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Tag Archives: 1979
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou (1979) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute’s house Read More »
Monarch (1979) Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer, Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann
The film takes a look at a professional gambler Read More »
Yanks (1979) John Schlesinger, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Read More »
The Hussy AKA La drôlesse (1979) Jacques Doillon, Claude Hébert, Madeleine Desdevises, Paulette Lahaye
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. Read More »
Demon Pond AKA Yashagaike (1979) Masahiro Shinoda, Tamasaburô Bandô, Gô Katô, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Read More »
The Golden Gate Murders (1979) Walter Grauman, David Janssen, Susannah York, Paul Coufos
An elderly, venerable priest, goes over the Golden Gate bridge and everyone except his nurse Read More »
For Freedom AKA Baraye azadi (1979) Hossein Torabi, Shapour Bakhtiar, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti
A documentary on last times of Shah’s regime, the episode ensued after Read More »
The Death of Ocean View Park (1979) E.W. Swackhamer, Mike Connors, Diana Canova, Perry Lang
A young woman starts to get visions of a disaster happening at a local amusement park. Read More »
From Here to Eternity (1979) Buzz Kulik, Natalie Wood, William Devane, Steve Railsback
Story takes place at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii just before the attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Read More »
Porridge (1979) Dick Clement, Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay
This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Read More »
…And Your Name Is Jonah (1979) Richard Michaels, Sally Struthers, James Woods, Randee Heller
A couple whose son had been diagnosed as intellectually disabled, and was institutionalized Read More »
French Fried Vacation 2 AKA Les bronzés font du ski (1979) Patrice Leconte, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel
Eight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday. Read More »
The Secret Life of Plants (1978) Walon Green, Ruby Crystal, John Ashley Hamilton, Eartha Robinson
The story is a documentary of research that shows fairly conclusively that plants Read More »
Le gagnant (1979) Christian Gion, Philippe Ruggieri, Michel Galabru, Stéphane Audran
A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. Read More »