Friday, June 29, 2012

Patton (1970)

Movie: Patton (1970)

""Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>"

Release Date: 2 April

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Cries and Whispers (1972)

Movie: Cries and Whispers (1972)

"In turn-of-the-century Sweden, cancer-stricken, dying Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria. As Agnes' condition deteriorates and pain management becomes increasingly more difficult, fear and revulsion grip the sisters, who seem incapable of empathy, and Agnes' only comfort and solace comes from her maid Anna. As the end draws closer, long repressed feelings of grudging resentment and mistrust cause jealousy, selfishness, and bitterness between the siblings to surface. Written by Gabe Taverney

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Movie: A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

"Peter Falk is a blue collar man trying to deal with his wife's mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavior, but when her actions affect their children, he has her committed. Written by BA Jacobson <pcfe2151@cybercom.net>"

Release Date: 18 November 1974
(USA)
Run Time: 155 min
|
USA: 146 min
(TCM print)
Country: USA




Credited cast : Peter Falk,Gena Rowlands,Fred Draper,Lady Rowlands,Katherine Cassavetes,Matthew Labyorteaux,Matthew Cassel,Christina Grisanti,O.G.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Rocky (1976)

Movie: Rocky (1976)

"Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>"

Release Date: 3 December 1976
(USA)
Run Time: 119

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Manhattan (1979)

Movie: Manhattan (1979)

"Isaac, 42, has divorced Jill. She is now living with another woman, Connie, and is writing a book in which she will reveal some very private points of their relationship. Isaac has a love affair with Tracy, 17, when he meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend Yale. Yale is already married to Emily. Written by Yepok"

Release Date: 25 April 1979
(USA)
Run Time: 96 min
Country: USA




Credited cast : Woody Allen,Diane Keaton,Michael Murphy,Mariel Hemingway,Meryl Streep,Anne Byrne Hoffman,Karen Ludwig,Michael O'Donoghue,Victor Truro,Tisa Farrow,Helen

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

The Exorcist (1973)

Movie: The Exorcist (1973)

"A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy. Written by Andrew Harmon <aharmon@erols.com>"

Release Date: 26 December 1973
(USA)
Run Time: 122 min
|
132 min
(director's cut)
Country:

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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

Movie: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

"A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to "the golden city", or to certain destruction? Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>"

Release Date: 3 April 1977
(USA)
Run Time: 93 min
Country: West Germany




Credited cast : Klaus

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Friday, June 22, 2012

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Movie: The Last Picture Show (1971)

"In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Movie: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

"Emmi, a woman truly in the second half of life, falls in love with Ali, a Berber guest worker more than ten years younger. When they both decide to marry, everybody seems to be against them. When the folks calm down a bit, Emmi and Ali get deeply unsure about their relationship. Written by Oliver Heidelbach"

Release Date: 15 August 1974
(Denmark)
Run Time: Germany: 93 min
|
USA: 94 min
Country: West Germany




Credited cast : Brigitte Mira,El Hedi ben Salem,Barbara Valentin,Irm Hermann,Karl Scheydt,Marquard Bohm,Walter Sedlmayr,Doris

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)

"In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love of his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin, but is robbed on the road. Without any other alternative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army, saving the life of his captain and becoming his protégé and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes

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The Conformist (1970)

Movie: The Conformist (1970)

"This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is going to Paris on his honeymoon and his bosses have an assignment for him there. Look up an old professor who fled Italy when the fascists came into power. At the border of Italy and France, where Marcello and his bride have to change trains, his bosses give him a gun with a silencer. In a flashback to 1917, we learn why sex and violence are linked in Marcello's mind.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Movie: Le cercle rouge (1970)

"Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei, a cat-loving police superintendent. Corey robs Rico, his mob boss, then enlists Vogel and an ex-police sharpshooter, Jansen, in a jewel heist. While Corey is harried by the vengeful Rico, Mattei pressures Santi, a nightclub owner and pimp, to help him trap the thieves. Over all hangs the judgment of the police directeur, that every man is guilty. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>"

Release Date: 20 October

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Autumn Sonata (1978)

Movie: Autumn Sonata (1978)

"After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva in her home. To her surprise she finds her other daughter, Helena, there as well. Helena is mentally impaired, and Eva has taken Helena out of the institution where their mother had placed her. The tension between Charlotte and Eva only builds up slowly, until a nightly conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each other. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>"

Release Date: October

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Stalker (1979)

Movie: Stalker (1979)

"Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's numerous objections, a man rises in the dead of night: he's a stalker, one of a handful who have the mental gifts (and who risk imprisonment) to lead people into the Zone to the Room, a place where one's secret hopes come true. That night, he takes two people into the Zone: a popular writer who is burned out, cynical, and questioning his genius; and a quiet scientist more concerned about his knapsack than the journey. In the deserted Zone, the approach to the

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Paper Moon (1973)

Movie: Paper Moon (1973)

"Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins. With scenery reminiscent of "The Grapes of Wrath," the film is set in the depression-era Midwestern region of the United States. As the movie opens, we see a small group of mourners clustered at a graveside. Among the mourners is Addie, the dead woman's small daughter. Moses Pray -- ostensibly of the "Kansas Bible Company" -- approaches the group, as the service concludes, and two of the elderly women remark that the child bears some resemblance

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Sleuth (1972)

Movie: Sleuth (1972)

"Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony, he suggests Milo pretend to rob his house and let him claim the insurance on the stolen jewelry. The problem is that they don't really like each other and each cannot avoid the zinger on the other. The plot has many shifts in which the advantage shifts between Milo and Andrew. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>"

Release Date: 10 December 1972
(USA)
Run Time: 138 min
Country: USA ,

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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

"Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day.

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Life of Brian (1979)

Movie: Life of Brian (1979)

"Irreverent satire of Biblical films and religious intolerance focuses on Brian, a Jew in Roman-occupied Judea. After joining up with an anti-Roman political organization, Brian is mistaken for a prophet, and becomes a reluctant Messiah. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>"

Release Date: 17 August 1979
(USA)
Run Time: 94 min
Country: UK




Credited cast : Graham Chapman,John Cleese,Terry Gilliam,Eric Idle,Terry Jones,Michael Palin,Terence Bayler,Carol Cleveland,Kenneth Colley,Neil Innes,Charles McKeown,John Young,Gwen

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Network (1976)

Movie: Network (1976)

"In 1975 terrorist violence is the stuff of network nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS television network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network. Written by Bruce Janson <bruce@cs.su.oz.au>"

Release Date: 27 November 1976
(USA)
Run Time: 121 min
Country: USA




Credited

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The Rascals' Class Misses its Grades (1976)

Movie: The Rascals' Class Misses its Grades (1976)

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Release Date: January 1976
(Turkey)
Country: Turkey




Credited cast : Kemal Sunal,Münir Özkul,Semra Özdamar,Adile Nasit,Halit Akçatepe,Sener Sen,Tarik Akan,Ahmet Ariman,Cem Gürdap,Muharrem Gürses,Cengiz

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Saban, Son of Saban (1977)

Movie: Saban, Son of Saban (1977)

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Release Date: 1 December 1977
(Turkey)
Run Time: Turkey: 90 min
(TV version)
Country: Turkey




Credited cast : Kemal Sunal,Halit Akçatepe,Sener Sen,Sevda Aktolga,Sitki Akçatepe,Sevket Altug,Dündar Aydinli,Ayben Erman,Aysen Gruda,Aslan Gul,Osman Han,Sabahat Izgü,Kenan Karagöz,Akif Kilman,Aziz

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Dersu Uzala (1975)

Movie: Dersu Uzala (1975)

"A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all of his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>"

Release Date: 20 December 1977
(USA)
Run Time: 144 min
Country: Soviet Union , Japan




Credited cast : Maksim Munzuk,Yuri Solomin,Svetlana Danilchenko,Dmitri Korshikov,Suimenkul Chokmorov,Vladimir Kremena,Aleksandr

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Annie Hall (1977)

Movie: Annie Hall (1977)

"Romantic adventures of neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer and his equally neurotic girlfriend Annie Hall. The film traces the course of their relationship from their first meeting, and serves as an interesting historical document about love in the 1970s. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>"

Release Date: 20 April 1977
(USA)
Run Time: 93 min
Country: USA




Credited cast : Woody Allen,Diane Keaton,Tony Roberts,Carol Kane,Paul Simon,Shelley Duvall,Janet Margolin,Colleen Dewhurst,Christopher Walken,Donald Symington,Helen

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Jaws (1975)

Movie: Jaws (1975)

"It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much

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The Deer Hunter (1978)

Movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)

"Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela and their wedding-party is also the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors the three friends fall in the hands of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>"

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The Dunce Class on Vacation (1978)

Movie: The Dunce Class on Vacation (1978)

"In this story, a young man joins in with the boy's soccer game. Everyone assumes he is another student and treats him accordingly. When he shows up in class as the teacher, the boys are surprised. Given how the new teacher was treated by the older teachers, they had no reason to assume he wasn't a student."

Release Date: February 1978
(Turkey)
Country: Turkey




Credited cast : Sevda Aktolga,Halit Akçatepe,Ahmet Ariman,Aysen Gruda,Cem Gürdap,Muharrem Gürses,Hayri Karabey,Adile Nasit,Ergin Orbey,Feridun Savli,Sener Sen,Kemal

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Girl with the Red Scarf (1978)

Movie: The Girl with the Red Scarf (1978)

"A classic and endlessly watchable love story that never dates Inspired by the novel of acclaimed writer Cengiz Aytmatov... See full synopsis »"

Release Date: November 1978
(Turkey)
Run Time: Turkey: 90 min
Country: Turkey


Credited cast : Türkan Soray,Kadir Inanir,Ahmet Mekin,Hülya Tuglu,Cengiz Sezici,Nurhan Nur,Ihsan Yüce,Elif Inci,Erol Batibeki,Perihan Doygun,Taci Ersan,Erkan Esenboga,Günay Güner,Mehmet

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