The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies

[Holden Pike]

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And here we are again, MoFos. Hot on the heels of the 1980s list, now we can prepare for movies from the decade when Scorsese, Lucas, and Spielberg made their first films, and old pros like Bob Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Sam Peckinpah swung punch-for-punch with the new kids. A time when Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders led the German New Wave while Truffaut, Godard, and Melville tried to figure out what to do after their wave had crested. When faces that would have been character actors in a previous age became movie stars like DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson, Hackman, and Hoffman. When the old studio system collapse led to independent producers with power and sway (and Ali MacGraw), and where actors who wanted to direct became the thing to be, following the successes of Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, and Warren Beatty. Dense movies with dark endings were the mainstream not just the arthouse, yet it was also the age where the modern blockbuster was truly born, by shark and by Falcon, and where the appeal and artistry of horror went bigtime in The Exorcist and then in the bloody hands of Carpenter, Hooper, Cronenberg, Romero, Argento and others proved more than just drive-in fodder. The Master of Suspense himself still had a couple tricks up his sleeve while Brian DePalma tried to ape every one and add t!ts. Old man John Huston was as relevant as ever behind the camera and creepy as all get out in front of it, for the first time audiences either delighted to or scratched their heads over movies from Terrence Malick and David Lynch, while the likes of Kubrick, Polanski and Cassavetes who shone so brightly in the 1960s continued their brilliance. Some of the paranoia and cynicism of the era leaked into films in a fascinating way that still resonates, the war in Vietnam ended and filmmakers began to explore it as subject matter, but there were also musical nostalgic fantasies of hot rods and sock hops, Blaxploitation, Spaghetti Westerns, Chopsocky, and the glorious birth of low-brow gross-out comedies and spoofs that were both smart and outrageously silly. We believed a man could fly, checked our baby's heads for triple sixes, tried to disco like Travolta, and loved it when Han shot first.

It's the Seventies, y'all.

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The films change, but the rules remain the same:
Submit your ranked list of twenty-five titles, numbered 1-25 with no ties, to me via a private message with the title "[Your Username] - MoFo ‘70s List".
Films will be awarded points as follows: 25 points for 1st place, 24 points for 2nd place, 23 for 3rd and so on, all the way down to one point for your 25th placed film.
New members can send in a list as soon as they've been a member here for one month. This measure is taken so that the list isn't jerry-rigged by people who have been here for a week, and then disappear.
Films that are part of a series (The Godfather, Rocky, etc.) must be submitted as separate films.
Any film listed as 1970-79 on IMDb is eligible for our list.
Anyone who reveals their list before the countdown has ended will be disqualified. Don't make me come back there. I will turn this thing around, so help me!
The deadline for entries is July 15, 2014. That's four full months. Plenty of time to review favorites, discover new ones, and order a list.


Tell me about it, Studs.

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[Holden Pike]

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[Daniel M]

Movies people should watch for this list, not the most popular but ones that should make it and could do with a few more people seeing them:

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Three surreal, crazy works of art:

Eraserhead - David Lynch's first film, and his only from the seventies. A masterpiece in horror.

El Topo - Awesome 'acid Western'.

House - A crazy film like nothing you have seen before, my favourite from the psychedelic satire of the dead teenager horror film genre.

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Fantastic European films.

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Altman.

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Everybody will vote for Chinatown but don't forget this other Jack Nicholson masterpiece.

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Great film that not many talk about.

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Two great Tarkovsky films. Stalker and Mirror.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

If The China Syndrome is not on this list, I will suffer a rectal prolapse.

[The Rodent]

Sent mine in.


Am I first again?


Think I've been first in on the 00s, the 90s, the 80s, the Comics... and now the 70s too...


:D Damn I'm fast.

[donniedarko]

Probably my favorite decade, I'm ready to start watching

[Daniel M]

I say this every list. But why oh why do you people send your lists in now? Is there any benefit to it all? The only benefit is not forgetting it, which is highly unlikely due to the amount of posts in this thread and PMs you're likely to get. Sending it in early ALWAYS results in people moaning about how they didn't get to include a masterpiece they just saw or how they forgot to include something.

Unless your like Mark and you have seen pretty much every film that is going to make the list (although even he had not seen Visitor to a Museum I don't think! :p ).

It's similar to these people who say they know what movies they will like and won't, and aren't willing to explore new films. Part of the beauty of these lists is exploring new parts of cinema you hadn't before and finding new films for your list, if you honestly think you know your list won't change between now and when you send your list, I think that's pretty ignorant of some of the great films that I hope show up without your help.

Sorry if this sounds angry, and each to their own of course, if you're happy with what you're doing, go for it, just don't complain when x film didn't show up because of you!

[Mr Minio]

A good inspiration to rewatch Godfather Trilogy.

[The Rodent]

I finalised my list last week, Daniel.


Just been waiting for the thread to start.

[Daniel M]

I finalised my list last week, Daniel.


Just been waiting for the thread to start.

Fair enough if you're happy with it, and I know my message would come across as more personal and angry as I intended but honestly it's more just a general thing with people that always end up moaning a film didn't show up because of them, sometimes it's frustrating when it's a film you like too. Your post just reminded me that I should try and warn these regretful early sending list members early on! :p

[rauldc14]

Late June, early July is when I will submit mine. There's a ton I want to see between now and then.

[The Rodent]

You know me by now, I'm not a moaner.


I mean, the 80s list for instance didn't have a few films I'd have liked to show up, but I'm happy that even though I sent my list in within minutes of the thread starting, I got 19/25 of my list turn up.

[Daniel M]

Here is a list I made of 200 films from the 70s for those looking for somewhere to start ;) Just combined the 70s films that I have seen that I didn't give a negative rating to with the ones on my watchlist :)

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[Holden Pike]

There is a thread started by Miss Vicky, HERE (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=34578), where suggestions for ‘70s viewing have been flowing pretty damn well.

And here are a few lists, for reference sake, that I had in there...

The 1970s, from the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die...

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1970
Tristana
Five Easy Pieces
El Topo
Woodstock
Deep End
The Spider's Stratagem
Little Big Man
The Ear
Patton
M*A*S*H
Performance
Gimme Shelter
Zabriskie Point
The Bird with The Crystal Plumage
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1971
Wanda
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
A Clockwork Orange
The Sorrow and the Pity
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Walkabout
Klute
Harold and Maude
Red Psalm
Get Carter
The French Connection
Shaft
Dirty Harry
Murmur of the Heart
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
The Last Picture Show
Straw Dogs
Two-Lane Blacktop

1972
The Heartbreak Kid
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Cabaret
Last Tango in Paris
High Plains Drifter
Sleuth
Deliverance
Solaris
The Godfather
Cries & Whispers
Fat City
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Frenzy
Pink Flamingos
Superfly

1973
The Sting
The Mother and the Whore
Badlands
American Graffiti
Papillon
Enter the Dragon
Mean Streets
The Long Goodbye
The Wicker Man
Day for Night
Don't Look Now
Sleeper
Serpico
The Exorcist
Turkish Delight
The Spirit of the Beehive
Fantastic Planet
Amarcord
The Harder They Come
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

1974
Dersu Uzala
The Conversation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Mirror
A Woman Under the Influence
Young Frankenstein
Chinatown
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Blazing Saddles
The Godfather Part II
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1975
Dog Day Afternoon
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Wall
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Barry Lyndon
Fox and His Friends
India Song
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Manila in the Claws of Brightness
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Nashville
Cria!
The Travelling Players
Jaws

1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Carrie
The Outlaw Josey Wales
All the President's Men
Rocky
Taxi Driver
Network
Ascent
In the Realm of the Senses
1900
The Man Who Fell to Earth

1977
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Last Wave
Annie Hall
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
Stroszek
Man of Marble
Saturday Night Fever
Killer of Sheep
Eraserhead
Ceddo
The American Friend
The Hills Have Eyes
Soldier of Orange
Suspiria

1978
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Five Deadly Venoms
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Deer Hunter
Grease
Days of Heaven
Dawn of the Dead
Shaolin Master Killer
Up in Smoke
Halloween

1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Real Life
My Brilliant Career
Stalker
Alien
Breaking Away
The Tin Drum
All That Jazz
Being There
Kramer vs. Kramer
Life of Brian
Apocalypse Now
The Jerk
The Muppet Movie
Manhattan
Mad Max
Nosferatu: Phantom of The Night
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The films in the Criterion Collection that were made in the 1970s...

Walkabout
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom
The Long Good Friday
Flesh for Frankenstein
Blood for Dracula
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Night Porter
Autumn Sonata
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Harder They Come
Sisters
Gimme Shelter
Cries & Whispers
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Grey Gardens
The Ruling Class
The Last Wave
That Obscure Object of Desire
General Idi Amin Dada
Hearts and Minds
Solaris
Straw Dogs
Bed & Board
Love on the Run
Jubilee
Coup de Grâce
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Honeymoon Killers
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Le Cercle Rouge
Maîtresse
Scenes from a Marriage
3 Women
The Tin Drum
A Woman Under the Influence
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night
Tout Va Bien
F for Fake
The Phantom of Liberty
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Murmur of the Heart
Lacombe, Lucien
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Equinox
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Claire's Knee
Love in the Afternoon
The Spirit of the Beehive
Overlord
Vengeance is Mine
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Sweet Movie
Cría Cuervos
Days of Heaven
Two-Lane Blacktop
Mon Oncle Antoine
Dodes’ka-den
In the Realm of the Senses
Empire of Passion
Wise Blood
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Five Easy Pieces
Drive, He Said
A Safe Place
The Last Picture Show
The King of Marvin Gardens
Hausu
Kes
Black Moon
World on a Wire
Harold & Maude
Quadrophenia
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Decameron
The Canterbury Tales
Arabian Nights
Badlands
Land of Milk and Honey
La Cage aux Folles
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Nashville
Tess
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Here are the 1970s releases highlighted as Roger Ebert's Great Movies (http://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies) (full reviews can be found on his site)...

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alien
Amarcord
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Being There
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Chinatown
The Conversation
Cries & Whispers
Day for Night
Days of Heaven
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Dog Day Afternoon
Don't Look Now
El Topo
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Five Easy Pieces
Gates of Heaven
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Heart of Glass
Jaws
Killer of Sheep
The Last Tango in Paris
Late Spring
Manhattan
The Last Picture Show
The Long Goodbye
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Mean Streets
Mon Oncle Antoine
Nashville
Network
Night Moves
Nosferatu the Vampire
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Patton
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Saturday Night Fever
Solaris
Spirit of the Beehive
Star Wars
Stroszek
Superman: The Movie
Taxi Driver
3 Women
Walkabout
A Woman Under the Influence
Woodstock
WR: Mysteries of the Organism

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Sometime at the end of July, I should be able to start the countdown for our next decade of collective film favorites.

