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TimTim (1979)
Dir. Michael Pate
Feat. Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie
Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie are the young simpleton and older woman drawn together in this adaptation of Colleen McCullough's first novel.
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Milton Katselas
Feat. Candy Clark, Marjoe Gortner
A confrontational yet riveting psychodrama centering on a Vietnam vet–turned–drug dealer who terrorizes the patrons of a diner in a small…
Alan Bennett at the BBCAlan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992) Recommended
Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales
An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett. Collection includes: – A Day Out…
An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series)An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Paul Ciappessoni
Feat. Kenneth More, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron
TV miniseries set in an alternative history where Germany won WWII and England is ruled by a fascist government. Kenneth More plays a writer for a…
An Unmarried WomanAn Unmarried Woman (1978) Recommended
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy
Jill Clayburgh endeared herself to a generation of women with this well–loved character study of a divorced New Yorker navigating the single…
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 4BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 4 (Othello, Troilus and Cressida, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) (1978)
The fourth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes: Othello:…
Disraeli (TV Mini-series)Disraeli (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach
Detailed biopic of the remarkable life of the author turned British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Talky and visually limited this is more than a…
End, TheEnd, The (1978)
Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise
Black comedy directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, who plays a real–estate agent who decides to kill himself when he is diagnosed with a…
F.I.S.T.F.I.S.T. (Fist) (1978)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle
Earnest union drama with Stallone as a Jimmy Hoffa type union leader whose idealism is gradually corrupted. Curious misfire is worth a watch with a…
FedoraFedora (1978) Recommended
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer
Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…

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