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Subgenre Sampler
Sisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- 1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)- Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James… - Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
Tim (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? (1979)
- 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 BBC (1978-1992)
- 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) (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 Woman (1978)- 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 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) (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, 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…
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