1970’s Films
1970’s Films
1970
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Zabriskie Point. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with Rod Taylor.
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Performance. Directed by Nicholas Roeg with James Fox, Mick Jagger & Anita Pallenburg.
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Little Murders. Written by Jules Feiffer and based on his play. Directed by Alan Arkin with Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Donald Sutherland & Vincent Gardenia.
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Patton. Written by Francis Ford Coppola. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, with George C. Scott & Karl Malden.
Where’s Poppa? Screenplay by Robert Klane. Directed by Carl Reiner with George Segal, Ruth Gordon & Ron Leibman. Think of this little comedy as a precursor to the ABC TV series, Mother & Son.
1971
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Vanishing Point. Directed by Richard C. Sarafian with Barry Newman, Cleavon Little & Charlotte Rampling. Close behind Easy Rider for the best road movie of all time. This film was the main source of inspiration for Tarantino’s ‘Death Proof.’
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Catch 22. From the novel by Joseph Heller, screenplay by Buck Henry. Directed by Mike Nichols with Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins & Orson Wells.
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The French Connection 1. Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman. Directed by William Friedkin with Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider & Fernando Rey. The film that made Hackman’s career playing the inimitable Popeye Doyle, and featuring a frenetic car chase sequence, that set the bar for all other movie car chases and has never been surpassed.
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Two Lane Blacktop. Directed by Monty Hellman with James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird & Dennis Wilson. Yes, that James Taylor and that Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. Another classic road movie.
Klute. Written by Andy Lewis & David E. Lewis. Directed by Alan J. Pakula with Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland & Charles Cioffi.
Adam Resurrected. Directed by Paul Schrader with Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe & Derek Jacobi.
Walkabout. Directed by Nicholas Roeg with Jenny Agutter & David Gulpilil.
Dirty Harry. Harry Julian Fink (screenplay), Rita M. Fink (screenplay) Directed by Don Siegel with Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson & Harry Guardino.
1972
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The Godfather Part 1. Written by Mario Puzo (screenplay) & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay). Directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Conte, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden & Robert Duvall.
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The Ruling Class. Witten by Peter Barnes (screenplay & play). Directed by Peter Medak with Peter O’Toole, Alastair Sim, Harry Andrews & Arthur Lowe. In case anyone is wondering Peter O’Toole is my favourite actor of all time. This is just one example of his excellence.
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Cabaret. Joe Masteroff (based on the musical play "Cabaret" book by), John Van Druten(based on the play by) Directed by Bob Fosse with Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
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The Dawns Here Are Quiet. Russian production. Directed by Stanislav Rostotsky with Andrei Martynov, Olga Ostroumova, lrina Shevchuk, Yelena Drapeko, lrina Dolganaova, Yekaterina Markova & Alla Meshcheryakova.
The Getaway. Directed by Sam Peckinpah with Steve McQueen, Ali McGraw & Ben Johnson.
Deliverance. Directed by John Boorman with Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox & Ned Beaty.
Revolution. (aka Duck, You Sucker). Directed by Sergio Leone with Rod Steiger & James Coburn.
1973
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The Last Detail. Written by Robert Towne (screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (novel). Directed by Hal Ashby with Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young & Carol Kane.
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A Touch of Class. Co – written and directed by Melvin Frank with George Segal, Glenda Jackson & Paul Sorvino.
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Don’t Look Now. Written by Daphne Du Maurier (story), Allan Scott (screenplay). Directed by Nicolas Roeg with Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland & Hilary Mason.
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Papilon. Written by Dalton Trumbo (screenplay). Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman & Victor Jory.
Major Hubal. Directed by Bohdan Poreba with Ryszard Filipski, Matgorzata Potocka, Tadeusz Janczar, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Stamslaw Niwinski & Jan Stawarz.
Magnum Force. Written by Ted Post, Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink. With Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul & Mitchell Ryan.
1974
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The Godfather Part II. Written by Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro & Robert Duvall.
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The Conversation. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest & Harrison Ford.
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Chinatown. Directed by Roman Polanski with Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway & John Houston.
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. Written and directed by Werner Herzog with Bruno S., Walter Ladengast & Brigitte Mira.
The Parallax View. Directed by Alan J. Pakula with Warren Beaty.
Benjie. Written & directed by Joe Camp with Peter Breck, Deborah Walley & Patsy Garrett.
