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Patton
- George C. Scott as the flamboyant, controversial general
George S. Patton who strode a fine line between effective
battlefield commander and demigod. Academy Award winner. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Cast: George C.Scott, Karl Malden,
Stephen Young, Tim Considine.
Fellini Satyricon - Fellini's
visionary account of ancient Rome before Christ. Imaginative
art direction, lavish costumes and composer Nino Rota's
brilliant score contribute to an original movie. Dir. Frederico Fellini. Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller,
Gordon Mitchell.
Five Easy Pieces - Jack
Nicholson as a once promising pianist who chose to work in
the oil fields, returns home after years of self-imposed
exile. One of the best movies of the Seventies. Dir. Bob Rafelson. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black,
Susan Anspach, Sally Struthers.
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The
French Connection - Gene Hackman as an unorthodox
New York narcotics cop investigating the flow of heroin
coming into the city from France in this Oscar-winning
performance. Dir. William
Friedkin.(The Exorcist). Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy
Scheider, Eddie Egan.
The Last Picture Show -
Outstanding adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about a
boy's rites of passage in a small Texas town during the
1950s. Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Ben Johnson,
Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd.
A Clockwork Orange - a
stylized, "ultraviolent" black comedy based on
Anthony Burghes's novel. Dir.
Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Malcolm
McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri.
Dirty Harry - Clint Eastwood
as a San Francisco detective being outsmarted by a maniacal
killer decides to deal out justice in his own controversial
faashion. Dir: Don Siegel. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino,
John Mitchum, Reni Santoni.
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The
Godfather - based on Mario Puzo's popular novel,
the movie takes us into the world of the Mafia. Academy Award winner. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. (The Godfather II, Apocalypse Now). Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James
Caan, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall.
Deliverance - a canoe trip
down a dangerous river begins as a holiday but soon turns
into a weekend of sheer horror. Based on the novel by James
Dickey. Dir: John Boorman. Cast: Jon Voigt, Burt Reynolds, Ned
Beatty, James Dickey.
Cabaret
- this classic musical-drama takes place in Germany in 1931.
The Nazi party has not yet assumed complete control, and the
local cabaret unfolds the story of two young lovers. Academy Award winner. Dir: Bob Fosse.
Cast: Liza Minelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel
Grey.
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The
Exorcist - this horror film - directed by William
Friedkin was a sensation at the time of its release. Dir:William Friedkin. (The French Connection) Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow,
Linda Blair.
The Sting
- Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two conmen who outcon a
con. Winner of seven Academy
Awards. Dir: George Roy
Hill. Cast: paul Newman, Robert
redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston.
The Day of the Jackal -
Edward Fox is a cunning asassin roaming Europe in hopes of a
crack at General Charles de Gaulle. High suspense and
marvellous performance. Dir:
Fred Zinneman. Cast: Edward Fox,
Alan Badel, Tony Britton.
American
Graffiti - lighthearted, likeable movie about the
coming of age of a group of high school students in Northern
California. Excellent rock'n'roll score. Dir: George Lucas (Star Wars). Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harison Ford, Paul LeMat, Cindy
Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Philipps.
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The
Godfather, Part II - a sequel that equals the
quality of the original won seven Academy
Awards. Dir: Francis Ford
Coppola. (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now). Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane
Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee
Strasberg.
The Towering Inferno - the
best disaster movie of the Seventies about a newly
constructed San Francisco high-rise hotel and office building
that is set ablaze. Dir: John
Guillermin, Irwin Allen. Cast:
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway,
Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain.
Chinatown - in this
fascinating, Oscar-winning thriller Jack Nicholson is a seedy
private investigator hired for a seemingly simple case of
spousal infidelity that escalates into a complex affair of
mistaken identity and investment schemes. Dir: Roman Polanski. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway,
John Huston, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd.
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Jaws -
a large shark is terrorizing the tourists at the local beach
in this scare masterpiece based on the Peter Benchley novel.
Music by John Williams. Dir:
Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters
of the Third Kind). Cast:
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary,
Murray Hamilton.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - Jack
Nicholson is a convict who is committed to a mental
institution for examination. While there he inspires other
inmatesto protest the hospital authorities' domination. Academy Awards winner. Dir: Milos Forman. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher,
Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd.
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Taxi Driver - Robert De Niro
is an alienated Vietnam-era vet trying to free a 12 old
prostitute by unleashing violent retribution on her pimp. Dir: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel,
Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle.
The Omen - in the form of a
young boy, Damien, Satan returns to Earth th rule over man. Dir: Richard Donner. Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick,
Billie Whitelaw, David Warner.
Rocky - Sylvester
Stallone is Rocky Balboa, the painfully shy boxer who only
"wants to go the distance" with champ Apollo Creed.
Academy Award winner. Dir: John G. Avildsen. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burgess
Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young.
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Star Wars
- the ultimate adventure " a long time ago in a galaxy
far, far away". Dir: George
Lucas (American Graffiti). Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford,
Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Steven Spielberg's vision of an extraterrestrial visit to
Earth. Dir: Steven Spielberg (Jaws). Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Terri Garr, Melinda
Dillon.
Saturday Night Fever -
musical drama about the youth of the 70s. Dir: John Badham. Cast: John Travolta, Donna Pescow,
Karen Lynn Gorney.
Annie Hall
- Woody Allens delightful, semiautobiographical romantic
comedy. Academy Award winner.Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony
Roberts, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall
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Coma - a doctor becomes
curious about several deaths at a hospital where patients
have all lapsed into comas. Dir:
Michael Crichton. Cast:
Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Rip Torn.
Jaws II - sequel to Jaws.
Police chief Martin Brody believes there is a shark in the
waters off Amity again, but his wife and employers think he
is crazy. Dir: Jeannot Szwarc. Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary,
Murray Hamilton.
Coming Home
- thought provoking drama about the effect the Vietnam
War has on three people involved in a romantic triangle. Academy Award. Dir: Hal Ashby. Cast:
Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine, Robert
Ginty.
Deer Hunter
- five friends work at the dangerous blast furnace in a steel
mill, in a few days three of them leave for Vietnam, where
they find horror and death. Academy
Award winner. Dir: Michael
Cimino. Cast: Robert De Niro,
John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken.
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The China Syndrome - a
thriller about an accident at a nuclear power plant. Dir: James Bridges. Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael
Douglas.
Alien - sci-fi/ horror movie
about the crew of a futuristic cargo ship that picks up an
unwanted passenger: an alien that lives on human flesh and
continuously changes form. Dir:
Ridley Scott. Cast: Tom
Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm.
Apocalypse
Now - an exceptional war film about captain
Willard's (Martin Sheen) danger-filled journey toward a
fateful meeting with a highly decorated officer Kurtz who the
army contends has gone mad. Dir:
Francis Ford Coppola. (The Godfather,
the Godfather II). Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen,
Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne.
Kramer
vs. Kramer - Academy
Award winning drama about a couple who separate and the
following fight for custody of the child. Dir: Robert Benton. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep,
Jane Alexander, Howard Duff.
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