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Subgenre Sampler
Little Women (TV Mini-series) (1978)- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Susan Dey, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ann Dusenberry… - Emmy Award–winning two part miniseries adapting Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical novel. Mostly unsurprising except for the casting of…
Live at the Napa State Mental Hospital - The Cramps (1978)- Camp punk–rockers The Cramps caught live playing to patients at the Napa State Hospital in 1978 on cruddy, but quite appropriate b&w…
Lord of the Rings (1978)- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- Likable animation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy classic, admirably captures the personalities of the novel's horde of eccentric characters and…
Lupin the Third: Secret of Mamo (1978)- Dir. Soji Yoshikawa
- The first in a popular series of films featuring "Lupin III" (based on the graphic novels by Monkey Punch), this nostalgically–styled manga…
Magic (1978)- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith - Anthony Hopkins is tormented by his evil ventriloquist dummy in an off–kilter thriller, that misses a little screen magic. Scripted by William…
Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla - During the reconstruction of post–war Germany, a woman emerges from the ruins of war and marriage to build an empire. Hanna Schygulla oozes…
Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass… - Dennis Potter–scribed Victorian saga sees Alan Bates, battling alcoholism, sell his wife and daughter under the influence, before resolving to…
Medusa Touch, The (1978)- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi… - Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Midnight Express (1978)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Brad Davis, Randy Quaid - Brad Davis stars in this riveting fact–based story as a young American facing a 30–year sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for a minor…
Mill on the Floss, The (1978)- Dir. Ronald Wilson
Feat. Pippa Guard, Christopher Blake, Anton Lessor - Loosely based on George Eliot's own childhood, this bleak tale of fueding families and thwarted love is adequately told in this eight part BBC…
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