Sugarland Express. Directed by Steven Spielberg with Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks & William Atherton
1975
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The Man in the Glass Booth. Directed by Arthur Hillier with Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler & Lloyd Bochner.
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The Passenger. Written by Mark Peploe. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider & Jenny Runacre.
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The French Connection 2. Written by Alexander Jacobs & Robert Dillon (screenplay). Directed by John Frankenheimer with Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey & Bernard Fresson. One of those rare occasions where the sequel was every bit as gripping as the original especially the last scene.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman (screenplay). Directed by Milos Foreman. Milos Forman with Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourff & Will Sampson.
Le Miroir. (aka Zerkalo). Co – written by Aleksandr Misharin & Andrei Tarkovsky. Directed by Andrei Tarkovski with Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev.
The Offence. Written by Alan Hopkins. Directed by Sidney Lumet with Sean Connery, Trevor Howard & Ian Bannen.
They Fought For Their Homeland. Based on the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov. Screenplay and direction by Sergei Bondarchuk with Vasili Shukshin, Vyaheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Georgi Burkov, Nikolai Gubenko.
Rollerball. Written by William Harrison (screenplay). Directed by Norman Jewison with James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams. |
Dersu Uzala. Directed by Akira Kurosawa with Yuri Solomin & Maksim Murzuk, Suimenkul Chokmorov & Svetlana Danilchenko.
Dog Day Afternoon. Directed by Sidney Lumet with Al Pacino, John Cazale & Harry Hamlin.
1976
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Sholay. Directed by Ramesh Sippy with Dhamendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhadur & Amjad Khan. The first Bollywood epic l ever saw, it is a giddy mixture of styles and blends, from action and drama to comedy, with tons of pathos plus the obligatory musical number. In the end it works, gloriously.
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All the President’s Men. Directed by Alan J, Pakula with Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Martin Balsam & Jason Robards.
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In the Realm of the Senses (aka Ai no Korida). Written & directed by Nagisa Oshima with Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda & Aoi Nakajima.
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- Written by Franco Arcalli & Giuseppe Bertolucci screenplay. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci with Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda & Donald Sutherland.
1977
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The Duellists. Written by Gerald Vaughan-Hughes (screenplay) & Joseph Conrad (story "The Duel"). Directed by Ridley Scott with Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel. Cristina Raines & Albert Finney. Theatrical feature film debut of Director Ridley Scott who won the Best First Film Award at the 30th Cannes Film Festival in 1977. This film is a personal favourite and sits in my all time top 5.
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Slap Shot. Written by Nancy Dowd. Directed by George Roy Hill with Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean & Strother Martin.
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Soldier of Orange. Written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema & Kees Holierhoek. Directed by Paul Verhoeven with Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé & Susan Penhaligon. |
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Luke Hammill & Alec Guiness.
Man of Marble. Written by Aleksander Scibor – Rylski. Directed by Andrzeja Wajdy, with Jerzy Radziwitowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Komnicki & Jacek Komnicki
Annie Hall. Co - written & directed by Woody Allen with Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon & Shelley Duvall.
1978
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The Tin Drum. Directed by Volker Schlondorff with David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Maria Adorf & Katharina Thalback.
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs. Written and directed by Ermanno Olmi with Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi & Omar Brignoli.
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Days of Heaven. Written and directed by Terrence Malick with Richard Gere, Brooke Adams & Sam Shepard. |
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The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith. Written by Thomas Keneally novel & Fred Schepisi screenplay and direction with Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds & Angela Punch McGregor. |
1979
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Apocalypse Now. Based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Timothy Bottoms, Frederick Forrest, Lawrence Fishbourne, Harrison Ford & Dennis Hopper. My favourite movie of all time.
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Life of Brian. Written by the Pythons and directed by Terry Jones with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam & Michael Palin.
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Play Dirty. Screenplay by Lotte Colin & Melvin Bragg. Directed by Andre De Toth with Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green & Harry Andrews.
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Alien. Written by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett story. Directed by Ridley Scott with Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Ian Holm & Yaphett Kotto.
1941.Written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale & John Milius. Directed by Steven Speilberg with John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Ned Beatty & Robert Stack.
Quadrophenia. Adaptation of the rock opera by Pete Townshend. Directed by with Phil Daniels & Leslie Ash.