Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
That Sinking Feeling (1979)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Hughes - The Bill Forsyth (LOCAL HERO) ‘touch’ for gentle, ironic comedy, is fully evident in this first feature. Chronicling a small–scale scam…
Third Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine… - A scathing black comedy about terrorism, one of the final films of German provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A hilariously indiscriminate plot…
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) (1979)- Feat. John Alderton, Pauline Collins
- Spinoff to UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, this features John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their roles as Thomas, the chauffeur, and Sarah, the…
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.
Tin Drum, The (1979)- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. David Bennett - One the best films ever made with a child protagonist, David Bennett is unforgettable as a 12–year–old who refuses to grow up and…
To Forget Venice (1979)- Dir. Franco Brusati
Feat. Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson - Brooding melodrama about an extended family reunion in the house of an Operatic matriach.
To the Manor Born (TV Series) (1979-1981)- Feat. Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
- Fondly remembered British comedy series in which the recently widowed Audrey Forbes–Hamilton (Keith) finds she has to relinquish her stately…
Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, The (1979)- Dir. Frank De Felitta
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray… - An enchanting made–for–television drama starring Lindsay Wagner as Jennie Logan, a woman finds an antique dress in her attic that…
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…
A Wedding (1978)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Lillian Gish, Ruth Nelson, Desi Jr. Arnaz… - An ensemble satire completely suited to dir. Robert Altman’s trademark naturalism and sardonic worldview, this is a suitable follow–up and…
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