TomJH Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 One of the biggest stars of the 1970s, but one perhaps not so familiar to younger moviegoers, was Burt Reynolds. I was very fond of Burt Reynolds during his heyday without, admittedly, having seen many of his films. It was his talk show (great watching him interact with Carson) and Hollywood Squares persona, and, in particular, his quirky sense of humour, that won me over completely. There was a winking mocking quality to his humour, at times. I recall breaking up when someone (on Hollywood Squares, I think) made reference to some individuals having a difficult time, to which Burt adopted a mock serious expression and replied, his tongue firmly in his cheek, "Those poor devils." He had me on the floor. Whatever he may have been like in real life aside, he came across to me as a guy who would be a lot of fun to know. But then I started hearing a few things about his personal life which made me start to question that assumption. Burt was the number one box office star for something in the order of five years during the '70s, a major accomplishment for any actor. Yet few today can probably name that many of his films. He does not have much of a film legacy, quite the opposite, during his prime years he appeared in more than a few stinkers. The only Reynolds film I saw in a theatre was Deliverance, a good movie, to be sure, and the film which (along with Burt's posing naked in 1972 in Cosmopolitan) brought him into the public's consciousness big time. But Deliverance is not a Burt star vehicle, by any means, far from it. He really is a supporting player in the film. I can't say that I ever had any sense of Burt's camping it up enough to be suspected of being gay by some (at least within the gay community), as kingrat states. That statement comes as a real eye opener to me. Perhaps I'm a little naive when it comes to these kinds of perceptions. But I suspect that a lot of others would be equally surprised at the suggestion too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlewis Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I can't say that I ever had any sense of Burt's camping it up enough to be suspected of being gay by some (at least within the gay community), as kingrat states. That statement comes as a real eye opener to me. Perhaps I'm a little naive when it comes to these kinds of perceptions. But I suspect that a lot of others would be equally surprised at the suggestion too. Well... many famous actors and actresses in Hollywood did have broad sexual tastes and can't be defined as 100% heterosexual regardless of how many "straight" marriages they had. However, I do think he stirred some "gaydars" in the seventies simply because he wasn't outspokenly homophobic like some others such as Mel Gibson. Many actors who actually CARED about their fans were appreciative of their gay fans as well as straight ones. For those who were prejudiced against gays (and there were a lot more Americans who were back then than today and not all of them Republicans or Anita Bryant), some might have just assumed you were yourself if you supported "those people". If you are gay and others are thinking a certain star is, why not suspect like them? However, it was his looks that mattered more than anything else. It is interesting that his rise coincided with the gradual decline of Sean Connery (showing his age with some graying), although both were successes as character actors later in their careers. Both defined the perfect "otter"/"muscular bear" cross pollination (and you can look those words up, TomJH, if you don't know them). This was before the Calvin Klein models all were manscaping in the 1980s and influenced a great many American men to copycat in order to attract sexual partners of either gender. Although he didn't appear in it (instead, Cosmopolitan), half the readers of Playgirl were NOT female and my guess is that a large chunk of the models posing in the seventies resembled him. In regards to BOOGIE NIGHTS (which fittingly starts in the year 1977 with the film released exactly two decades later), whenever I think of seventies porn and the "ideal male" star of the era, I think of Harry Reems who also fit the Connery/Reynolds mold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Here are Danny Peary’s Alternate Oscar choices for 1977. Winners in bold. Best Actor John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever* Woody Allen, Annie Hall Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl Paul Newman, Slap Shot Craig Russell, Outrageous! Best Actress Diane Keaton, Annie Hall* Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point Shelley Duvall, 3 Women Jane Fonda, Julia Diane Keaton, Looking For Mr. Goodbar Shirley MacLaine, The Turning Point Sissy Spacek, 3 Women And here are Michael Gerbert’s Golden Armchair choices for 1977: Best Actor Tim McIntire, American Hot Wax* (78) Best Actress Daine