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"American Cinema of The 1970s: Themes & Variations" [2007] Edited by Lester D. Friedman Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2007] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2007] for $68.00 |
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"The 1970s: American Popular Culture Through History" [2007] by Kelly Boyer Sagert Greenwood Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [1/2007] for $49.95 |
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"Revolution!: The Explosion of World Cinema In The Sixties" [2004] by Peter Cowie Faber & Faber 9x5¾ pb [6/2005] for $9.75 Faber & Faber 9¾x6½ hardcover [6/2004] for $25.00 |
 | "A Decade Under The Influence" [I.F.C. April 2003]
Directed by Ted Demme & Richard LaGravenese; interviewees include Robert Altman, John G. Avildsen, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, Milos Forman, William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, Paul Mazursky, Mike Medavoy, Sydney Pollack, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese & Robert Towne New Video Group color DVD [9/2003] for $21.99 |
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"Movies of The 70s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2003] for $26.39 |
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"Lost Illusions: American Cinema In The Age of Watergate & Vietnam, 1970-1979" [1999] by David A. Cook (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 9) Univ CA Press 9½x7½ pb [3/2002] for $30.88 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00 |
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"Film Posters of The 70s: The Essential Movies of The Decade" [1998] Edited by Tony Nourmand & Graham Marsh Overlook 11¾x9¾ pb [1/2000] for $15.75 Overlook 12¼x10 hardcover [10/98] for $22.05 |
1971
"The French Connection"
[20th Century Fox 1971]
full credits from IMDb
sequel "French Connection II"
[20th Century Fox 1975]
full credits from IMDb
"The Last Picture Show"
[Columbia Pictures Oct 1971]
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Between WWII and the Korean War, high-schoolers in a failing Texas town learn lessons about life and love and themselves, symbolized by the falling attendance at the local movie house.
Co-written & directed by Peter Bogdanovich; co-written by Larry McMurtry, based on his novel; starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms & Randy Quaid; won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor [BJ] & Actress [CL], Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Script, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor [JB] & Actress [EB]; won BAFTA for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [BJ] & Actress [CL], BAFTA noms for Best Film, Best Direction & Best Supporting Actress [EB]; nominated for DGA & WGA awards; listed on the National Film Registry in 1998
Sony 'Director's Cut' widescreen b&w DVD [11/99] for $14.99 Sony 'Director's Cut' widescreen b&w VHS [11/99] out of stock/used Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"The Last Picture Show: A Novel" [Dial 1966] S&S 8x5¼ pb [1/99] for $10.01 Amereon 9x5¾ hardcover [6/66] for $23.95 BooksOnTape audio [1/84] out of print/used |
1972
"The Godfather"
[Paramount March 1972]
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Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Sterling Hayden, Talia Shire, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri,
Abe Vigoda, Gianni Russo & John Cazale; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adapataion, Best Actor (Brando), 8 other nominations; also won BAFTA (music), DGA, WGA awards; listed National Film Registry 1990; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $9.99 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used MCA soundtrack CD [3/91] for $12.99 • theme song [3min 7sec] Part I credits from IMDb |
1973
"The Sting" [Universal 1973]
full credits from IMDb •
theme song [2min:13sec]
sequel "The Sting II" [Universal 1983]
full credits from IMDb
1974
"The Godfather Part II"
[Paramount Dec 1974]
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Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo & G.D. Spradlin; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor (DeNiro), Best Music, Best Art Direction, 5 other nominations; also won BAFTA Best Actor (Pacino), DGA, WGA awards; listed National Film Registry 1993; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Paramount widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $10.99 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used MCA soundtrack CD [3/91] for $10.99 Part II credits from IMDb |
"Lenny" [United Artists 1974]
Directed by Bob Fosse; nominated for 6 Oscars
full credits from IMDb | videos/DVDs
Lenny Bruce: browse books | albums | videos/DVDs |
1975
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
[United Artists Nov 1975]
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The first movie since 1934 to win all 5 top Oscars. Considered Nicholson's best all-time performance, he plays R.P. McMurphy, who tries to avoid jail time by feigning madness, leading to a tragic yet life-affirming end. Directed by Milos Forman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey [1935-2000]; starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick & Vincent Schiavelli; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor (JN), nominated for Best Actor (BD), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; won DGA, WGA & 6 BAFTA awards; listed on National Film Registry 1993
Warner color VHS [3/2001] for $13.74 Warner Special Edition DVD [9/2002] for $19.99 Warner widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Fantasy soundtrack CD [10/93] for $10.97 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black/Oscar poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" 1962 novel by Ken Kesey [1935-2001]
NAL pb [7/89] for $6.99 Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $24.95 Penguin Audio read by Ken Kesey [12/93] for $11.20 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [4/2000] for $73.99 "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: A Play In Two Acts" [1970] by Dale Wasserman Samuel French pb [6/70] out of print/used |
"Barry Lyndon" [Hawk/Peregrine Dec 1975]
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Producer/director Kubrick translated Thackerey's novel into the fulfillment of Vachel Lindsay's "Art of the Moving Picture": Each scene begins from the cinematic reproduction of a famous painting of the period. Kubrick and John Alcott also managed to film the interiors by candlelight! Directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson & Patrick Magee; won Oscars for Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes & Music; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) Warner letterbox DVD [6/2001] for $22.48 Warner color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" brown poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Nashville" [Paramount June 1975]
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Essentially a musical, with various storylines converging at a performance at the Parthenon in Nashville.
