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Subgenre Sampler
King of the Gypsies (1978)- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden… - A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Harold Pinter - Teledrama about a steamy affair in 1930s Dublin between a lonely spinster (Dench) and a parasitic intellectual (Irons), on her family's…
Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) (1978)
- Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Peter Dean, Derek Martin - Discerning Brit crime series focusing on three men involved in a bungled armed robbery – the Criminal, the Inspector and the Lawyer and played…
Les Miserables (1978)- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Richard Jordan, John Gielgud… - Well–regarded adaptation of Hugo's seminal novel. Perkins excels as the obsessive Javert, and director Jordan does an admirable job compressing…
Les Rendez-vous D'anna (Anna's Meetings) (1978)- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Aurore Clement, Helmut Griem, Magali Noel - Dir. Akerman channels her nomadic existence in this semi–autobiographical account of a female filmmaker's tour of Europe to promote her latest…
Lillie (TV Mini-Series) (1978)- Dir. Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson, John Gorrie
Feat. Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Anton Rodgers… - Fascinating costume drama about the life and loves of scandalous British actress Lillie Langtry, who's numerous admirers included the Prince Of Wales…
Little Women (TV Mini-series) (1978)- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Susan Dey, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ann Dusenberry… - Emmy Award–winning two part miniseries adapting Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical novel. Mostly unsurprising except for the casting of…
Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla - During the reconstruction of post–war Germany, a woman emerges from the ruins of war and marriage to build an empire. Hanna Schygulla oozes…
Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass… - Dennis Potter–scribed Victorian saga sees Alan Bates, battling alcoholism, sell his wife and daughter under the influence, before resolving to…
Midnight Express (1978)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Brad Davis, Randy Quaid - Brad Davis stars in this riveting fact–based story as a young American facing a 30–year sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for a minor…
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