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Subgenre Sampler

 
Great McGonagall, TheGreat McGonagall, The (1974)
Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Valentine Dyall
Based on the true story of 19th Scottish 'nonsense' poet William McGonagall (Milligan), who courted favour from Queen Victoria (Sellers) amongst…
Groove Tube, TheGroove Tube, The (1974)
Dir. Ken Shapiro
Feat. Chevy Chase, Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer
An early satire of television broadcasts, which takes news, programmes, childrens' shows and adverts in its subversive stride. Famous now for its…
Happy Days (TV Series)Happy Days (TV Series) (1974) Aro Favourite
Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley
Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
Harry & TontoHarry & Tonto (Harry and Tonto) (1974)
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Rene Enriquez
Art Carney won the Oscar for his performance as a retiree embarking on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
HomebodiesHomebodies (1974) Recommended
Dir. Larry Yust
Feat. Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Frances Fuller
A blackly humourous yarn about a group of retired tenants who are willing to go to extremes to prevent eviction. Inventive genre pic belies its low…
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series)It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) (1974)
Feat. Windsor Davies
The riotous misadventures of a concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining troops during World War II. With a typically…
MarthaMartha (1974)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm
Addressing his favourite subject, emotional cruelty, Dir. Fassbinder skillfully works a vein of pitch–black comedy in depicting Margit…
ParadeParade (1974)
Dir. Jacques Tati
An eclectic comedy cabaret show that involves the filming of live performers on and offstage with small minuets dotted throughout. This final film…
Phantom of Liberty, ThePhantom of Liberty, The (1974)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti
The great surrealist's penultimate film uses a Chinese–box structure to weave a dream–like tableau of set pieces that waver from to the…
Romance With a Double BassRomance With a Double Bass (1974)
Dir. Robert Young
Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Crowden
Real–life couple John Cleese and Connie Booth are at their best in this charming comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekov.…

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