Co-produced & directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; script by Joan Tewkesbury; ensemble cast including Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Duvall, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles & Keenan Wynn; won Oscar for Best Original Song, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Supporting Actress (RB & LT); DGA & WGA Award noms; listed on National Film Registry (1992)
Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2000] for $9.98 Paramount color VHS [1/98] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used M.C.A. soundtrack CD [5/2000] for $10.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" blue poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"The Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece" [2000] by Jan Stuart Limelight Editions 8¾x6 pb [8/2004] for $13.57 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2000] out of print/used |
1976
"Rocky"
[Chartoff-Winkler/United Artists Nov 1976]
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Directed by John G. Avildsen; written by & starring Sylvester Stallone, co-starring
Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers & Burgess Meredith; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, 7 other Oscar noms including Best Original Script; also won DGA, WGA & 5 BAFTA noms
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [4/2001] for $16.99 MGM/UA color VHS [4/2001] out of stock/used Capitol soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb • theme song ![[2min:47sec]](images/tinymusic.gif)
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"All The President's Men"
[Warner/Wildwood April 1976]
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Two intrepid reporters and their editor at the Washington Post track a seemingly simple burglary to the highest members of the Republican Party and to the Nixon White House.
Directed by Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman from the bestselling book [below]; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards & Jane Alexander; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [JR], Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Editing; WGA Award for Best Script
Warner special edition DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $17.49 Warner widescreen DVD [10/97] for $14.99 Warner color VHS [3/2003] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb
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"Network" [M.G.M. Nov 1976]
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An aging network news anchor is fired, and his on-air tirade – "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" – causes a sensation among his viewers, so he is rehired and given his own show.
Directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Paddy Chayefsky; starring Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall & Ned Beatty; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Actor [Finch], Best Actress [FD], Best Supporting Actress [BS], nominated for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Actor [WH], Best Supporting Actor [NB], Best Cinematography, Best Editing; won BAFTA for Best Actor [Finch], nominated for 8 more; won W.G.A. Award for Best Original Script
Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $20.24 M.G.M. color VHS [5/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb novelization by Sam Hedrin Penguin movie tie-in mass pb [11/76] out of print/used |
1977
"Annie Hall"
[Rollins-Joffe/United Artists April 1977]
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One of Woody's masterpieces, the essential film about relationships in the 1970s. Co-written & directed by & starring Woody Allen; co-written by Marshall Brickman; also starring Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts & Carol Kane; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress & Best Original Script; also won 5 BAFTA Awards, DGA, 3 NSFC, & WGA awards MGM/UA color VHS [1/94] for $13.99 MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [7/2000] for $16.99 full credits from IMDb |
1978
"The Deer Hunter" [Universal 1978]
full credits from IMDb
"Days of Heaven" [Paramount Sept 1978]
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Written & directed by Terrence Malick; Néstor Almendros won an Oscar for his superb cinematography; starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz & Robert J. Wilke
Criterion widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $34.99 Paramount widescreen DVD [3/99] for $9.98 Paramount color VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/98] out of prodn/used Intermezzo soundtrack CD [12/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
1979
"Kramer vs. Kramer"
[Columbia 1979]
full credits from IMDb
"Apocalypse Now"
[Zoetrope Aug 1979]
A movie like no other: Wild and weird, cuts to the bone about the madness of war. The 'making of' documentary
details how the cast & crew likewise confronted madness, that of filming such a movie in the Phillipines:
corruption, hurricanes, heat and sickness – and artistic obsession running amok.
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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, script by John Milius, based a Joseph Conrad novel {below}; starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford & Frederic Forrest; won Oscars for Cinematography & Sound, nominated for Best Picture, Director, Script, Supporting Actor, Editing & Art Direction
Paramount widescreen DVD [8/79] for $25.49 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] for $14.95 Paramount widescreen VHS [2/98] for $24.95 Elektra soundtrack CD [8/88] 2 disks out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Apocalypse Now" posters at AllPosters [dot] com "Apocalypse Dossier" DVD box set [2006] Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2006] 2 disks for $12.99 |
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"Apocalypse Now Redux" [15 August 2001] re-release with never-before-seen 49 minutes added Paramount VHS [11/2001] for $22.46 via Amazon.com "Redux" info at IMDb Miramax webpage |
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"Heart of Darkness" [1899] by Joseph Conrad [1857-1924] paperback | thrift edition = 90¢ | unabridged cassette online text from PageByPage Books online text from The English Server |
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"Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" ['Making of..' documentary 1991] Paramount color VHS [5/94] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
"Norma Rae" [Fox March 1979]
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A young Baptist mother with a dead-end job at a textile mill in the U.S. South agrees to help a Jewish New Yorker organize her co-workers into a union, going against management and many of her family & neighbors & friends.
Directed by Martin Ritt; written by Harriet Frank Jr. & Irving Ravetch; starring Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland & Morgan Paull; won Oscars for Best Actress, Best Original Song; Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Script Adaptation, WGA nomination for Best Feature Drama Script Fox widescreen color DVD [4/2001] for $9.98 Fox double bill color DVD [12/2006] for $9.99 (with "Working Girl" [1988]} Fox color VHS [1/97] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb |
1980
"Ordinary People" [Paramount 1980]
full credits from IMDb
"Melvin and Howard" [Universal Sept 1980]
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After an accident in the desert, small-town loser Melvin Dummar helps an old man who says he is billionaire Howard Hughes. After Hughes' death, a will appears naming Melvin as beneficiary.
Directed by Jonathan Demme; starring Paul LeMat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Michael J. Pollard, Melvin E. Dummar & Pamela Reed; won Oscars for Best Script & Best Actress [MS], nominated for Best Actor [JR]
Anchor bay color VHS [9/99] for $9.99 Anchor Bay widescreen DVD [10/99] for $22.48 full credits from IMDb |
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