Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3560 Films to Buy & Rent
- Count Dracula (TV Mini-series) (1977)
- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon…
- Faithful 70's adaptation of the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker, this critically–acclaimed BBC version utilises London's Highgate Cemetery…
- Fun With Dick And Jane (1977)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon…
- Amusing low–brow satire sees affluent Segal and Fonda plunged into possible poverty and turning to criminal enterprise in an effort to sustain…
- Grand Theft Auto (1977)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Barry Cahill
- Petrolhead debut in the directing seat for Ron Howard (who also stars) is a car–chase special involving a young runaway couple in the crunching…
- Hobbit, The (1977)
- Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jnr
Feat. Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston…
- A homebody demi–human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.…
- Jabberwocky (1977)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Michael Palin
- Monty Python's Lewis Carroll–inspired medieval farce with Michael Palin in the lead.
- Joseph Andrews (1977)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Beryl Reid…
- Bawdy picaresque revolves around the romantic misadventures of switched–at–birth servant. Chief amongst his concerns are the unwelcome…
- Julia (1977)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
- Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Barry Dennen, George Lazenby, Henry Gibson…
- A product of the Kentucky Fried Theatre (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker of FLYING HIGH fame), this collection of skits, gags and spoofs comes across as a…
- Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
- Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret…
- Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
- Last Wave, The (1977)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
- A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…