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I realize I have robbed you of my Choice of the Decade for previous decades, so here are the Larry's Choice of the Decade for: 1930's: MANIAC 1940's: THE WHITE GORILLA 1950's: MESA OF LOST WOMEN 1960's: MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE Now you all have a right proper shopping list!

Yeah, I would add SCARECROW and AND JUSTICE FOR ALL on the list of Pacino's standout roles in the 70's. But De Niro had MEAN STREETS, THE GODFATHER PART II, 1900, TAXI DRIVER, and THE DEER HUNTER, and two of those are among my all-time favorites. The truth is, the 1970's had a lot of great actors in their prime. Along with Pacino and De Niro, you had Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall all come to prominence.

BEST OF THE 1970'S 1. Apocalypse Now (1979) 2. Taxi Driver (1976) 3. The Godfather & The Godfather Part II (1972, 1974) 4. Star Wars (1977) 5. Chinatown (1974) 6. Alien (1979) 7. Halloween (1978) 8. The Exorcist (1973) 9. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 10. Dawn of the Dead (1978) Actor of the Decade: Robert De Niro Actress of the Decade: Jane Fonda Director of the Decade: Francis Ford Coppola Genre of the Decade: crime drama Larry's Choice of the Decade: Dracula VS. Frankenstein (1971)

Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 1979: Alien All That Jazz Apocalypse Now Being There Breaking Away Christ Stopped at Eboli** The Jerk Kramer VS. Kramer Mad Max Manhattan The Marriage of Maria Braun** Monty Python's Life of Brian The Muppet Movie My Brilliant Career Nosferatu the Vampyre Real Life Stalker The Tin Drum **denotes films I have not seen

Since there was some talk about T. Rex recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJPe3SH9uKk

The Oranges

Vera Ralston was in Fair Wind to Java with SOTM Fred MacMurray.

8 1/2 Women

Rosemary Lane

Detour

Leave Her to Heaven

Once Upon a Time in America

Heflin, Van

Jules Dassin Rififi Never on Sunday with Melina Mercouri This was basically the second question used in this thread when it started. I know, because I wrote the question! LOL except I didn't mention Rififi

Julie Christie Billy Liar Darling

I'm about to post the 1001 list for 1979, then my best of the 1970's list by 8:30, then 1980 at 8:45, followed by 1981 at 8:50, then 1982 at 8:52. We should be at 2000 by 11:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time.

I seem to remember it being in heavy rotation on HBO in the early 80's, which is how I saw it.

Criterion April titles announced: ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939) April 12 BARCELONA (1994) April 19 PHOENIX (2014) April 26 also THE KENNEDY FILMS OF ROBERT DREW & ASSOCIATES. April 26 which includes: PRIMARY (1960) ADVENTURES ON THE NEW FRONTIER (1961) CRISIS (1963) FACES OF NOVEMBER (1964) and A WHIT STILLMAN TRILOGY. April 19 which includes: METROPOLITAN (1990) BARCELONA (1994) THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (1998) and also a Blu Ray upgrade for: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) April 26

MY BLOODY VALENTINE - (6/10) - Very Canadian slasher film about a killer, decked out in full miner gear including gas mask and flashlight helmet, who has returned after a long absence to terrorize a small mining town on the weekend of the big Valentine's Day dance. Suspenseful, and with some grisly effects work. I didn't know most of the cast except Don Francks, a regular in Canadian productions, as the town sheriff. Most Canadian films of the era put in an effort to disguise their origins, but not this movie. They let the accents run thick, and I particularly enjoyed all the crates of Moosehead beer.

Bogie, you managed to name a couple more I haven't heard of: BYE BYE BRAZIL, and CLAIR DE FEMME.

They're in need of new talent at the big theater in the sky.

MODERN PROBLEMS - (6/10) - Uneven sci-fi comedy starring Chevy Chase as an air-traffick controller with relationship troubles who gets doused with nuclear waste and develops telekinetic powers. He uses his abilities to try and reconnect with his ex. Co-starring Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Brian Doyle-Murray, and, in terrific scene-stealing roles, Dabney Coleman and Nell Carter. The filmmakers have fun with the goofy premise, and there's a handful of gags that really cracked me up, including one involving a nosebleed. I give it a hesitant recommendation.

1979 - 132 films seen 1. Apocalypse Now 2. Alien 3. Being There 4. The Jerk 5. All That Jazz 6. Monty Python's Life of Brian 7. Manhattan 8. Kramer vs Kramer 9. Wise Blood 10. Time After Time Runner-ups: Phantasm, The Onion Field, The Warriors, The Brood, and The China Syndrome. Larry's Choices: Captive Planet & The Shape of Things to Come