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[linespalsy]

Just compiled and submitted my list.

[The Gunslinger45]

Gonna rewtach a few movies over again and see if I can't knock out a few I have not seen before late May.

[Swan]

I've got a speculative list made and ordered, but I have some movies to watch and some to rewatch before I finalize it.

[bluedeed]

Michael J Anderson has some good suggestions for the arthouse snobs out there:
1970
1. Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, France)
2. Tristana (Luis Buñuel, Spain/France/Italy)
3. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir (Jean Renoir, France/Italy)
4. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/France/West Germany)
5. Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy)
6. There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (Otar Iosseliani, Soviet Union)
7. Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, United States)
8. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol, France/Italy)
9. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder, United Kingdom)
10. A Swedish Love Story (Roy Andersson, Sweden)

1971
1. La Région centrale (Michael Snow, Canada)
2. (nostalgia) (Hollis Frampton, United States)
3. The Ceremony (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
4. Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, France)
5. The House in the Woods (Maurice Pialat, France)
6. Love (Károly Makk, Hungary)
7. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, United Kingdom)
8. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, United States)
9. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Taiwan)
10. Trafic (Jacques Tati, France/Italy)

1972
1. Pakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, India)
2. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, France/
Italy/Spain)
3. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
4. Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, United Kingdom)
5. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
6. Aguirre, Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, West Germany/Peru/
Mexico)
7. Ulzana's Raid (Robert Aldrich, United States)
8. The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
9. Avanti! (Billy Wilder, United States/Italy)
10. Love in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)

1973
1. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, Spain)
2. Badlands (Terrence Malick, United States)
3. The Age of Cosimo de Medici (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
4. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, France)
5. Reed: Insurgent Mexico (Paul Leduc, Mexico)
6. A River Called Titas (Ritwik Ghatak, India/Bangladesh)
7. Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal)
8. Moses and Aaron (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Austria/France/West Germany/Italy)
9. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, United States)
10. Breezy (Clint Eastwood, United States)

1974
1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, France)
2. Lancelot of the Lake (Robert Bresson, France)
3. Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy/France)
4. F for Fake (Orson Welles, France/Iran/West Germany)
5. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
6. Effi Briest (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
7. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, United States)
8. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
10. Weighed But Found Wanting (Lino Brocka, Philippines)

1975
1. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, United States)
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France)
3. The Travelling Players (Theo Angelopoulos, Greece)
4. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
5. The Messiah (Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France)
6. Xala (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
7. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, France/Italy/United States/Spain)
8. India Song (Marguerite Duras, France)
9. Hard Times (Walter Hill, United States)
10. Benilde, or the Virgin Mother (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)

1976
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, United States)
2. Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
3. Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock, United States)
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, United States)
5. The Shootist (Don Siegel, United States)
6. The Marquise of O (Eric Rohmer, West Germany/France)
7. In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Oshima, Japan/France)
8. Insiang (Lino Brocka, Philippines)
9. Heart of Glass (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
10. Nuts in May (Mike Leigh, United Kingdom)

1977
1. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel, France/Spain)
2. Providence (Alain Resnais, France/Switzerland)
3. Man of Marble (Andrzej Wajda, Poland)
4. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, United States)
5. Ceddo (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
6. The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood, United States)
7. The Chess Players (Satyajit Ray, India)
8. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, France)
9. Amar Akbar Anthony (Manmohan Desai, India)
10. The Report (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)

1978
1. Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)
2. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, United States)
3. Perceval (Eric Rohmer, France/Italy/West Germany)
4. Fedora (Billy Wilder, France/West Germany)
5. Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France/West Germany)
6. Violette (Claude Chabrol, France/Canada)
7. The Driver (Walter Hill, United States)
8. Halloween (John Carpenter, United States)
9. Alexandria... Why? (Youssef Chahine, Egypt/Algeria)
10. An Unmarried Woman (Paul Mazursky, United States)

1979
1. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
2. Tale of Tales (Yuri Norstein, Soviet Union)
3. "10" (Blake Edwards, United States)
4. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
5. The Hypothesis of a Stolen Painting (Raoul Ruiz, France)
6. Eureka (Ernie Gehr, United States)
7. Vengeance is Mine (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
8. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia)
9. ¡Qué viva México! (Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, Soviet Union)
10. Ekdin Pratidin (Mrinal Sen, India)

[Mr Minio]

Mr Minio's obscure must see films of the 70's.

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Prestuplenie i nakazanie (1970)
Rengoku eroica (1970)
Mujo (1970)
Valerie a týden divů (1970)
Trzecia część nocy (1971)
Proverka na dorogakh (1971)
Quick Billy (1971)
Még kér a nép (1972)
A zori zdes tikhie (1972)
Cheburashka (1972)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Obrazy starého sveta (1972)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Un Homme qui dort (1974)
Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1974)
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)
O Thiassos (1975)
India Song (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Az Ötödik pecsét (1976)
Keoma (1976)
Amator (1979)

Didn't include El Topo, Hausu and Skazka Skazok as they are rather more known, or... are they?

You have to watch all of them if you haven't before sending a list. Well, you don't, but all are great films and you SHOULD.

[Mr Minio]

1971
1. La Région centrale (Michael Snow, Canada)
2. (nostalgia) (Hollis Frampton, United States)
3. The Ceremony (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
4. Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, France)
5. The House in the Woods (Maurice Pialat, France)
6. Love (Károly Makk, Hungary)
7. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, United Kingdom)
8. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, United States)
9. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Taiwan)
10. Trafic (Jacques Tati, France/Italy) Structual film and a badass Eastwood film on one list? Glorious suggestions!

[OMEGA5]

I started a list, but will be ordering it, and whittling it down, plus I have several I want to watch before i finalize it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

My list is submitted.

[mark f]

If The China Syndrome is not on this list, I will suffer a rectal prolapse.
You better have surgery premptively scheduled for about six months from now.

[rauldc14]

3 lists within 2 hours of the thread being created. Wow.

[teeter_g]

My list is finished. I will submit it later.

[Daniel M]

Okay so I updated my IMDB list, it now has the good 70s films I have seen, the films from my watchlist, all the films Holden listed from various sources, the films from Bluedeed's post and Mr Minio's post.

358 films in total. You have no excuses when it comes to knowing what to watch!

http://www.imdb.com/list/5RmTlgITp78/

[weeman]

On a separate note, animation people this time round should all vote for the emotionally harrowing Watership Down just because it is bleak, miserable and brilliant.

When it comes to live-action, if I told you that I would shove that baseball bat somewhere and turn you into a popsicle, which film would I be endorsing a vote for?

[Holden Pike]

Alright, I have finalized my own list. Wanted to do it early, so I don't get influenced, either consciously or subconsciously, by the other lists.

[Skepsis93]

You work fast Holden! Great write-up. :D

Like a lot of people I have a 70s watchlist as long as my arm and I want to see as much as possible, so expect my list to be among the last submitted.

Looking forward to this!

[honeykid]

On a separate note, animation people this time round should all vote for the emotionally harrowing Watership Down just because it is bleak, miserable and brilliant.
No, don't vote for that. Horrible film.

When it comes to live-action, if I told you that I would shove that baseball bat somewhere and turn you into a popsicle, which film would I be endorsing a vote for?
http://brenthanson.net/movies/files/2012/08/warriors.jpg

[Cobpyth]

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, people!

http://static.rogerebert.com/redactor_assets/pictures/far-flung-correspondents/the-art-of-sexual-belt-notching/carnal_knowledge_bimbo.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066892/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carnal_knowledge/

Anyway, let the exploration start!

[Skepsis93]

One I'd like to draw people's attention to:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/Picnicathangingrock1.jpg/220px-Picnicathangingrock1.jpg

Picnic at Hanging Rock

[Guaporense]

I say this every list. But why oh why do you people send your lists in now? Is there any benefit to it all? The only benefit is not forgetting it, which is highly unlikely due to the amount of posts in this thread and PMs you're likely to get. Sending it in early ALWAYS results in people moaning about how they didn't get to include a masterpiece they just saw or how they forgot to include something.

Unless your like Mark and you have seen pretty much every film that is going to make the list (although even he had not seen Visitor to a Museum I don't think! :p ).

It's similar to these people who say they know what movies they will like and won't, and aren't willing to explore new films. Part of the beauty of these lists is exploring new parts of cinema you hadn't before and finding new films for your list, if you honestly think you know your list won't change between now and when you send your list, I think that's pretty ignorant of some of the great films that I hope show up without your help.

Sorry if this sounds angry, and each to their own of course, if you're happy with what you're doing, go for it, just don't complain when x film didn't show up because of you!

Older people who have watched more movies have a very hard to crack top 25 for each decade, so it's unlikely that viewing a few dozen 1970's movies will crack their top 25 and if it does, it will crack the lower ranking films, not changing the list significantly. Specially given that their tastes are well defined so that viewing films from other niches will probably not make a difference.

[Guaporense]

On a separate note, animation people this time round should all vote for the emotionally harrowing Watership Down just because it is bleak, miserable and brilliant.

Plague Dogs, from 1982, from the same guys, is even better. Though, I included only three animated films in my top 25 list: Galaxy Express 999, Castle of Cagliostro and Tale of Tales.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I like this movie from 1975:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13286&stc=1&d=1394664176

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECb1EsbEnEE

Miss Vicky should see this if she hasn't already.

[Guaporense]

Looks interesting Miss Vicky.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I don't know if she'd be into it, but I got her into Hedwig, so, maybe.

[Sane]

While we are recommending, don't forget the single best performance by an actress ever:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Awomanunderinfluence.jpg

And perhaps the best horror movie ever (and we owe Herzog for leaving Fitzcarraldo out of the 80s list):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Nosferatu_Phantom_der_Nacht.jpg

[Godoggo]

Plague Dogs, from 1982, from the same guys, is even better. Though, I included only three animated films in my top 25 list: Galaxy Express 999, Castle of Cagliostro and Tale of Tales.

It may be good, but there is nothing on earth that could ever ever make me watch that movie again.

[Guaporense]

It may be good, but there is nothing on earth that could ever ever make me watch that movie again.

Which one?

I watched Plague Dogs in the same day as Only Yesterday. I found Plague Dogs to be significantly powerful but almost insignificant next to my emotional reaction I had to Only Yesterday (I was crushed by it, completely).

