Polish Silesia, the 1930’s. A coal mine is slated for shutdown. Scared of losing their jobs, the miners declare a sit-in. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Toomorrow (1970) Val Guest, Olivia Newton-John, Benny Thomas, Vic Cooper, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Read More »
Flesh and Blood (1979) Jud Taylor, Luca Bercovici, Tom Berenger, John Cassavetes, Drama
A convict takes up boxing in prison and this brings a new meaning to his life. Once out, his trainer motivates him to become a professional boxer. Read More »
Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974) Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Stuart Whitman, Horror
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
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Caddie (1976) Donald Crombie, Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Drama, Romance
Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920’s. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Read More »
The Jerk (1979) Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Comedy
Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
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Duffer (1971) Joseph Despins, William Dumaresq, Kit Gleave, Erna May, Drama
An intense and bizarre study of obsession that is by turns lyrical and disconcerting, Duffer tells the deranged story of a teenage boy torn between the womanly charms of a kindly prostitute, and the relentless, sadistic attentions of an older man.
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FTA (1972) Francine Parker, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Pamela Donegan, Documentary, Comedy, Music
A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. Read More »
Maidstone (1970) Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Paul Austin, Drama
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. Read More »
Secrets (1971) Philip Saville, Jacqueline Bisset, Per Oscarsson, Shirley Knight, Drama
Jacqueline plays a housewife who has some problems with her husband. The movie takes place in the course of one day. Read More »