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Tag Archives: 1969
An Event AKA Dogadjaj (1969) Vatroslav Mimica, Pavle Vuisic, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Boris Dvornik
A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner Read More »
Number One (1969) Tom Gries, Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern
The story of Cat Catlan (Heston), a washed up quarterback who turns to drink and women to solve his problems. Read More »
The Last Shot You Hear (1969) Gordon Hessler, Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines
Charles Nordeck is a successful marriage counselor whose own marriage is on the rocks. Read More »
Blue Movie AKA Fuck (1969) Andy Warhol, Viva, Louis Waldon
Producer/director/cinematographer Andy Warhol presents an afternoon in a Manhattan Read More »
Arthur? Arthur! (1969) Samuel Gallu, Shelley Winters, Donald Pleasence, Terry-Thomas
The inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life Read More »
The Waiters (1969) Jan Darnley-Smith, Benny Hill, David Battley, Arthur Hewlett
Benny Hill scripts and stars in a dialogue-free rendition of a posh dinner party ruined by two boorish waiters. Read More »
Let It All Hang Out AKA L’uomo dal pennello d’oro (1969) Franz Marischka, Willi Colombini, Marcella Michelangeli, Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech plays the girlfriend of beatnik-hippy artist Archie (Willi Colombini). Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man with the Karajishi Tattoo AKA Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi (1969) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. Read More »
The April Fools (1969) Stuart Rosenberg, Jack Lemmon, Catherine Deneuve, Peter Lawford
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company Read More »
Winter Wind AKA Sirokkó (1969) Miklós Jancsó, Jacques Charrier, Marina Vlady, Ewa Swann
In the mid-1930s a group of Croatian anarchists cross the dense forests at the northern Read More »
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) Daniel Petrie, Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Lynn Carlin
Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. Read More »
Early Works AKA Rani radovi (1969) Zelimir Zilnik, Milja Vujanovic, Bogdan Tirnanic, Cedomir Radovic
Inspired by Karl Marx’s Kapital three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide Read More »
Thousand Cranes AKA Senba zuru (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô, Mikijirô Hira
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher Read More »
Wild Angels AKA Divlji andjeli (1969) Fadil Hadzic, Bozidar Oreskovic, Igor Galo, Mladen Crnobrnja
A group of juvenile delinquents are going to a coastal resort town after a successful robbery. Read More »