[Cobpyth]

On a side note:

There's a certain film (California Split, 1974 - Robert Altman) I REALLY want to see before submitting this list. The problem is that the version that is being sold on DVD is three minutes shorter than the original version, because of certain music copy rights. I truly want to see it in its original state, though, and I know that version is available on Netflix, but I don't have acces to that site here in Belgium yet...

IF anyone knows how to get acces to the original version of California Split without Netflix, please let me know!

I already made a topic (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=34806) about this earlier, but nobody seemed to be able to help me, as no one responded.

Sorry for asking it again in this thread, but I thought it was kind of related to the topic, so HELP ME, PLEASE!!!

[Nostromo87]

the 70's. time to finally get around to watching some blaxploitation flicks, especially the ones with Pam Grier,

http://media.giphy.com/media/R7MK546aYnNAY/giphy.gif

along with a whole bunch of other stuff

[The Gunslinger45]

the 70's. time to finally get around to watching some blaxploitation flicks, especially the ones with Pam Grier,

http://media.giphy.com/media/R7MK546aYnNAY/giphy.gif

along with a whole bunch of other stuff

Coffy and Foxy Brown are a must.

[mark f]

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. That's not '70s! Just practicing my honeykid and Sexy. :)

[rauldc14]

I'm going to try to see all of Nicholson's 70s films. I've loved the 3 that I've seen.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. That's not '70s! Just practicing my honeykid and Sexy. :)

And failing miserably.

Absolutely watch Coffy and Foxy Brown.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nfmu1eTr1r89b3jo1_500.gif

[honeykid]

I like this movie from 1975:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13286&stc=1&d=1394664176

All Ken Russel's 70's films should be considered. However, if you only look at one, make it The Devils.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Thedevils1971poster.png/220px-Thedevils1971poster.pnghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/The_Devils.jpg/200px-The_Devils.jpg

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. That's not '70s! Just practicing my honeykid and Sexy. :)
I don't really complain about whether a film is of the decade or not, just whether it's any good.

Now, everyone go and watch blaxploitation films so they have a better chance of making the list.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Look at TOMMY... and then maybe The Devils.

[Godoggo]

Which one?

I watched Plague Dogs in the same day as Only Yesterday. I found Plague Dogs to be significantly powerful but almost insignificant next to my emotional reaction I had to Only Yesterday (I was crushed by it, completely).

Plague Dogs. I think I cried for three days every time I thought of it.

[Tyler1]

Submitted! Only 5 out of 25 are foreign films. American Cinema of the 70s is just far too important to be ignored.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I wonder if Holden is going to ignore certain submitted lists to make sure only good films make it this time. :p

[Harry Lime]

Sweet. My list could probably be submitted today but I think I'm going to wait like I usually do.

[Deadite]

I too hope all of you who haven't submitted a list yet will make time to watch a few classics such as Westworld, Marathon Man, Slaughterhouse-Five and Duel first. :)

[rauldc14]

It'd be nice if we could get even more lists than the 80s one for this!

[Yoda]

I'd say that's a very plausible goal. These lists are gaining popularity, the site's busier than ever, and I (probably) won't be working quite as much in the background this time, which means I'll probably be able to help by putting up a special notice or two somewhere.

[Holden Pike]

I have eight lists already (including mine). I'm not entering them into the spreadsheet yet, nor really studying them, but it seems to me like there are already two-hundred different movies! Cray-zee and wonderful. Keep 'em coming...though no rush.

[mark f]

Watched this yesterday -
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eW8ctitdK4k/T09HbQt7yyI/AAAAAAAABsU/C3U8tdb7ed4/s400/Coming_Home_poster.jpg

Watching this now -
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_igkvmv-E4YU/TNwVxkJ-MFI/AAAAAAAAINU/B3oghkLy47Q/s1600/Little.jpg

[linespalsy]

Little Murders is pretty good. I might like it even better than Carnal Knowledge, but still didn't vote for it.

[Holden Pike]

I re-watched Coming Home shortly after Bruce Dern's Oscar nomination for Nebraska was announced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xohOBku3yeU

[Holden Pike]

And while on the subject of Coming Home, I will breifly lobby against a movie. I know it won Best Picture and all, but I have never gotten what's so supposedly wonderful or magnificent about Cimino's The Deer Hunter. It's a movie that is so praised, I keep returning to it over and over again, to see if I can figure out what I missed. I watched it in two chunks, overlapping with each other, in the past month or so. It kept popping up on Universal HD, so as I seem to do every few years, I gave it another look.

The performances are all good, no surprise given that cast (though seeing it again, it is stunning to me how often even these great actors are undercut by the editing). Cinematography is nice, much more so the Pennsylvania stuff than the Vietnam parts, but hardly the best looking film of that year or the decade. I understand in historical context that it was one of the first major films to address the war in a serious way. I get all of that, and appreciate the climate in which it was made and released. But as a movie, it doesn't work for me.

Overlong, it meanders over minutiae like the ceremony and reception of the wedding, but then just jumps to Vietnam, seemingly many months into their tour, just as they are captured. I "get" the symbolism of the Russian Roulette metaphor. Believe it or not, I got it when I was ten, the first time I saw it (it ain't exactly subtle or clever). There's certainly zero attempt at realism in any of the Vietnam stuff, either their capture and especially not in Saigon afterwards when the game moves to be one of choice. But unlike Apocalypse Now, it isn't even stylized in any memorable or effective way. It's not a nightmare or a fever dream or a vision of Hell on Earth, it's just sort of not real. There's artifice, but no artistry.

The editing of this movie has always seemed a mess to me, and that continues to today. Out of the context of 1978, I just don't get what the big deal about this movie is supposed to be? By contrast, Hal Ashby's Coming Home, which was released the same year, is incredibly moving and effective and has a point of view that is delivered with art and three amazing central performances. To me, you don't need to know the history of how close Coming Home was made to the end of the war to understand it is a great film, but it seems to me that historical signifigance is ALL The Deer Hunter has going for it.

Tastes vary, of course, and I'm sure a few of you will chime in with exactly what it means to you and why you think it's a first-class film. But for those of you who have it on your shortlist and maybe haven't seen it in decades and are remembering its reputation maybe more than the film itself, I urge you to take another look. I just saw Apocalypse Now on the big screen this past Monday, and for all of that film's flaws and overreaches, you can't deny it is a powerfully made film, and a power that is timeless. But The Deer Hunter...? I don't see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRUgWubgzw

[Yoda]

I didn't get what was so special about it, either, and though I only saw it once I assumed it was revered for the same reason you mentioned: not that it's an objectively great film, but that it's thought to be a capital-I Important one. I don't think a lot of that kind of film, because the reverence it receives isn't really about the film as a film, which is why it doesn't often translate well for people who weren't in the right age range when it was released.

So I'll echo that sentiment, for sure. I don't know how plausible it would be for it to miss the list entirely, so something more deserving can end up on there, but I do think there's a good chance it won't be particularly high. Even among people who admire it, I don't know if it engenders the kind of love for a film that tends to garner a high spot on these lists.

[seanc]

I was planning on watching Deer Hunter before submitting my list. I have tried to watch it twice and fell asleep within half an hour both times. We will see if I make it through this time.

[mark f]

I didn't mean for my mention of Coming Home to lead to a hatchet job on The Deer Hunter, only wanted to bring it to the attention of those here unaware of it and Little Murders. I'll probably do the same thing with significant, but underseen, films I watch all the way up to July. Everybody is welcome to their opinion though since I can't come after you like Freddy or Jason. I'll leave most of my opinions to Movie Tab. :)

[Sexy Celebrity]

The Deer Hunter kept me watching, even through that endless wedding reception scene.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13297&stc=1&d=1394739132

Besides the fact that it's got a very good looking rugged Robert De Niro in it, I enjoyed it for what I saw happening. It's a movie that showcases a harsh side to life. It's about men dealing with the darkness of life. I don't know what to really say -- I've only seen it once. I own it and I might watch it again now.

Sometimes movies just speak to people in ways that you can't be spoken to. They speak a language that is foreign to you. That's probably what's going on with you and The Deer Hunter. I think the fact that you WANT to understand it and you keep returning to it probably says something about it. That on some level, maybe you do understand it, or hope to finally come to understand it. That kind of understanding that you're looking for, though, may take time. You may have to go through experiences and changes that help you "get it." I know that for me, that has been the case with certain films. With age, a movie can change for you, can open up to you, can show you new sides to it that you didn't notice before. I can't say what it is that you're missing in regards to The Deer Hunter, but when I watched it, I liked it a lot. Do I keep returning to it? No, because it's not really one of those I need to keep returning to, unless it calls to me. Perhaps this is a call now thanks to your post.

I hope others get the call.

[Holden Pike]

Besides the fact that it's got a very good looking rugged Robert De Niro in it, I enjoyed it for what I saw happening. It's a movie that showcases a harsh side to life. It's about men dealing with the darkness of life. I don't know what to really say -- I've only seen it once. I own it and I might watch it again now.

Sometimes movies just speak to people in ways that you can't be spoken to. They speak a language that is foreign to you. That's probably what's going on with you and The Deer Hunter. I think the fact that you WANT to understand it and you keep returning to it probably says something about it. That on some level, maybe you do understand it, or hope to finally come to understand it. That kind of understanding that you're looking for, though, may take time. You may have to go through experiences and changes that help you "get it." I know that for me, that has been the case with certain films. With age, a movie can change for you, can open up to you, can show you new sides to it that you didn't notice before.

I saw it first when I was ten. In 1980. I have watched it probably more than a dozen times since then, once even for a class in college, and most recently a month ago. If there was some life experience I was going to have that would key me in on the film's wavelength, time is running out for me to have it.

There are many Vietnam films I find powerful and effective, there are plenty of films about small town blue collar life that I find insightful and universal, there are tons of films about the harshness and darkness of life that I connect to in powerful ways. The Deer Hunter ain't one of 'em.

I hope others get the call.

Me, too. I hope those of you who have time and inclination not only watch a bunch of new movies from this decade you've never seen before, but also reexamine a bunch, too. You may find some aren't as large as they are in your memory. Or as large as their reputation and awards pedigree.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I probably wouldn't have liked The Deer Hunter if I had seen it at 10 years old. That experience of seeing it then at that age is probably still with you, whether you realize it or not. I saw it at 28.

