Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1111 Films to Buy & Rent
Design For Living / Mrs. Capper's Birthday / What Mad Pursuit (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 3) (1979-1985)
- Dir. Philip Saville, Mike Ockrent
Feat. Dandy Nichols, Patricia Hayes, Hugh Laurie…
- –Design For Living (79') Contrived comedy set in a Paris apartment where a woman and the two men she loves all live together in an awkward…
Little Romance, A (1979)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Anna Massey, Arthur Hill…
- Sweet minor comedy in which aged charmer Olivier persuades two teenage lovers – American boy, French girl – to run off together.…
Manhattan (1979)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
- This classy introspective comedy from Woody Allen tributes his beloved city while his neurotic alter–ego searches for romantic and intellectual…
Measure for Measure (1979)
- Dir. Desmond Davis
Feat. Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
More American Graffiti (1979)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark…
- College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s in this creaky sequel to the coming–of–age hit.
North Dallas Forty (1979)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Nick Nolte, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest
- A sports film set in late 1970s Texas, following American Football player Phil Elliott (Nolte), whose independent attitude and lifestyle of…
That Sinking Feeling (1979)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Hughes
- The Bill Forsyth (LOCAL HERO) ‘touch’ for gentle, ironic comedy, is fully evident in this first feature. Chronicling a small–scale scam…
To the Manor Born (TV Series) (1979-1981)
- Feat. Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
- Fondly remembered British comedy series in which the recently widowed Audrey Forbes–Hamilton (Keith) finds she has to relinquish her stately…
A Wedding (1978)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Lillian Gish, Ruth Nelson, Desi Jr. Arnaz…
- An ensemble satire completely suited to dir. Robert Altman’s trademark naturalism and sardonic worldview, this is a suitable follow–up and…
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 1 (Romeo & Juliet, King Richard the Second, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight) (1978)
- In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their…