Keaton, Annie Hall* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 And here are Michael Gerbert’s Golden Armchair choices for 1977: Best Actor Tim McIntire, American Hot Wax* Gerbert's book encouraged me to take a look at American Hot Wax. It's a 1978 film so we're jumping ahead a little in this instance. I certainly wasn't disappointed by Tim McIntire's performance as Alan Freed. I thought McIntire (1944-1986) would have made an interesting Orson Welles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Gerbert's book encouraged me to take a look at American Hot Wax. It's a 1978 film so we're jumping ahead a little in this instance. I certainly wasn't disappointed by Tim McIntire's performance as Alan Freed. I thought McIntire (1944-1986) would have made an interesting Orson Welles. McIntire was the son of very busy character actors John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan, two of the best in the business, so he had good genes for the screen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 The Golden Globe Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor in a Drama Richard Burton, Equus* Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day Al Pacino, Bobby Deerfield Gregory Peck, MacArthur Henry Winkler , Heroes Best Actress in a Drama Jane Fonda, Julia* Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point Diane Keaton, Looking For Mr. Goodbar Kathleen Quinlan, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Gena Rowlands, Opening Night Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl* Woody Allen, Annie Hall Mel Brooks, High Anxiety Robert De Niro, New York, New York John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever Best Actresses in a Comedy or Musical Diane Keaton, Annie Hall* Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl* Sally Field, Smokey and the Bandit Liza Minnelli, New York, New York Lily Tomlin, The Late Show Best Supporting Actor Peter Firth, Equus* Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point Alec Guinness, Star Wars Jason Robards, Juia Maximilian Schell, Julia Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave, Julia* Ann-Margret, Joseph Andrews Joan Blondell, Opening Night Leslie Browne, The Turning Point Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl Lilia Skala, Roseland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 The 1977 Berlin International Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Fernando Fernan Gomez, The Anchorite (76) Best Actress Lily Tomlin, The Late Show —————————————————————————————— The 1977 Cannes Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Fernando Rey, Elisa, My Life Best Actresses Monique Mercure, J.A. Martin, Photographe Shelley Duvall, 3 Women 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Best Actor: Bruno S. -Stroszek Best Actress: Gena Rowlands -Opening Night Best Supporting Actor: Bruce Davison -Short Eyes Best Supporting Actress: Sissy Spacek -3 Women 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 The 1977 San Sebastian Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Hector Alterio, To an Unknown God* Best Actress Kaki Hunter, Maiden’s War* —————————————————————————————— The 1977 Moscow International Film Festival winners were … Best Actors Radko Polic, Idealist* (76) Amza Pellea, The Punishment* (76) Best Actresses Mercedes Carreras, Crazy Women* Mary Apick, Dead End* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Here are some performances from 1977 that will be recognized in subsequent years … Richard Dreyfuss will win the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl (1977). Jane Fonda will win the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1978 for Julia (1977). Anne Bancroft will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1978 for The Turning Point (1977). Marsha Mason will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl (1977). Jason Robards will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award in 1978 for Julia (1977). Francois Truffaut will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award in 1978 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Craig Russell will win the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award in 1978 for Outrageous! (1977). Gena Rowlands will win the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress Award in 1978 for Opening Night (1977). Alberto Sordi won Italy’s David di Donatello’s and Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Film Journalists’ Best Actor Award in 76/77 for An Average Little Man (1977). Romolio Valli won Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Film Journalists Best Supporting Actor Award in 76/77 for An Average Little Man (1977). Isabelle Huppert will win Italy’s David di Donatello’s Best Foreign Actress Award in 1979 for The Lacemaker (1977). Brigitta Valberg won Sweden’s Guldbagge Best Actress Award in 1976 for Paradise Place (1977). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 France’s Cesar Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Jean Rochefort, Le Crabe Tambour Best Actress Simone Signoret, Madame Rosa Best Supporting Actor Jacques Dufilho, Le Crabe Tambour Best Supporting Actress Marie Dubois, Le Menace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Italy’s 76/77 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1977 included … Best Actor Alberto Sordi, An Average Little Man Best Supporting Actor Romolio Valli, An Average Little Man Italy’s 77/78 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Nino Manfredi, In the Name of the Pope King Best Actress Sophia Loren, A Special Day Best Supporting Actor Carlo Bagno, In the Name of the Pope King Best Supporting Actresses Virna Lisi, Beyond Good and Evil —————————————————————————————— Italy’s 76/77 David di Donatello Awards for 1977 included … Best Actor Alberto Sordi, An Average Little Man Italy’s 77/78 David di Donatello Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Nino Manfredi, In the Name of the Pope King Best Foreign Actor Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl Best Actresses Mariangela Melato, The Cat* Sophia Loren, A Special Day* Best Foreign Actresses Simone Signoret, Madame Rosa* Jane Fonda, Julia* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 The 76/77 Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 1977 included… Best Actress Brigitta Vlberg, Paradise Place Sweden’s Guldbagge 77/78 Awards were… Best Actor Anders Lonnbro, The Score (78) Best Actress Lil Terselius, Games of Love and Loneliness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 The Canadian Etrog Film Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Len Cariou, One Man* Craig Russell, Outrageous! Best Actress Monique Mercure, J.A. Martin, Photographe* Hollis McLaren, Outrageous! —————————————————————————————— The Australian Film Institute Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor John Meilon, The Fourth Wish (76) Best Actress Pat Bishop, Don’s Party (76) Best Supporting Actor John Ewart, The Picture Show Man Best Supporting Actresses Veronica Lang, Don’ Party (76) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Japan’s Blue Ribbon and Mainichi are awards given by film critics. Japan’s industry awards, the Awards of the Japanese Academy began in 1978 for films of 1977. Here are their choices for 1977 … Best Actor Ken Takatura, The Yellow Handkerchief and Mount Hakkoda Best Actress Shima Iwashita, Ballad of Orin Best Supporting Actor Tetsuya Takeda, The Yellow Handkerchief Best Supporting Actress Kaori Momoi, The Yellow Handkerchief ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Ken Takatura, The Yellow Handkerchief and Mount Hakkoda Best Actress Shim Iwashita, Ballad of Orin Best Supporting Actor Tomisaburo Wakayama, Sugata Sanshiro and The Devil’s Ballad Best Supporting Actress Kaori Momoi, The Yellow Handkerchief ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1977 were … Best Actor Ken Takatura, The Yellow Handkerchief Best Actress Shim Iwashita, Ballad of Orin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I haven't seen An Average Little Man Ballad of Orin Beyond Good and Evil The Brothers Lionheart Candleshoe The Cat Ceddo The Chess Players Crazy Women Dead End The Devil's Ballad Elisa, My Life Fun with Dick and Jane Games of Love and Loneliness Handle with Care Heroes I Never Promised You a Rose Garden In the Name of the Pope-King Islands in the Stream J.A. Martin, Photographer Joseph Andrews The Lacemaker The Last Remake of Beau Geste Le Crabe Tambour Le Menace Madame Rosa Maiden's War Mount Hakkoda One Man Opening Night Outrageous! Paradise Place The Picture Show Man Roseland Short Eyes Soldier of Orange Stroszek Sugata Sanshiro 3 Women To an Unknown God Who Has Seen the Wind Why Shoot the Teacher? The Yellow Handkerchief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) I haven't seen Candleshoe The Chess Players I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Islands in the Stream J.A. Martin, Photographer Opening Night Outrageous! The Picture Show Man Soldier of Orange Stroszek 3 Women Who Has Seen the Wind Why Shoot the Teacher? The Yellow Handkerchief J.A. Martin, Photographe made by the NFB features a really good performance by Monique Mercure as the wife of a pioneer still photographer. Mercure won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for this and was on my runner up list. I would think the Cannes award would most likely have been for the French language version of the film. I think I saw that film print with subtitles the first time around but unfortunately as is the case with most French Canadian films the French language dvd copies do not have English subtitles. That said, J.A. Martin was filmed simultaneously in both English and French and the NFB web store does sell the English language version. It is a rare chance to see Mercure's work which