[mark f]

The Deer Hunter is tough for many because it's long, full of contradictions and seems clumsy structurally and thematically because it doesn't ever come out and say what it's really about. It's all about the feelings and emotions of the characters [and the director], but the actual "plot" makes it harder to connect to them and the movie. That, plus some people find it racist. It's bewildering and powerful at the same time. The ending scene, combined with the music over the end credits, probably ties it together best for me. It's not gung ho but rather sad and sober. I don't think this is a Spoiler. Incidentally, I'm not advocating voting for any of these - just suggesting MoFos watch them, like Holds said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwl4xV6wuRI

[honeykid]

I think I've only seen The Deerhunter once. Well, once all the way through, anyway, and about the only thing I can remember about the entire film is that I liked the wedding reception stuff a lot more than the Vietnam half.

[Holden Pike]

I probably wouldn't have liked The Deer Hunter if I had seen it at 10 years old. That experience of seeing it then at that age is probably still with you, whether you realize it or not. I saw it at 28.

I had already seen Apocalypse Now, before The Deer Hunter. My thoughts, opinions, and impressions of the former have changed and deepened and enriched with age and the perspectives of time and life experience. The Deer Hunter has not enriched over the same period of time. Has absolutely nothing to do with my first viewing of it.

There's nothing to unravel, SC. There is no "Rosebud" that will explain my dislike of that movie. I just don't think it's very good, or well made. That's the key.

[Camo]

I didn't mean for my mention of Coming Home to lead to a hatchet job on The Deer Hunter, only wanted to bring it to the attention of those here unaware of it and Little Murders. I'll probably do the same thing with significant, but underseen, films I watch all the way up to July. Everybody is welcome to their opinion though since I can't come after you like Freddy or Jason. I'll leave most of my opinions to Movie Tab. :)

Hopefully you continue to do this, because i highly respect your opinion. Coming Home and Little Murders are now on my 70's watchlist. Already seen The Deer Hunter good movie, but it wont be on my list.

[wintertriangles]

Deer Hunter is the kind of war film people like when they're just starting to watch war films, so I can't blame it for being successful I suppose, but outside the russian roulette scene I remember nothing and have no yearning to revisit even that bit.

[rauldc14]

Since people have been making recommendations, I'm going to recommend Days of Heaven.

[Sexy Celebrity]

There's nothing to unravel, SC. There is no "Rosebud" that will explain my dislike of that movie. I just don't think it's very good, or well made. That's the key.

Well, then stop watching it/revisiting it in hopes of finding out why everyone likes it.

[Camo]

Since people have been making recommendations, I'm going to recommend Days of Heaven.

I was going to watch that anyway, but a rec from me is The Jerk , one of my favourite comedies.

[mark f]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRM3lFRwRI

Days of Heaven should find a good position on the list. :)

[rauldc14]

I was going to watch that anyway, but a rec from me is The Jerk , one of my favourite comedies.

I'll watch that then.

[meatwadsprite]

Would just like to remind you of an obscure 70's film a lot of you might look over. It's called Star War, I think you guys should check it out.

http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/data/0001046/photo-la-guerre-des-etoiles-star-wars-1977-4.jpg
Han Solo (left) and his partner Obi-Wan.

[OMEGA5]

Well, I managed to find one way or another to get the 9 I want to watch before I submit my list. Only had to buy 2. My wife is happy about that. Weekend planned! As well as catching The Grand Budapest Hotel that is...

[Yoda]

In case anyone's hearing these recommendations for The Jerk and isn't quite convinced, I'll throw in, too: definitely watch it.

Lots of older comedies don't hold up as well as you remember--the jokes-per-minute ratio is far lower, and sometimes the humor is more of a vibe than an actual punchline. But The Jerk is weird enough, clever enough, and overtly goofy enough that it fits modern comedic sensibilities really well. I rewatched it a few months ago and loved it even more.

[seanc]

I"ll echo the love for The Jerk. Holds up really well. Probably my #1 comedy ever. I watch it about every three years and not many comedies hold up for me.

[Upton]

FYC FYC FYC FYC FYC


http://i.imgur.com/TYtyrIA.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSWXBq8A9Y
FYC FYC FYC FYC FYC

[mark f]

I watched this a few days before this thread started.

http://doodadkindoftown.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/ruling_class.jpg

[wintertriangles]

I have no idea why I love that movie, and I wish someone could tell me.

[The Gunslinger45]

Oh yeah the one where Peter O Toole plays the dude who thinks he is Jesus. I need to see that.

[mark f]

I have no idea why I love that movie, and I wish someone could tell me.
You're as cracked as the 14th Earl of Gurney? :)

[honeykid]

I still haven't gotten around to watching that. I've had it for years.

[Godoggo]

I'm hoping that people give Being There a watch. I'm also hoping that those of us that love Cabaret place it high enough that it earns a decent spot on the list.

[Guaporense]

Submitted! Only 5 out of 25 are foreign films. American Cinema of the 70s is just far too important to be ignored.

I think mine this time was split 50-50 this time. I had 18 non-English on the 1980's list because I tried to get as much anime as possible (in the end it didn't make a difference since the ones I voted for I am probably also the only one who watched those).

[wintertriangles]

You're as cracked as the 14th Earl of Gurney? :)If so, I'm quite well-mannered to the point of fooling everyone. But honestly it's probably my favorite comedy, and I couldn't write one page about why. It actually bothers me

[mark f]

I'm also hoping that those of us that love Cabaret place it high enough that it earns a decent spot on the list.
You know it's going near my daughter's and my top. :)

[wintertriangles]

Need to rewatch it but it just might make my list too

[Godoggo]

You know it's going near my daughter's and my top. :)

Yeah, I was kind of counting on that. I don't say this about many movies, but I just don't get how people don't love this movie.

[honeykid]

I'm hoping that people give Being There a watch..
Being There is such a good film. I don't even like Peter Seller's very much and I still think it's good.

[Godoggo]

My mom loved Peter Sellers, so I had a severe dislike of him when I was young because It seemed like The Pink Panther movies were always on our television. As I got older, I started to appreciate him more and loved Being There. I also like The Mouse that Roared a lot, but it's a 60s movie, I think so I'll have to wait for the next list for that one.

[mark f]

Close. 1959. :)

[Captain Spaulding]

I've been lurking around on this site for the past several weeks, just enjoying watching all of you crazy people bicker about movies, but after watching the 80's Countdown and seeing so many great films not even make the list (Fitzcarraldo and The Last Temptation of Christ were two omissions that I found particularly heartbreaking), I've finally decided to create an account so that I can participate in future countdowns and movie debates. So, you know, hello and how ya' doing and happy to be a registered mofo and all of that.

I know I can't submit a list for this countdown until I've been a member for a month. That doesn't matter, though, because I plan on using as much time as possible to absorb all the 70's greatness that I can get my hands on. There are several well-regarded films from the 70's that I've been meaning to watch, but, for whatever reason, just haven't gotten around to actually watching. Films like Stalker, The Last Goodbye, 3 Women, Paper Moon, Harold & Maude, etc. Preparing for this countdown will be the kick to the keister I need to finally seek out those films.

[honeykid]

Cool. Welcome to the party, pal.

[wintertriangles]

Just remember the deadline is in mid-July, no need to rush.

[Godoggo]

Close. 1959. :)

Oh wow, I thought it was the mid-sixties for some reason. I guess I have to wait for a couple more lists for that one.

I went ahead and did a quick preliminary list. I think it's pretty close to what I'll actually be sending in officially, but I'll hold off until the last minute like always.

[Pussy Galore]

I have Being There on Blu Ray just waiting for me to watch it, as for Peter Sellers his best role is obviously in Dr Strangelove, but he has an other fantastic performance in The Party

[Holden Pike]

I've been lurking around on this site for the past several weeks, just enjoying watching all of you crazy people bicker about movies, but after watching the 80's Countdown and seeing so many great films not even make the list (Fitzcarraldo and The Last Temptation of Christ were two omissions that I found particularly heartbreaking), I've finally decided to create an account so that I can participate in future countdowns and movie debates. So, you know, hello and how ya' doing and happy to be a registered mofo and all of that.

Hooray for Captain Spaulding. He really is a schnorer.

Welcome!

[Tyler1]

Just out of curiousity, have you seen all the movies on my top 25, Holden?

[HandyApe]

As those great people on the first page said, go watch Five Easy Pieces before you even think about starting your list!

[Camo]

I'm hoping that people give Being There a watch. I'm also hoping that those of us that love Cabaret place it high enough that it earns a decent spot on the list.

I second Being There. Peter Sellers is incredible in it. To me it feels like a mix between both Rain Man and Forrest Gump.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

These classics must be on the list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYCBgSRNjk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htbtla8J0uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuQ5ZLB2ME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwNqorvjtg

[Sedai]

China Syndrome? I watched that a few months ago. I enjoyed Jack Lemmon's performance, but the rest of the film was pretty ham-fisted. Definitely not a classic, and it most certainly wouldn't make a Top 100 for me, let alone Top 25...Dark Star is pretty fun, but doesn't belong on a best off list. I agree on the other two titles, though!

[Holden Pike]

Just out of curiousity, have you seen all the movies on my top 25, Holden?

There is a filmmaker (or pair) that you have more than one title from: I know who they are, but never actually seen their work. Another title, again, I am aware of it but have never seen it. All the others I know, most I own, love bunches of 'em, and some may well overlap with my list.

[Holden Pike]

By the by, I saw this one not too long back, you can find my review HERE (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&highlight=visitor&p=1020296#post1020296). I wouldn't say it's a GOOD film, or even a coherent one...but it is an experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qw_g2qG38s

[teeter_g]

Someone suggested that I watch some other movies first. If I can find them I will, if not I will send in my list soon-ish.

[JayDee]

I can't remember from the previous lists, what's the company line on TV movies, are they allowed? There's nothing mentioned in the opening post so I guess they are. Assuming they are, allow me to recommend The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Two cracking TV movies that were the main inspiration for The X-Files.

Oh and also has anyone seen the 1971 film The Hospital starring George C. Scott? And if so what was the verdict? Not seen it myself but when I was browsing imdb compiling a list of films to perhaps watch I stumbled across it and thought it sounded quite interesting.

[Guaporense]

Plague Dogs. I think I cried for three days every time I thought of it.

I perfectly understand your reaction even though I wasn't hit that hard by it, it is a very sharp tragedy, incredible that the creators tried to market that film for children (given the attitudes toward animation in the UK of the 1980's). Would you include it in your top 20-30 I believe (anything that can make such impact on me would fall right into the top spots in my favorites list).

[Guaporense]

There is a filmmaker (or pair) that you have more than one title from: I know who they are, but never actually seen their work. Another title, again, I am aware of it but have never seen it. All the others I know, most I own, love bunches of 'em, and some may well overlap with my list.

