The MoFo Top 100 of the 1970s: Countdown

Hmmm, I've never seen either of them, but have wanted to. I just requested All That Jazz and will pair it with A Chorus Line.

Two good films that Bob Fosse did his distinctive style of choreography on, are:

Kiss Me Kate
and especially, Sweet Charity

Love Breaking Away! I had that on my list at #20. Some great scenes of friends hanging out, realizing that the hanging-out-with-childhood-buddies portion of their life is coming to an end sooner rather than later. I never get tired of this one.

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two more movies that i've wanted to see for a long time.

Two films that duked it out at the Oscars but lost the big prize to Kramer vs. Kramer. I know I've talked about All That Jazz on here, so I don't need to repeat myself, but it does have some "offbeat" scenes and touches for a "mainstream" musical - the actual open-heart surgery, the weird sex number "Take Off With Us" and the whole hallucinatory finale. Breaking Away is a feel-good crowd-pleaser that's on cable a lot. Dennis Christopher is a hoot trying to emulate Team Cinzano and be Italian, and Paul Dooley is a hoot-and-a-half as his dad who wants him to be as Midwestern American as he is (and doesn't want to eat any foods ending in "eenie" sounds!) All four of the "cutter" friends (Christopher. Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern and Jackie Earle Haley) are well-delineated and the film is very naturalistic, yet also eccentric and crammed with witty dialogue. It's a very entertaining take on the David-and-Goliath sports film with plenty of romance thrown in and the funniest use of the word "refund" in movie history. I didn't vote for either, but I highly recommend both.

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Breaking Away was so popular, it was turned into a television series the next year, on ABC's 1980-1981 schedule. It was developed by the writer Steve Tesich and produced by the film's director, Peter Yates. Barbara Barrie and Jackie Earle Haley both reprised their roles (John Ashton was back for the pilot, too), with Shaun Cassidy and Vincent Gardenia playing the parts of Dave and Ray Stoller that Dennis Christopher and Paul Dooley originated in the film. There are early, pre-fame supporting roles for people like Olympia Dukakis, Dominique Dunne, and Jeff Daniels. It never caught on as a series, only airing seven episodes.
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Three out of these first six are from 1979. That's odd, statistically.

Damn 2 other movies I haven't seen lol. I wanted to watch All the Jazz, but it was to late

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Breaking Away is available for streaming on Netflix, if you happen to have Netflix.

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I may go back to hating you. It was more fun.

The '70s sucked.

There's a lot of movies from 1979 because it's the year closest to the '80s.

The '80s was THE decade, okay? Not the '70s.

If the '70s was the best decade, I would have been born in it. Instead, I was born in the '80s, the right decade.

I don't think there's many 70's movies that would be enjoyed by a broader audience .

My List:

21. Breaking Away
13. Logan's Run

I would definitely recommend All That Jazz to those that have not seen it.

I loved Breaking Away - one of my favorite coming of age movies that I myself grew up with.

I always love watching Jackie Earle Haley - from Kelly Leak to Rorschach he plays great "mad at the whole world" type characters.

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Huh?

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Just meaning it's a good movie for all types of tastes, men and women, young and old, while probably every movie in the top 1o will have some detractors.

I was. Proving it's the best.

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My List 25. La grande bouffe (1973) (1 point, not on the countdown)

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First set I haven't seen either on, haven't even heard of Breaking Away, both look like films I'd enjoy.

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I totally disagree. The 70's gave us Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese films, punk rock, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Andy Kaufman. All the 80's gave us was the "religious right," the PMRC, Vanilla Ice, A Flock of Seagulls, and men wearing pink.

I was also born in the 70's, but the consensus is not out whether that was a good thing or not.

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Unlike GoodFellas and The Shining?

Don't forget Chevy Chase.

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