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The Dean Aug 10th 2012 4:24 am

1970s American movies
 
Delete that 1980s thread........ if you are too young to have lived through the movies (and music) of the 1970s, you have my sympathy..............

The Dirty Harry movies
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Serpico
The Godfather series
The French Connection
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Network
The Conversation
The Spielberg stuff (Jaws, Close Encounters)
Star Wars
The Outlaw Josey Wales

........... more to follow..........

Beaverstate Aug 10th 2012 4:40 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10219678)
Delete that 1980s thread........ if you are too young to have lived through the movies (and music) of the 1970s, you have my sympathy..............

The Dirty Harry movies
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Serpico
The Godfather series
The French Connection
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Network
The Conversation
The Spielberg stuff (Jaws, Close Encounters)
Star Wars
The Outlaw Josey Wales

........... more to follow..........

Best movie decade period.:thumbsup:

kittycat1 Aug 10th 2012 4:54 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 
Italian Job- was that the 70's?

Norm_uk Aug 10th 2012 8:36 am

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I watched the Dirty Harry movies while the missus was away...fantastic stuff.

N.

Bahtatboy Aug 10th 2012 9:23 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 
Way of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Chinatown
Python stuff
Deer Hunter

jackthehat Aug 10th 2012 9:32 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 10219707)
Italian Job- was that the 70's?

Nope!

Miss Anne Thrope Aug 10th 2012 9:34 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10219678)
Delete that 1980s thread........ if you are too young to have lived through the movies (and music) of the 1970s, you have my sympathy..............

The Dirty Harry movies
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Serpico
The Godfather series
The French Connection
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Network
The Conversation
The Spielberg stuff (Jaws, Close Encounters)
Star Wars
The Outlaw Josey Wales

........... more to follow..........

Wow, can't add much to that list. Maybe Harold & Maude (young guy /old lady romance - offbeat and quirky but in a good way) and Woody Allen's early funny ones...

DesertOcean Aug 10th 2012 9:52 am

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'Nashville' directed by Robert Altman...Brilliant movie, absolute time capsule of 1975 in Tennessee.

IMDb
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax. Written by Reid Gagle

Millhouse Aug 10th 2012 12:00 pm

Re: 1970s American movies
 
While I do not meet the age qualification criteria for this thread, I also appreciate that the qualifying posters are likely to have age related dementia. As such, I would like to remind you porridge eating, worthers sucking oldies about the classic 1971 film, Duel.

silversilver Aug 10th 2012 1:40 pm

Re: 1970s American movies
 
Grease and Saturday Night Fever!

Oyibopeppeh Aug 10th 2012 4:44 pm

Re: 1970s American movies
 
Apocalypse Now!

Robert Duvall made it for me....and spot the very young Morpheus!

Autonomy Aug 10th 2012 5:08 pm

Re: 1970s American movies
 

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 10220156)
While I do not meet the age qualification criteria for this thread, I also appreciate that the qualifying posters are likely to have age related dementia. As such, I would like to remind you porridge eating, worthers sucking oldies about the classic 1971 film, Duel.

Great shout - Spielberg's first movie.

Brilliant era for movies and agree with all the ones listed for sure. Chinatown may be my favourite from the 70's but classic Scorsese / De Niro productions and Francis Ford Coppola's masterpieces of the Godfather 1 & 2....

Did anyone mention Mad Max yet?

mentalist Aug 10th 2012 5:24 pm

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1. The Godfather - (1972, Francis Ford Coppola) (Marlon Brando, Al Pacino)
2. The Godfather part II - (1974, Francis Ford Coppola) (Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - (1975, Milos Forman) (Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher)
4. Apocalypse Now - (1979, Francis Ford Coppola) (Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall)
5. Chinatown - (1974, Roman Polanski) (Jack Nicholson, John Huston)
6. A Clockwork Orange - (1971, Stanley Kubrick) (Malcolm McDowell, Patrick MaGee)
7. Star Wars - (1977, George Lucas) (Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford)
8. Jaws - (1975, Steven Spielberg) (Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss)
9. Taxi Driver - (1976, Martin Scorsese) (Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster)
10. The Deer Hunter - (1978, Michael Cimino) (Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken)
11. Annie Hall - (1977, Woody Allen) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
12. Network - (1976, Sydney Lumet) (Peter Finch, William Holden)
13. Rocky - (1976, John G. Avildsen) (Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers)
14. Patton - (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner) (George C. Scott, Karl Malden)
15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977, Steven Spielberg) (Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr)
16. M*A*S*H - (1970, Robert Altman) (Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland)
17. The Exorcist - (1973, William Friedkin) (Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair)
18. American Graffiti - (1973, George Lucas) (Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss)
19. The French Connection - (1971, William Friedkin) (Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider)
20. Mean Streets - (1973, Martin Scorsese) (Harvey Keitel, Robert

Autonomy Aug 10th 2012 5:40 pm

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Thanks for the cut and paste job...

American Graffiti is great too.

If you are interested in movies from this era - this is a brilliant book on it

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood

Norm_uk Aug 11th 2012 12:09 am

Re: 1970s American movies
 

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 10220156)
While I do not meet the age qualification criteria for this thread, I also appreciate that the qualifying posters are likely to have age related dementia. As such, I would like to remind you porridge eating, worthers sucking oldies about the classic 1971 film, Duel.

That and Jaws...the other film that cemented Spielberg as a master of his art in the 70s.

I was born in the 70s but am too young for dementia. My mental issues are all alcohol related - like yours I imagine.

N.


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