Have you seen all of my list?

[Cobpyth]

Have you seem all of my list?

THIS MUST STOP, GUAP! :p

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Anyway, starting my exploration of the decade today with The Jerk! Looking forward to it.

[jiraffejustin]

TV movies were allowed if I remember correctly

[mark f]

If TV movies are allowed, there were a crapload of significant ones.

[bluedeed]

I don't know why exactly, but I feel like you would like Claire's Knee, Cobpyth. In general too, Claire's Knee is a film the forum should watch for this. I think it's among the best of Rohmer's films and will be making my list.

[linespalsy]

Here's one of my recommendations for underappreciated '70s movies:

http://www.rawrdenim.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nolte_rain.jpeg

[JayDee]

If TV movies are allowed, there were a crapload of significant ones.

Oh Mark you have such a poetic way with words.

[Cobpyth]

I don't know why exactly, but I feel like you would like Claire's Knee, Cobpyth. In general too, Claire's Knee is a film the forum should watch for this. I think it's among the best of Rohmer's films and will be making my list.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll watch it this week. It seems like something I would enjoy.

[Deadite]

For horror buffs, I know Alien and TCM are obvious classic contenders, but may I also recommend a couple others you may love: Salem's Lot (underrated vampire mini-series, the bedroom window scene alone is worth it), and Who Can Kill A Child? (obscure horror masterpiece, recently remade)

[Holden Pike]

I would think made-for-TV movies are fair game, though I will defer to whatever the ruling was on the previous lists, for consistency sake.

Another movie I would highlight is Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but had been unavailable, even badly dubbed, in the U.S. for a long time. It was gloriously released by Criterion at the end of last year. Check it out. Especially if you only know Gian Maria Volonté from Spaghetti Westerns.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/stills/132206-3e3f047479a62ca1c32082f00216088b/Film_682_InvestigationCitizen_original.jpg

[Sexy Celebrity]

Just don't even bother with any kind of obscure '70s film, unless it's:

1.) Something released by Criterion.

2.) Something extremely rare from a foreign country that you can only see by trading the file with Harry Lime.

Those two types of movies, plus some anime or Asian thing, plus the regular, critically acclaimed/most popular movies of the '70s, are all that's gonna make the list. That's all that keeps going on.

Another movie I would highlight is Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but had been unavailable, even badly dubbed, in the U.S. for a long time. It was gloriously released by Criterion at the end of last year. Check it out.

This will make the list.

[Miss Vicky]

I watched The Jerk last night after seeing it discussed here.

I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I didn't laugh or even crack a smile the entire movie.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Well, that's you being Miss Vicky. I liked The Jerk.

[Godoggo]

I perfectly understand your reaction even though I wasn't hit that hard by it, it is a very sharp tragedy, incredible that the creators tried to market that film for children (given the attitudes toward animation in the UK of the 1980's). Would you include it in your top 20-30 I believe (anything that can make such impact on me would fall right into the top spots in my favorites list).

I might have at one time, but It having such a powerful pact on me doesn't necessarily translate into good movie for me. The fact that it tears me up so much that I really don't want to watch it again lessons the movie in my eyes. I do a lot of dog rescue and shelter work and I just couldn't watch that movie and go in and do what I do. I would be a crazy woman.

On the subject on movies made for TV, I got really excited that Holden might allow them and went to look up The Dollmaker. 1984 *sigh* Maybe one day a TV movie and mini-series list would be fun.

[bluedeed]

Just don't even bother with any kind of obscure '70s film, unless it's:

1.) Something released by Criterion.

2.) Something extremely rare from a foreign country that you can only see by trading the file with Harry Lime.

Those two types of movies, plus some anime or Asian thing, plus the regular, critically acclaimed/most popular movies of the '70s, are all that's gonna make the list. That's all that keeps going on.

The top two films will be La Region Centrale and Out 1, calling it now.

[Sexy Celebrity]

The number 1 movie will probably be Jaws. I know it's been hard to predict the number 1 movie, surprisingly, but I'm going with Jaws.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Wait... unless it's Star Wars.

[Godoggo]

The number 1 movie will probably be Jaws. I know it's been hard to predict the number 1 movie, surprisingly, but I'm going with Jaws.

That wouldn't surprise me. Enough of us love it on here. I'd be more than happy with that seeing as how Cabaret doesn't have a chance (what is wrong with you people!!' :D)

[seanc]

Ill be surprised if it is not The Godfather. That movie crosses most of the divides I think.

[Godoggo]

I forgot about that one. Yeah, that will probably beat Jaws. I love The Godfather, but I'd rather see Jaws win.

[Skepsis93]

The Godfather already has this wrapped up, as far as I'm concerned. :p I don't see anything else coming close.

[weeman]

Just don't even bother with any kind of obscure '70s film, unless it's:

1.) Something released by Criterion.

2.) Something extremely rare from a foreign country that you can only see by trading the file with Harry Lime.

Those two types of movies, plus some anime or Asian thing, plus the regular, critically acclaimed/most popular movies of the '70s, are all that's gonna make the list. That's all that keeps going on.

You've pretty much covered every film ever made here :P

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Jaws all the way.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

My top 10.

1. Jaws
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3. The Godfather
4. Alien
5. Rocky
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Halloween
8. Taxi Driver
9. Dirty Harry
10. A Clockwork Orange

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

jaws, taxi driver, star wars, and the godfather all have decent chances of winning.

[seanc]

My top 10.

1. Jaws
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3. The Godfather
4. Alien
5. Rocky
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Halloween
8. Taxi Driver
9. Dirty Harry
10. A Clockwork Orange

3 of those are in my top 5. 3 others are on my list outside of the top 10.

[Sexy Celebrity]

You've pretty much covered every film ever made here :P

SEQUEL?

[rauldc14]

My top 10.

1. Jaws
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3. The Godfather
4. Alien
5. Rocky
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Halloween
8. Taxi Driver
9. Dirty Harry
10. A Clockwork Orange

I thought we couldn't share lists? Ur disqualified.

[teeter_g]

I am rooting for Clockwork Orange to win this one.

[Guaporense]

jaws, taxi driver, star wars, and the godfather all have decent chances of winning.

I would guess so. In the 1990's list most people were betting on Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas took the prize, in the 1980's list most people were betting on Raiders and The Shining won. Now most people are betting on The Godfather.

[wintertriangles]

Despite my love for it I hope Clockwork Orange doesn't make it as far as The Shining. Although if it does, I hope it beats out the obvious picks.

[Guaporense]

It will probably be on the top 5 though. Top 5 prediction:

1. Star Wars
2. The Godfather
3. Jaws
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Taxi Driver

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

I thought we couldn't share lists? Ur disqualified.

It's just a preliminary list. I'll probably change it before I submit it. ;)

[The Rodent]

Don't see the thing with A Clockwork Orange.


Most overrated film of all time methinks.


If I made a Top 1000, it'd probably be in the 900s somewhere. Maybe.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Don't see the thing with A Clockwork Orange.


Most overrated film of all time methinks.


If I made a Top 1000, it'd probably be in the 900s somewhere. Maybe.

With Young Guns taking the 1000th spot, of course.:D

[The Rodent]

:D


I know one thing. 2001: A Space Odyssey wouldn't make it at all.

[wintertriangles]

That's your problem ;)

[jiraffejustin]

:D


I know one thing. 2001: A Space Odyssey wouldn't make it at all.

burn the heretic

[The Rodent]

Meh.


I don't see the point in conforming because everyone else says they like those films.
I don't like them... and I'm saying so.

[honeykid]

I watched The Jerk last night after seeing it discussed here.

I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I didn't laugh or even crack a smile the entire movie.
Me neither.
Well, that's you being Miss Vicky. I liked The Jerk.
No, it's because The Jerk isn't funny. Y'know, like most movie comedies.

[donniedarko]

The Jerk relies to much on clown like humor for it's attempted laughs and it really didn't work on me, I'm with honeykid on this. However I did laugh when Steve Martin exclaimed

I'm a N*gger!

[Cobpyth]

My biggest LOL moment in The Jerk was when his black mother tells him that he is adopted and then Martin cries out:

"You mean I'm gonna stay this color??" :bawling:

Priceless delivery. :p

I thought it was a solid comedy, but it won't make my list.

[Yoda]

Pure gold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkVzspuCkxg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VbI5zcB8Ac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeW9Rxsl_fY

[Cobpyth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VbI5zcB8Ac


That was one of the other big laugh-out-loud scenes for me. Perfect.

[Yoda]

If I was sitting next to someone during this movie and they didn't laugh out loud at at least two of those scenes, I think I'd assume they were an alien.

[Ðèstîñy]

Are these decade threads like what I did with the horror list a loooong time ago?

[honeykid]

If I was sitting next to someone during this movie and they didn't laugh out loud at at least two of those scenes, I think I'd assume they were an alien.
http://blogs.heraldo.es/cuartadimension/files/2012/06/Cer-alien-saluda-gif.gif

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://blogs.heraldo.es/cuartadimension/files/2012/06/Cer-alien-saluda-gif.gif

Explains your attraction to Whoopi.

http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/whoopi-goldberg-it-wasnt-rape-rape.jpg

[Sexy Celebrity]

Are these decade threads like what I did with the horror list a loooong time ago?

Yes.

[Captain Spaulding]

People are predicting what movies are going to place near the top, yet I haven't seen anyone mention Apocalypse Now, which I would think would be in contention to not just finish in the top five, but possibly win the whole damn thing. Don't tell me you mofos aren't fans of Apocalypse Now.

I mean, the horror . . . the horror!

[honeykid]

It'll do well, top 20 is a certainty. Top 10, is probable, top 5 is possible, but I doubt it'll be top 3.

[wintertriangles]

I hope not top 10.

[Godoggo]

It'll do well, top 20 is a certainty. Top 10, is probable, top 5 is possible, but I doubt it'll be top 3.

I don't know. With all the great movies of the 70's that mofos agree on, I don't think Apocalypse Now will go beyond top 20. Just my prediction, of course. I could be wrong.

[OMEGA5]

I hope not top 10.

Challenge accepted.

[Ðèstîñy]

OK, and yeah, I'm the one that got the horror list done a long time ago. I have hardly read this whole thread, but has Slap Shot been mentioned?

[seanc]

Slap Shot is hanging on my list by a thread.

