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Subgenre Sampler
Oppenheimer (TV Mini-series) (1980)- Dir. Barry Davis
Feat. Sam Waterston, Shane Rimmer, David Suchet - Excellent mini–series starring Waterson as nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped build the atomic bomb for the 'Manhattan…
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)- Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen… - Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The (1978)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Jack Charles - Powerful adaptation of Thomas Keneally's fact–based novel about an exploited half–caste Aborigine who eventually erupts in tragic…
Fingers (1978)- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown… - Harvey Keitel conjures up the required intensity for this portrait of a frustrated concert pianist with a violent temper. The nerve–shredding…
Second Awakening of Christina Klages, The (Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages) (1978)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- A young woman robs a bank to pay for her daughter’s day–care. On the run, she is pursued by the police along with the cashier she has taken…
Backroads (1977)- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter - This short road–movie was a moody debut for dir. Noyce, laying out the tale of two drifters (one black, one white) who steal a car for an…
Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)- Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy, Brenda Bruce…
- Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
Summerfield (1977)- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Waters, Charles Tingwell, Nick Tate - A low–key but atmospheric mystery from the Australian New Wave of the 1970s, in which a well–meaning replacement teacher (Tate) arrives…
All the President's Men (1976)- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford - Chilling account of events that led to the publicising of the Watergate scandal, as uncovered by two reporters. A key film of the 1970s. Bluray…
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976)- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Martin Balsam, Cliff DeYoung… - A TV film dramatising the events of the Lindbergh kidnapping, in which the son of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was abducted…
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