Times]]'', Tom Hutchinson awarded the film three stars out of five, describing it as a "sumptuous, if overlong, epic" which "shows the stretchmarks of too much padding" and "overwhelms us with its detail, though Tom Baker is a lot of fun as the leering mystic Rasputin".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/kj7zy/nicholas-and-alexandra/ |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |website=[[Radio Times]] |first=Tom|last=Hutchinson|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> [[Stanley Kauffmann]] of ''[[The New Republic]]'' described the film as 'flabby'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Living Images Film Comment and Criticism|last1=Kauffmann|first1=Stanley |publisher=Harper & Row Publishers |year=1974 |page=245}}</ref>

===Historical accuracy===
There is at least one anachronism; Peter Stolypin had been assassinated in 1911, two years before the Romanov dynasty tercentenary in which he is portrayed as being alive before being assassinated.<ref>Quotes from General Alexander Spiridovitch, "Murder of Prime Minister Stolypin in Kiev 1911" (1929) [http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/stolypin-murder-1911-kiev.html translated by Rob Moshein]</ref>

===Box office===
By the end of the 1970s the film had lost Columbia $3 million.<ref>Fraser-Cavassoni, p 302</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[44th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Sam Spiegel]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072026/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Janet Suzman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[John Box]], [[Ernest Archer (art director)|Ernest Archer]], [[Jack Maxsted]], and [[Gil Parrondo]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Vernon Dixon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Freddie Young]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Yvonne Blake]] and [[Antonio Castillo (costume designer)|Antonio Castillo]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]]
| [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[25th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| John Box
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1972/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1972 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| Janet Suzman
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[29th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Tom Baker]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/nicholas-and-alexandra/ |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=February 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|New Star of the Year – Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|New Star of the Year – Actress]]
| Janet Suzman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[15th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television|Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special]]
| Richard Rodney Bennett
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/15th-annual-grammy-awards |title=15th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=February 3, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1971|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|6th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1971/ |title=1971 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>
|}