has mostly been in Quebec. The Yellow Handkerchief won a slew of awards in Japan and was hugely popular. Some of the imdb user reviews have been unkind finding the quirky teenage sidekicks in this road movie a bit too much. My viewing of the film probably benefited from its large audience at the BFI Southbank a few years ago. There were lots of smiling faces afterward. They must have done something right because Hollywood decided to remake the film in 2008 with William Hurt and Maria Bello. The Japanese film features Ken Takatura as the ex-con travelling home not knowing if his wife has waited for him. The signal that he is welcome will be a yellow handkerchief. (Apologies to Tony Orlando) Two of my supporting picks, Kaori Momoi and Tetsuya Takeda play the teen hitchhikers. Outrageous! was a low budget Canadian film starring Craig Russell and Hollis McLaren. It is a case of art imitating life in that Russell plays a female impersonator ala Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Craig Russell's (1948-1990) real story is an interesting one. Before he became famous in the gay drag queen circuits he was the President of Mae West's fan club and through that became her private secretary for a spell. He also attended the same high school as me, though quite a few years before. My school made no mention of that which I think must have been because he was gay. ****Outrageous! was produced by William Marshall one of the founders of the Toronto Film Festival. He passed away earlier this week. Edited January 6, 2017 by Bogie56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Here are the films from 1977 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Ballad of Orin with Shima Iwashita Beyond Good and Evil with Virna Lisi The Brothers Lionheart with Lara Soderdahl The Cat with Mariangela Melato Ceddo with Tabata Ndiaya Crazy Women with Mercedes Carreras Dead End with Mary Apick The Devil’s Ballad with Tomisaburo Wakayama Elisa, My Life with Fernando Rey Fun With Dick and Jane with Jane Fonda Games of Love and Loneliness with Lil Terselius Handle With Care with Ann Wedgeworth and Marcia Rodd Heroes with Henry Winkler High Anxiety with Mel Brooks and Cloris Leachman House/Hausu with Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Al Matabura and Kumiko Oba In the Name of the Pope King with Nino Manfredi and Carlo Bagno Joseph Andrews with Ann-Margret The Kentucky Fried Movie with Evan Kim The Last Remake of Beau Geste with Marty Feldman and Peter Ustinov Le Crabe Tambour with Jean Rochefort Madame Rosa with Simone Signoret Maiden’s War with Kaki Hunter Man of Marble with Krystyna Janda Mount Hakkoda with Ken Takatura One Man with Len Cariou The Rescuers with Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor Roseland with Lilia Skala Short Eyes with Bruce Davison Sugata Sanshiro with Tomisaburo Wakayama To an Unknown God with Hector Alterio And I would like to see this again … Audrey Rose for Susan Swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Opening Night is an independent film by John Cassavetes. He himself plays the leading actor during the rehearsals of a play. The biggest role is for Gena Rowlands as the lead actress Myrtle Gordon, who's going through an emotional breakdown. She's a method actress who goes to far in identifying with her role. A contrast is the playwright (Joan Blondell), who believes acting is just a matter of technique and memory: "All you have to do is say the lines clearly and with a degree of feeling." There is some wonderful improvisation in the film and in the play within the film. In the horror film Audrey Rose Anthony Hopkins plays a man who believes that the daughter of a married couple in New York is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a car accident. John Beck and Marsha Mason play the protective parents who want to keep their daughter Ivy (Susan Swift) away from this creep. Critics have called this a rip-off of The Exorcist, but I think that's unfair. The story may be implausible, but it had me hooked. You might recognize some TV stars in supporting roles: John Hillerman (Higgins in Magnum) and Robert Walden (Rossi in Lou Grant). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Here are the films from 1977 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. High Anxiety with Mel Brooks and Cloris Leachman House/Hausu with Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Al Matabura and Kumiko Oba The Kentucky Fried Movie with Evan Kim Man of Marble with Krystyna Janda The Rescuers with Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor Not a lot I have seen, but a few I really like. The Rescuers is a Disney animated film about an organization of mice that rescue abducted children. I saw it back when it was new, and don't recall a lot about it. High Anxiety was Brooks' send-up of Hitchcock films. Brooks' work was never as good, in my opinion, after his double-shot in 1974 of Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles (which I recall you detest), although there are still funny moments in his later films. I recently re-watched this one, and gave it a 6/10. Leachman is fun, but in a better year she may not have made my nominations. The Kentucky Fried Movie is a sketch comedy film from director John Landis and the writing/acting team of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker. The latter trio went on to fame with Airplane and The Naked Gun, among others. The centerpiece of this film is a lengthy send-up of martial arts films, particularly Enter the Dragon. Evan Kim stars in the Bruce Lee role, and he shows a nice range of comedic talent. He never went on to much renown. I think his biggest role after this was as Dirty Harry's partner in The Dead Pool 12 years later. The Kentucky Fried Movie is cheap, at times crass, silly, stupid and clever, and, to me anyway, hilarious. House/Hausu I think I have discussed before. It's a completely unhinged Japanese horror movie that's not scary as much as deranged. A group of girls at a secluded house are accosted by evil spirits. Trying to describe the movie is futile, though, as it must be seen to be appreciated. My pick out of these would probably be Man of Marble, an interesting look at political myth-building, anchored by a solid performance from Krystyna Janda as a young reporter determined to make a name for herself by profiling and tracking down a construction worker who was built up into a superman role model in the early days of the Communist take over and reconstruction of post-WW2 Poland. Director Andrzej Wajda does a good job of evoking the different time periods that flip back and forth throughout the film, and the use of music is well-done, too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 House/Hausu I think I have discussed before. It's a completely unhinged Japanese horror movie that's not scary as much as deranged. A group of girls at a secluded house are accosted by evil spirits. Trying to describe the movie is futile, though, as it must be seen to be appreciated. Saturday, March 25/26 on TCM 2:15 a.m. House (1977) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 **Announcement** We’re going to get a head start on 1978 by starting it tomorrow instead of Saturday. Plus it will be a shorter week for the year 1978 ending on Wednesday, Jan 11. 1979 will begin on Thursday, Jan 12. and run until the following Wednesday. This will then give us time to do a best of the decade review starting on that Thursday. I will begin by changing the thread title to Your Favourite Performances from the 1970's and positing all of our number one choices for the various years of the 1970's in the five categories then everyone can post their top choices for the decade. Hopefully we can wrap this up by the Friday at which point I will do a tally of our favourites for the decade. Newcomers are most welcome. 1980 will then start on the Saturday. We’ve come a long way in 50 weeks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Before we hit 1978 I would like to mention that I am going with 1978 for Stevie which was released in September in the U.S. that year. It subsequently won awards in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1978 … Oscar put Geraldine Page in the lead actress category for Interiors. IMO this was a supporting performance. Diane Keaton was one of the leads. I would have to see it again but Mary Beth Hurt is most likely another lead. Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck are co-leads in The Boys From Brazil. Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor are the two leads in Blue Collar. Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams are the two leads in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Robert De Niro is the only lead in The Deer Hunter. Dustin Hoffman is the only lead in Straight Time. IMO Warren Beatty and Julie Christie are leads in Heaven Can Wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 It’s time for 1978. We will be on 1978 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1978. Winners in bold. Best Actor Jon Voight, Coming Home* Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait Gary Busey, The Buddy Holly Story Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter Laurence Olivier, The Boys From Brazil Best Actress Jane Fonda, Coming Home* Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman Geraldine Page, Interiors Best Supporting Actor Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter* Bruce Dern, Coming Home Richard Farnsworth, Comes a Horseman John Hurt, Midnight Express Jack Warden, Heaven Can Wait Best Supporting Actress Maggie Smith, California Suite* Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait Penelope Milford, Coming Home Maureen Stapleton, Interiors Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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