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Subgenre Sampler

 
Chilly Scenes of WinterChilly Scenes of Winter (Head Over Heels) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert
A celebrated early rom–com from writer–director Joan Micklin Silver (CROSSING DELANCEY) with a likable John Heard playing a hopeless…
Christ Stopped at EboliChrist Stopped at Eboli (1979) Recommended
Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny
A writer is exiled to the remote South in the mid 1930s. Based on the autobiography of Carlos Levi, this film in four parts contrasts his political…
Days of HeavenDays of Heaven (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Sam Shepard, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams
The mid–western wheat–fields provide a magnificent backdrop for this poignant tale of two disparate bachelors who vie for the same woman.…
Design For Living / Mrs. Capper's Birthday / What Mad PursuitDesign For Living / Mrs. Capper's Birthday / What Mad Pursuit (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 3) (1979-1985)
Dir. Philip Saville, Mike Ockrent
Feat. Dandy Nichols, Patricia Hayes, Hugh Laurie
–Design For Living (79') Contrived comedy set in a Paris apartment where a woman and the two men she loves all live together in an awkward…
Dick Turpin (TV Series)Dick Turpin (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Alfie Bass
Historical adventure series about the real–life 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin and his "Robin Hood" thieving of the rich to give to the…
Elvis Elvis (1979) Recommended
Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell
Made just two years after Elvis's death, the king of rock 'n' roll's life is traced from dirt poor beginnings to becoming the most loved entertainer…
Europeans, TheEuropeans, The (1979)
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Lee Remick, Wesley Addy, Lisa Eichhorn
Possibly the best of the early Merchant–Ivory productions develops Henry James' novel of 19th century New England into a subtle study of family…
Great Santini, TheGreat Santini, The (1979)
Dir. Lewis John Carlino
Feat. Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe
Exploring the internal contradictions of ex–fighter pilot Robert Duvall, stranded in post WWll peacetime with his long–suffering family,…
HardcoreHardcore (1979)
Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. George C. Scott, Peter Boyle
Paul Schrader, rehashing his script of TAXI DRIVER, pits a Catholic mid–westerner against the seedy, amoral underworld of California's adult…
HeartbeatHeartbeat (1979)
Dir. John Byrum
Feat. Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek
From the bomb to the pill as seen through the eyes of beatnik poet Jack Kerouac with Neal and Carolyn Cassady.

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