[Skepsis93]

A few more possibly less-seen seventies favourites of mine I'd be remiss not to at least mention. I'm sure they've all been mentioned in this thread already but I wanted to give them some special attention.

http://www.tvbomb.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Harold-and-Maude-02.jpg
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby)

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID56317/images/walkabout.jpg
Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg)
Exotic, enigmatic and fascinating.

http://i.imgur.com/H1zpq.png
Being There (Hal Ashby)
Offbeat and quietly profound, with a brilliantly understated turn from Sellers.

http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/blogs/lists/2009/01/11/love_and_death.jpg
Love and Death (Woody Allen)
Probably the best of his "early, funny ones."

http://www.everywoodyallenmovie.com/images/sleeper-5.jpg
Though this gives it a run for its money - Sleeper

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2011/10/12/1318427778354/Play-It-Again-Sam-006.jpg
Play It Again, Sam (Herbert Ross)
Yes, more Woody. Clearly I'm worried that other than the obvious two (right?!) he'll get overlooked. He's at his neurotic best in this as writer-star and it has an unexpectedly big heart, too.

http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/lolablanc/default/hausu--large-msg-133710252812.jpg
House (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
This one has been gaining some popularity around here but more MoFos need to see it. I adore it and would love to see it on this list.

[Sexy Celebrity]

You just stop right there. You were fine with Harold and Maude but then I kept seeing Woody Allen followed by more Woody Allen followed by more Woody Allen.

[Skepsis93]

http://www.thatsawrapshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/woody-allen-2.jpg

[Skepsis93]

I was a little shocked to see you'd +repped a post with so much Woody in it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I repped it too early.

[Cobpyth]

You just stop right there. You were fine with Harold and Maude but then I kept seeing Woody Allen followed by more Woody Allen followed by more Woody Allen.

That's right. He deliberately only posted three of Woody's '70s films, because he knows his two most popular '70s films, Manhattan and Annie Hall should already make it without getting an extra mention.

Two of those three Woody films you mentioned are candidates for my list, by the way, Skepsis!

[Sexy Celebrity]

Go ahead and get carried away with Woody pictures, though. The last time you tried to bug me with an annoying celebrity, something worked in my favor.

[Cobpyth]

Go ahead and get carried away with Woody pictures, though. The last time you tried to bug me with an annoying celebrity, something worked in my favor.

Too soon.

[Godoggo]

What about The Goodbye Girl ? Has that gotten any love yet, cause it should.

[Sane]

What about The Goodbye Girl ? Has that gotten any love yet, cause it should.
That'll be something I re-watch. Been a long time since I saw it but my memories are positive.

[Sane]

Some more films people should watch before submitting a list ...

Cries & Whispers & Autumn Sonata - Ingmar Bergman
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Ciesandwhispers.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Autumnsonataposter.jpg

Papillon - Franklin J Schaffner
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Papillon_ver1.jpg

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - John Cassavetes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Killing-Chinese-Bookie.jpg

My Friends aka Amici Miei - Mario Monicelli
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Amicimiei.jpg

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Alifeareats.jpg

I probably won't actually vote for most of those but they deserve to make the top 100 :)

[Guaporense]

I wonder how many people would have watched these two movies before submitting their own list:

http://www.grohotun.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/galaxy-express-999-logo.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VMXi5_ebKo#t=161

[bluedeed]

Are you talking about the 1979 film version of Galaxy Express 999, Guap? Because the TV series isn't eligible, it's 1978-1981

[Guaporense]

film

[honeykid]

I tried to watch The Castle Of Cagliostro once. It didn't go well.

[Deadite]

70s anime... meh.

[TokeZa]

Herzog was on fire in the 70's, all of these movies are recommendable:

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Aguirre_The_Wrath_of_God.jpg

Stroszek (1977)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Stroszek.jpg

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Even_Dwarfs_Started_Small.jpg

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Nosferatu_Phantom_der_Nacht.jpg

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/The_Enigma_of_Kaspar_Hauser.jpg

Woyzeck (1979)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Woyzeck.jpg

[jiraffejustin]

House getting love is really cool, it would be amazing to get it into the top 50. Let's do it.

[honeykid]

It's possible, seeing as those who love it seem to really love it. Don't see it myself, but hey, that why these lists are always wrong. :p

[rauldc14]

I'm going to watch The Castle of Cagliostro Guap. Actually I think it will be good, I have high hopes.

[jal90]

Castle of Cagliostro is a lot of fun, but this movie doesn't really have the wide critic appeal of the later Miyazakis, so I would expect a rather divisive reception from those who watch it.

I have been interested on Galaxy express 999 for a while, Guap, but are the movie and series independent? Because I've been meaning to watch the series, but wouldn't mind getting into the movie first if it's a different adaptation.

[wintertriangles]

Blah July is so close..

[Lucas]

I honestly think this list will be the best one yet. So many films can potentially end up being #1: Jaws,Apocalypse Now,The Godfather films,Taxi Driver,Star Wars,etc,etc. Things are going to be very,very interesting.

[Deadite]

I hope Godfather 2 beats out Godfather 1, anyway.

[jiraffejustin]

I'm looking for a 70s movies directed by the dude that did House, if anybody knows where I can find The Eye's Visitor a.k.a. The Visitor in the Eye pm me or something. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125147/

[Guaporense]

Castle of Cagliostro is a lot of fun, but this movie doesn't really have the wide critic appeal of the later Miyazakis, so I would expect a rather divisive reception from those who watch it.

In Japan it was voted the greatest animated film ever made in a anime critics poll in 2010 (Nausicaa was 2nd place). Though it is not as accessible to western audiences as Miyazaki's later films (if you compare it to Spirited Away, which is a much more accessible film in many ways).

I have been interested on Galaxy express 999 for a while, Guap, but are the movie and series independent? Because I've been meaning to watch the series, but wouldn't mind getting into the movie first if it's a different adaptation.

They are. The movie is a 130 minutes long adaptation of the manga and is great, widely regarded as one of the best animated films ever made (it's opening is stunning as well). I haven't watched the TV series.

It's one of the works derived from the manga of Leiji Matsumoto, he also wrote Space Battleship Yamato, another classic and is very similar in feel to that (I watched the 2013 remake of it, which is exactly the same as the original with better production values).

To bad it will not make the top 100. It's a genuine classic that contains the spirit of childlike wonder similar to early Miyazaki films such as Castle in the Sky but with a darker shade.

Matsumoto's art is so famous in Japan that he has even designed some weird real life ship:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Himiko_Cruise_Ship.jpg

[Guaporense]

70s anime... meh.

Have you watched ANY?

[Holden Pike]

http://media1.break.com/breakstudios/2011/12/14/the%20jerk%20steve%20martin.jpg

Yeah, I'm not sure how somebody doesn't laugh at The Jerk at all, but whatevs. Differen't strokes.

But here are some comedy suggestions from the decade that go beyond Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Animal House. Not that those don't comprise many of the very best film comedies of this or any decade, but to get some of you youngins off the beaten path a bit, also be aware of some of these...

The other dominant force in the decade's comedy was Neil Simon, who started his writing career on Sid Caesar's television shows with Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner, among others before having success on the New York stage that led to his first films in the 1960s. By the 1970s he was a downright institution, both adapting his own plays and writing material especially for the screen. The Goodbye Girl has rightly already been mentioned and I won't be at all surprised to see it show up on lists, but he also scored with The Sunshine Boys, The Heartbreak Kid, California Suite, The Out-of-Towners, and for those who like genre spoofs there's Murder by Death and The Cheap Detective.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13316&stc=1&d=1395156192

Speaking of Carl Reiner, who directed The Jerk in 1979, he started out the decade with an inspired bit of dark lunacy called Where's Poppa? starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon (the year before Harold & Maude).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qUk0EcMt4

Peter Bogdanovich's breakthrough was The Last Picture Show, but the period con comedy Paper Moon with real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal may be even more enduring. And just as wonderful in its own insane way is What's Up, Doc?, which is a 1970s take on the great Screwball Comedies of the 1930s starring Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8yGr-a5ltI

For those who like Airplane! and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, those writers Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker hatched The Kentucky Fried Movie, directed by John Landis, the year before he made National Lampoon's Animal House and became a superstar in his own right. An even earlier Landis effort is the zero-budget monster movie spoof Schlock!, and if you like the rapid fire, R-rated blackout sketch format of The Kentucky Fried Movie, there is the even less ambitious/budgeted/tasetful The Groove Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfP0dz8dYUA

After Mel Brooks had made him a star, Gene Wilder branched out and made his own movies, including some he wrote and directed. Silver Streak, a North by Northwest-ish bobble and his first pairing of what would become several with Richard Pryor, was definitely the most successful. But did you know Han Solo was in a comedy with Gene Wilder? Between Star Wars and Empire, Harrison Ford made several films, including the Western parody The Frisco Kid, which isn't gangbusters but does have its charms. On the other hand, Gene re-teaming with Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother didn't really pan out.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13318&stc=1&d=1395157812 http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13317&stc=1&d=1395157495

Spielberg's first "bomb", critically and financially, was 1941 (1979), but I kinda love that damn movie. It is a loud, funny mess of a thing with an amazing multi-generational cast and some perfectly executed and very intricate set pieces. You may not love it as much as I do, but don't dismiss it out of hand, either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_KOLqpo7z8

Another one of the best comedies of the decade is the anarchic The In-Laws with Peter Falk dragging Alan Arkin all over the place in what is either international intrigue, all out insanity, or both. "Serpentine, Shelly! Serpentine!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNeKYXrwJgI

After he was the first cast member to leave "Saturday Night Live", Chevy Chase had a rather notorious first bit of his film career littered with missteps (Oh, Heavenly Dog, Under the Ranbow, Modern Problems), but his very first effort as a star, Foul Play teaming him with Goldie Hawn, is a very funny Hitchcockian thriller spoof, and his smartass charisma is perfect for the flick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elHoRhGrTiE

While far less elegant and timeless than Young Frankenstein (by design), the Dracula spoof Love at First Bite starring George Hamilton with the romantic vampire making his way through the groovy late-'70s Manhattan, though almost hopelessly dated in many respects, is also undeniably hilarious throughout, thanks in large part to Arte Johnson's Renfield and Richard Benjamin's hapless would-be vampire hunter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBCwCZJAmI

Burt Reynolds became a superstar in the likes of The Longest Yard and the still iconic Smokey & the Bandit, but he also made a couple great lesser known comedies that decade, including one about suicide that he also directed called The End and he's pretty fantastic playing against type in the James L. Brooks-scripted romantic comedy Starting Over with Jill Clayburgh and Candy Bergen.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13320&stc=1&d=1395159322

And finally, Albert Brooks' debut as writer/director was way ahead of its time, showing the insanity and decided un-reality of reality television in Real Life, which builds to a wonderful pay-off.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13319&stc=1&d=1395159004

[rauldc14]

Where is the in depth Holden post on Guaps favorite anime for 70s:p

[Godoggo]

From Holden's suggestions, I'll echo What's Up Doc ? and Paper Moon. Both are great and I would be really disappointed if either one fails to make the list.

