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Tag Archives: 1970s
The Passover Plot (1976) Michael Campus, Harry Andrews, Hugh Griffith, Zalman King
Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. Read More »
O Lucky Man! (1973) Lindsay Anderson, Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts
Follows the literal and associated life journey of middle class Brit Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) Read More »
Scent of a Woman AKA Profumo di donna (1974) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. Read More »
The Shadow of Chikara (1977) Earl E. Smith, Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. Read More »
Pure Shit AKA Pure S (1975) Bert Deling, Sally McNee, Doc Smith, Russell Kirby
Excellent account of a group of people drawn together in the never ending chase for their next hit. Read More »
We Will All Meet in Paradise AKA Nous irons tous au paradis (1977) Yves Robert, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Read More »
The Fifth Cord / Giornata nera per l’ariete (1971)
After a high-class party in Rome, there’s an assault. The victim is injured but lives. Read More »
Prostitution (1975) Jean-François Davy, Claude Janna, Jocelyne Clairis, Dominique Erlanger
The director conducts a number of street interviews with prostitutes about their lives, and their costumers take a bashing out of this. Read More »
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons
Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »