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LawrenceA
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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!
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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.I agree about Fonda. I also think it was Karen Black's decade. Her career was hot, she was in many hit films, working with top directors and costars. And the great thing about Karen Black is that she looks different in almost every picture. She was a true chameleon. At least I think she was.
Not sure if DeNiro was the best actor, however. I would almost go with Pacino. THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, SERPICO and DOG DAY AFTERNOON and THE GODFATHER movies-- the guy was great.
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.
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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)
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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
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The Oranges
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Vera Ralston was in Fair Wind to Java with SOTM Fred MacMurray.
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8 1/2 Women
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Rosemary Lane
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Detour
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Leave Her to Heaven
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Once Upon a Time in America
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Heflin, Van
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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
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Julie Christie
Billy Liar
Darling
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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.
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I saw Alice, Sweet Alice at the moves, when it was rereleased in 1981 under the title Holy Terror. it's a very effective little horror film.
I seem to remember it being in heavy rotation on HBO in the early 80's, which is how I saw it.
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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-
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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.
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Bogie, you managed to name a couple more I haven't heard of: BYE BYE BRAZIL, and CLAIR DE FEMME.
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They're in need of new talent at the big theater in the sky.
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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.
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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
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NAME A YEAR, NAME A MOVIE, NAME THE ACTOR/TRESS
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