[Cobpyth]

I watched Paper Moon a while ago and really liked it. It's definitely a contender for my list. I'm probably watching What's Up Doc? tonight. It seems like a film that I would enjoy.

The next film I'm going to watch from Holden's comedy post is probably The Heartbreak Kid. It seems like an interesting plot both comically and dramatically.

[Miss Vicky]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.

[Cobpyth]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.

Watch it when you're well awake! It's an engaging and intriguing film, but you have to be attentive, as the plot may get pretty complex (especially for a first time viewer).

I hope you'll like it! I don't think it's really a surprise when I say that Chinatown will probably top my personal '70s list.

[Camo]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.

Thanks for reminding me of Dog Day Afternoon Vicky, for some reason i completely forgot about it. I now have 14 potentials, but i still have tonnes on my watchlist.

[rauldc14]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.

I honestly don't see you being able to turn in a list that you like. WHich is sad, because the 70s is richer than the 80s.

[seanc]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.

Cool you liked Dog Day. Chinatown is great, I just watched it last week. Have you seen Serpico yet?

[rauldc14]

I wonder if Miss Vicky would like Hausu.

[rauldc14]

I just ordered Chinatown today. Yes, it is a great film. Serpico was ok.

[mark f]

Miss Vicky, I'm starting to think we need to find some '70s type film personalities you like, so we can give you more personalized recommendations. I think you like Nicholson. Anybody else? There's plenty of entertaining '70s movies but it would probably help if you were a fan of somebody in them. :)

P.S. I think you'll love Foul Play and Silver Streak. Have you seen The Sting? The Silent Partner?

[Holden Pike]

The next film I'm going to watch from Holden's comedy post is probably The Heartbreak Kid. It seems like an interesting plot both comically and dramatically.

Of course, be sure to get a hold of the original, and not the Ben Stiller/Farrelly Brothers re-make.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ytlIXSl9GI

[cricket]

Another great 70's comedy that happens to be on IFC tonight-

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[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Classic dark horror starring a young Jodie Foster.

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[Holden Pike]

After watching and enjoying Dog Day Afternoon last night, I've got a grand total of 7 probable entries for my list. Coming up with the other 18 is proving to be difficult.

If time allows and I don't get too drowsy, I'm hopefully going to give Chinatown a watch tonight.
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In addition to that, maybe check out Pacino and Hackman together in Scarecrow (1973), Straight Time (1978) starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973), more Elliott Gould in The Silent Partner (1978), Walter Hill's Hard Times (1975) with Chuck Bronson and James Coburn, and the powerful procedural The Onion Field (1979), which is based on a true story and Joseph Wambaugh book.

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[Holden Pike]

And Sexy, you just have to see The Long Goodbye, if only for the Schwarzenegger bit part alone!

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[Miss Vicky]

Miss Vicky, I'm starting to think we need to find some '70s type film personalities you like, so we can give you more personalized recommendations. I think you like Nicholson. Anybody else? There's plenty of entertaining '70s movies but it would probably help if you were a fan of somebody in them. :)

I was thinking the same thing. The trouble is there doesn't seem to be anybody like that from the 70s. Even Nicholson is just somebody I kind of like but am not really a fan of.

P.S. I think you'll love Foul Play and Silver Streak. Have you seen The Sting? The Silent Partner?

I haven't seen The Sting, The Silent Partner or Foul Play. I know I've seen Silver Streak, but the only thing I can recall about it is that it has something to do with a train. I'll add them to my watchlist.

[jiraffejustin]

Philip Kaufman directed Miss Vicky's favorite film, so maybe she could try some of his 70s stuff if she hasn't already. I can only personally vouch for his remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers which I found to be an enjoyable horror film. I think The Wanderers is more acclaimed than The White Dawn and The Great Northfield Raid, but it probably wouldn't hurt to give them a shot.

[cricket]

The Silent Partner, Straight Time, Hard Times, and The Onion Field are all good suggestions, Holden. I just ordered The Long Goodbye today; I'll have to look up Scarecrow.

[mark f]

I love The Wanderers, WAY more than The Warriors from the same year. I recommend it to everyone, but some people might find it too weird (although that doesn't seem to stop most people here from liking a movie :)).

[Miss Vicky]

Philip Kaufman directed Miss Vicky's favorite film, so maybe she could try some of his 70s stuff if she hasn't already. I can only personally vouch for his remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers which I found to be an enjoyable horror film. I think The Wanderers is more acclaimed than The White Dawn and The Great Northfield Raid, but it probably wouldn't hurt to give them a shot.

I may give them a try, but the last time I tried watching Kaufman's other work (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) I was incredibly bored. I think my love of Quills is owed more to writer Doug Wright (and even moreso to the cast) than to Philip Kaufman.

[Holden Pike]

It didn't make our '80s list, but The Right Stuff is surely one of Phil Kaufman's best. And of his '70s work, I absolutely adore The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (maybe even more than the original), and The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid is a worthwhile, realistic Revisionist Western.

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[Holden Pike]

And here are some of my favorite Westerns of the decade, beyond the handful that will likely appear on some lists like Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Arthur Penn's Little Big Man, Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Mel Brooks' oater comedy Blazing Saddles.

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Clint's Josey Wales is pretty damn hard to beat for sheer entertainment value, but his own High Plains Drifter is far weirder, darker, and more troubling, thus there are probably some of you who will really groove to it, if you don't already. A seemingly supernatural presence who comes back and paints the town red and re-names it Hell is iconic stuff, and even if you only saw it once with your Dad on TV one weekend when you were eight, it tends to stay with you.

After Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid helped make Rodert Redford a movie star, he did return to the genre several times. For me the best of them is Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson, based on the life of a real Mountain Man and shot magnificently on location in Utah, including Zion National Park.

The year after The Wild Bunch made Sam Peckinpah's reputation and career, he followed it up with a movie I just plain love called The Ballad of Cable Hogue, starring the great Jason Robards as Hogue. As bloody and unlfinching as The Wild Bunch had been, Cable Hogue is a sweet romance and even an outrageous comedy. Cable is left for dead in the middle of the desert by his riding partners, stumbles across a fresh water well, and rather than seek vengeance decides to become an entrepreneur! It's another side of Peckinpah as an artist and a man that doesn't get examined much because it doesn't fit the sketch of a blood-soaked alcoholic maverick, but it's a good'un.

One movie that tends to get lost in the shuffle that I like a lot is There Was A Crooked Man..., which stars Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, and is not only a Western but also a prison flick, a dark comedy, and a con man story full of triple crosses and dirty deeds. That combination of genres might be why it has remained lesser-known all these decades later? In addition to Kirk and Hank, it has a fantastic supporting cast that includes Burgess Meredith, Warren Oates, Hume Cronyn, John Randolph, and Alan "The Skipper" Hale Jr. It's a fun flick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jwH2pb-SM

I know the film has its detractors, and it isn't one of the most heralded nor perfect films in his canon, but I do love me some The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, starring Paul Newman in the title role, directed by the great John Huston, and scripted by John Milius. I think the blend of broad comedy, satire, and heart actually works, but plenty don't. Another great supporting cast that includes Roddy McDowall, Ned Beatty, a very young Victoria Principal, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner, and in some hilarious cameo-sized roles Anthony Perkins, Stacy Keach, and Huston himself. Can't help it, I really like this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VP7VStkWW8

Sergio Leone only officially made one film in the decade, and it's A Fistful of Dynamite, aka Duck, You Sucker. It's a Mexican Revolution piece with Rod Steiger as a bandit made a reluctant great, grand, glorious hero of the people by a wandering Irish bomb maker played by James Coburn. It is much lesser known than Leone's first four Westerns, but a very good picture, and Morriconne's score is one of my favorites.

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The other Western that Leone isn't credited on as director but some have hypothesized he may have had more to do with on set than his producer card is the fantastic My Name is Nobody, which is simultaneously a spoof of Spaghetti Westerns and also one of the best of that genre. Blue-eyed Terrence Hill, who stars in the Trinity series of comic Spaghetti Westerns, stars as the title character Nobody, a charming and playful gunslinger who starts shadowing Jack Bauregard, a legendary older gun played by legendary old movie star Henry Fonda, who of course played against type so wonderfully in Leone's Once Upon A Time in the West (hello, 1960s list). It is sometimes hysterically silly, but then also does a great job deconstructing and playing with the genre myths. Great flick, whether Leone shadow directed it or not, with more Morriconne magic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RYq1PLdT0s

In the mix of this Revisionist era, there were some Westerns that set out to be much more realistic than the genre had usually been, and minus the style of the Spaghetti Westerns or quite often any real gunplay. Some of these are excellent films, including Robert Benton's Bad Company, Dick Richards' The Culpepper Cattle Co., Phil Kaufman's The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, William Holden & Ryan O'Neal in Blake Edwards' elegaic The Wild Rovers, William Fraker's wonderful Monte Walsh with Lee Marvin and Jack Palance, and Jan Troell's Zandy's Bride starring Liv Ullmann as Gene Hackman's mail-order bride.

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There are some very good "modern day" Westerns from the period. Another more gentle, character-driven piece from Peckinpah called Junior Bonner starring Steve McQueen as a rodeo rider dealing with his family, Peckinpah's hyper-violent Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia with Warren Oates as a sweaty loser talked into a dirty job, the sweet and completely non-Peckinpah Wanda Nevada starring Peter Fonda and a young Brooke Shields, the beautifully shot romance Comes a Horseman starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, and Jason Robards, and though not a "great" movie one that I return to again and again as a completely effective star vehicle in The Electric Horseman with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda stealing a doped-up ex-champion race horse from some crass advertisers who were mistreating it. Kinda cheesy, but I do like it a lot, in spite of its obviousness.

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Some other really wonderful Western films from the decade, including John Wayne's swan song The Shootist, Gene Hackman leading an all-star cast of cross-country horse racers in Bite the Bullet, James Garner and Louis Gossett Jr. running The Skin Game, Kirk Douglas using Bruce Dern's outlaw as a political pawn in Posse, the Samurai Spaghetti Western mashup Red Sun starring Charles Bronson, Toshirō Mifune, Ursala Andress, and Alain Delon (!?!?), Bronson again in an Agatha Christie style murder mystery aboard a snowy train at Breakheart Pass, for my money the best of the Blaxploitation Westerns with Fred "The Hammer" Williamson as Boss N!gger (a must-see for fans of Tarantino's Django Unchained), and on and on.

