1970's Movies

[KY Gentleman]

"ROLLING THUNDER" This movie featured William Devane and an unknown actor named Tommy Lee Jones. It was so good Tarrantino named his production company "Rolling Thunder Films".

 

[AtomicEraTom]

My favorite 70's movie is actually about the previous decade. 1962 to be exact. Good ol' American Graffiti.

 

[KY Gentleman]

My favorite 70's movie is actually about the previous decade. 1962 to be exact. Good ol' American Graffiti.

That is one of my all time favorites. Good call. :eusa_clap

 

[AtomicEraTom]

That is one of my all time favorites. Good call. :eusa_clap

Ah, you have good taste. You may also enjoy "the California Kid" It's another great car movie, but with much fewer cars.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"Corvette Summer" -- Mark Hamill's follow-up film after "Star Wars."


Actually, it's pretty bad.


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[AtomicEraTom]

"Corvette Summer" -- Mark Hamill's follow-up film after "Star Wars."


Actually, it's pretty bad.


.

this all ties in! American Graffiti was the film from which George Lucas got the base funding to film Star Wars!

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

These are my 1970s movies

The Big Boss (1971)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Fist of Fury (1972)

Way of the Dragon (1972)

The Valachi Papers (1972)

Enter the Dragon (1973)

Serpico (1973)

Death Wish (1974)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

The Yakuza (1974)

Capone (1975)

Jaws (1975)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Rocky (1976)

Star Wars (1977)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Drunken Master (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

The Boys in Company C (1978)

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Superman (1978)

Mad Max (1979)

Zombi 2 (1979)

The Warriors (1979)

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

 

[KY Gentleman]

M*A*S*H was a good one. I think they made a TV show out of it or something...

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Busting (1974)

The other night I watched Busting, a gritty little 1974 crime/buddy picture which starred Elliott Gould and Robert Blake. Fantastic movie! Elliott Gould WAS the early 70s!!!

I enjoyed the witty repartee between Gould and Blake, the cruddiness of their world, and Carl Eller--then of the Minnesota Vikings football team-- beating the crud out of poor Elliott, too. And let's not forget those public restroom stakeout scenes which allow for some character backstory(!) for Keneely and the great exchanges between our lowly heroes. I like their relationship with the lieutenant, too.

...And I really need to get me one of those Elliot Gould "Fu Manchu" moustaches.lol

It had many character actors like Logan Ramsey, Michael Lerner, and Sid Haig in it. Good score by early-1970s TV stalwart Billy Goldenberg. I really enjoyed Elliott Gould in this, as he's an actor I seem to root for despite the dismissal of him as a hack or has been. For that time period, he was perfect. Afterwards, not so much...

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Elliott Gould WAS the early 70s!!!

You pretty much nailed it, right there, my love for seventies movies.

In other news, I posted my latest review at It's Okay With Me:

Escape From Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood.

http://www.zmmann.com/2009/08/escape-from-alcatraz.html

 

[scottyrocks]

One of my favorite 70s movies was a 1971 Speilberg film called 'Duel' with Dennis Weaver.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

One of my favorite 70s movies was a 1971 Speilberg film called 'Duel' with Dennis Weaver.

Duel has been saved on my TiVo for a good 2 months now. Getting to it...

In the meantime, I finished my newest review of a seventies movie at my website, "It's Okay With Me" (www.zmmann.com).

Capricorn One (1978): There's Nothing More to Believe In

 

[Cigarband]

"Corvette Summer" -- Mark Hamill's follow-up film after "Star Wars."


Actually, it's pretty bad.


.

That movie effectively ruined Hamill's career. It was during the filming Hamill was in a car accident that badly damaged his face and required many months of recovery.
He had to turn down many offers and his looks and prospects never were the same.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Watched and enjoyed The Parallax View (1974) last night. I've always liked Warren Beatty and he's quite good in this.

I'm also pretty sure that I'd make a swell applicant for the Parallax Corporation.