I know a lot of you MoFos aren't huge Western buffs, but there's a lot to discover and appreciate in the genre in the 1970s.

Giddyup.

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[weeman]

I'm waiting for the 60's to proclaim my love of the western. :D

[Captain Spaulding]

Some excellent recommendations, Holden. I watched Monte Walsh last night and I've got Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia to watch tonight. I recorded Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid from TCM recently, so I plan on watching that sometime in the near future as well.

I don't know if High Plains Drifter will make my list or not, but I'd love to see it on the countdown. It's an excellent movie, and one of the rare examples of a weird western done right. For anyone who's a fan of the Man with No Name Trilogy, I highly recommend it.

[mark f]

Holden's list left off a weirder Eastwood/Don Siegel "western", The Beguiled, which is really gothic horror a la Ambrose Bierce. Clint also teamed up in the '70s with Siegel and Shirley MacLaine in the cool pseudo-spaghetti western Two Mules for Sister Sara (Morricone strikes again!)

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i love murder by death and i really like what's up, doc? miss vicky should watch what's up, doc? unless barbara streisand is one of those people who annoys her for some reason. she seems like one of those people.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I'm waiting for the 60's to proclaim my love of the western. :D

I'm waiting for my SEQUEL.

[JayDee]

Holden's list left off a weirder Eastwood/Don Siegel "western", The Beguiled, which is really gothic horror a la Ambrose Bierce.

I'd definitely echo this recommendation. I thought The Beguiled was a great film when I watched it a while back. It's one I plan on rewatching to see if/where it should be on my list of 25.

[Miss Vicky]

i love murder by death and i really like what's up, doc? miss vicky should watch what's up, doc? unless barbara streisand is one of those people who annoys her for some reason. she seems like one of those people.

I don't have an opinion of Streisand one way or the other. I actually have had very little exposure to her music and no exposure to her movies.

[Cobpyth]

I just watched What's Up Doc and thought it was quite good. It won't make my list or anything, but it was an enjoyable watch.

The only thing that bothers me a little bit about Streisand sometimes is her nose. Not that I have a huge problem with it or anything, but it can be distracting, especially when she's shot in profile. :p

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Oh well, it makes her unique. ;)

[mark f]

Well, she never got a nose job like Cher, who later also got a few face lifts, botox, etc.

[weeman]

I'm waiting for my SEQUEL.

The time has come and passed. Might do something for the 70's. I'm busy! I've got a degree to get! :p

[Daniel M]

The time has come and passed. Might do something for the 70's. I'm busy! I've got a degree to get! :p

Poor excuse you letdown.

[rauldc14]

The time has come and passed. Might do something for the 70's. I'm busy! I've got a degree to get! :p

That's not an excuse! Lol

[Sexy Celebrity]

The time has come and passed. Might do something for the 70's. I'm busy! I've got a degree to get! :p

I MUST HAVE MY '80S SEQUEL!

[Miss Vicky]

I wonder if Miss Vicky would like Hausu.

I'm feeling pretty tired this evening, so I decided that tonight isn't the night for Chinatown. I'm currently about 20 minutes in to Hausu.

What the f*** am I watching? :skeptical:

[Guaporense]

Housu is a very interesting film. It's not among the best Japanese films of the 1970's though. Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor or Humanity would be probably among the best Japanese films of the 1970's,

[jiraffejustin]

I'm feeling pretty tired this evening, so I decided that tonight isn't the night for Chinatown. I'm currently about 20 minutes in to Hausu.

What the f*** am I watching? :skeptical:

:D

This is going to end well.

[weeman]

Poor excuse you letdown.

You can go away.

[Daniel M]

You can go away.

Poor reply you letdown.

[weeman]

Poor reply you letdown.

Decent reply. No.

[Sexy Celebrity]

What was your idea for my sequel? You could at least tell me that.

[weeman]

What was your idea for my sequel? You could at least tell me that.

I'll save it for this list.

[Cobpyth]

Holden already recommended the film in his very useful "comedy post", but I just wanted to say that I watched The Heartbreak Kid and that it was GREAT!

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It's funny, it's great to look at and it's also a film that works on a sort of melancholic level (for me), as it tackles human's tragic search for 'satisfaction'.

A fantastic film that might be on my list! Be sure to check it out if the content appeals to you. It's also on the 'AFI 100 best laughs' list. ;)

[rauldc14]

Still looking for Carnal Knowledge, cob.

[Hitchcockian]

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[Sane]

Can I recommend people watch some Lone Wolf and Cub. Each of the movies contain all the elements of a great film - severed limbs ... gratuitous nudity ...

[honeykid]

Is Mother, Juggs & Speed worth checking out again? I remember liking it, but I haven't seen it since my teens.

[Holden Pike]

Is Mother, Juggs & Speed worth checking out again? I remember liking it, but I haven't seen it since my teens.
I don't think that one holds up very well, myself. It's not a bad flick, but hardly a great one. More ambitious covering similar basic subject matter (though minus Raquel Welch) is The Hospital (1971), starring George C. Scott working from a Paddy Chayefsky screenplay, and of course Robert Altman's MASH (1970).

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Racquel Welch is in a few good films from the decade, certainly much, much better than Mother, Juggs & Speed, for my money. One may enjoy the infamous Myra Breckinridge (1970) in an "MST3K" sort of way, and Kansas City Bomber (1972) has some interest as a sort of time capsule piece, but by far my favorites are Richard Lester's wonderful all-star adaptations of Alexander Dumas in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974). They are endlessly fun. It's the all-important tone, the lush production, and the cast that keep me coming back after all these decades, a cast which includes Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Chaplin, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, and Raquel as the buxom and clutsy Constance.

I think the general perception of Welch is as a beautiful airhead, and while that perception probably floated her career along positively for a good long while, her lawsuit brought during the production of The Three Musketeers was a landmark. It was originally supposed to be a single film, but during the filming the producer Alexander Salkind decided to break it up into two separate films. There was grumbling, but essentially the polte British cast (even notorious drunkard Oliver Reed) were willing to simply go on. Welch is the one who demanded that the actors be paid for two films, not one. She filed suit and won. "The Salkind Clause" still exists in Screen Actors Guild contracts today. Thanks to Raquel.

Raquel Welch is also in another good picture with a terrific ensemble, the murder mystery The Last of Sheila (1973), starring James Coburn, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Canon, Ian McShane, Joan Hackett, and Raquel, which was written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdiKiqyGCs
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And The Last of Sheila brings me to Herbet Ross. Ross was one of the most successful directors of the decade, and though he is rarely thought of in auteur terms, he has a stack of worthy films from the 1970s. He was a renowned choreographer in the 1950s, which eventually got his foot into the door in Hollywood. His debut was the ill-fated remake of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) with Peter O'Toole, which was shot as a Musical, and then after poor reception re-edited and re-released without the singing and dancing parts. But from there on out, the '70s was mostly a string of successes, financial and critical. He directed three of the Neil Simon projects I listed in those comedies: California Suite, The Sunshine Boys, and The Goodbye Girl (that carried into the '80s, with the less iconic Simons I Ought to Be in Pictures and Max Dugan Returns).

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He helmed Woody Allen's Play it Again, Sam (1972) instead of Woody himself. Allen had already made his first four films at that point, and from there on out was nearly exclusively the director (another exception from this decade being Martin Ritt's amazing The Front, though Woody didn't write that one). It was the first screen pairing of Allen and Diane Keaton, who had co-starred in the play. Herbet Ross also made two Barbra Streisand flicks, in the romantic comedy The Owl & The Pussycat (1970) with George Segal and the Funny Girl sequel Funny Lady.

An odd and interesting one Ross made is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1975), with Robert Duvall's Dr. Watson tricking Nicol Williamson's Sherlock Holmes into receiving psychotherapy from Alan Arkin's Sigmund Freud to combat his fixation on Laurence Olivier's Professor Moriarty, a fixation Watson fears is being fueled by Holmes' cocaine addiction more than any facts. No, really, this is a movie. It also features Joel Grey, Vanessa Redgrave, and Samantha Eggar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxzoWxT2E2Y

And Herbert Ross' triumph which became an Oscar footnote, he returned to his dancing roots to make The Turning Point (1977), released the same year as The Goodbye Girl, with Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine as former ballet rivals who took different paths in life, reuniting when Shirley's daughter joins the company they were both part of. It was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor (Mikhail Baryshnikov), two Best Actress nods for Bancroft and MacLaine...and it won zero. It is tied with Spielberg's The Color Purple for that dubious achievement (this year American Hustle had ten nominations and no wins).

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In the '80s Herbert Ross made one of my favorites, Pennies from Heaven, as well as a couple of cable mainstays with rabid fanbases in Footloose and Steel Magnolias, before his career petered out in the 1990s (he was fifty-years-old when he made The Goodbye Girl and The Turning Point). Not a name a lot of people recognize, but Herbert Ross had quite a run, especially in the 1970s. Whether many or any of them make some of your lists, they're just about all worth seeing.

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[Captain Spaulding]

A lot of people talk about the hot streak Jack Nicholson was on during the 70's, but Dustin Hoffman also had an impressive streak. Starting with The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy at the tail end of the 60's, then carrying that momentum into the 70's with Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, All The President's Men, Marathon Man and Kramer vs. Kramer.

However, one movie that Hoffman made during the 70's that I never hear anyone talk about is Straight Time. I haven't seen it personally, but I just read the synopsis, and it sounds like something I would enjoy. If any of you are familiar with it, do you recommend it? Is it worth seeking out?

[mark f]

It gets talked about around here. :) Recommended. It's discussed many places, but especially here (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=10050&highlight=straight).

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Surely these must make the list...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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A Bridge Too Far - little bit of trivia: my dad was one of the paratroopers in this film.
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[cricket]

A lot of people talk about the hot streak Jack Nicholson was on during the 70's, but Dustin Hoffman also had an impressive streak. Starting with The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy at the tail end of the 60's, then carrying that momentum into the 70's with Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, All The President's Men, Marathon Man and Kramer vs. Kramer.

However, one movie that Hoffman made during the 70's that I never hear anyone talk about is Straight Time. I haven't seen it personally, but I just read the synopsis, and it sounds like something I would enjoy. If any of you are familiar with it, do you recommend it? Is it worth seeking out?

You're right about Hoffman; I think every one of those movies are excellent, including Straight Time.

[rauldc14]

Holden and Mark, what are your thoughts regarding Harry and Tonto? Just curious.