Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Julius Caesar (1979)- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Keith Michell, Richard Pasco, Charles Gray… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Junoon (1979)- Dir. Shyam Benegal
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah… - Indian drama set during the 1857 War of Independence, where a feudal chieftain falls for an Anglo–Indian woman and encounters bitter opposition…
Just a Gigolo (1979)- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. David Bowie - Unusual tragicomedy with David Bowie drifting through post–WWI Berlin.
Knots Landing (TV Series) (1979)- Feat. Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford…
- Bold and beautiful couples stake out their territory in a suburban Californian cul–de–sac. An addictive primetime soap of…
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep - Well–acted, gripping portrayal of a bitter divorce and custody battle, for which Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep both won Oscars. Also garnered…
La Luna (1979)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Alida Valli… - A wayward young junkie cuddles up to his Opera–singing mother (Jill Clayburgh) in this peculiar incest drama, shot in lush Bertolucci overtones.
Lady Oscar (1979)- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes - Jacques Demy's English–language romantic period drama based on the Japanese manga 'The Rose of Versailles' that tells the story of Lady Oscar,…
Laura (Laura, Shadows of a Summer) (1979)- Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Maud Adams, Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell… - One of the dreamy, soft focus movies of fashion photographer Hamilton, featuring his characteristic themes: the coming of age of a young girl in an…
Legend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)- Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang - A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
Little Romance, A (1979)- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Anna Massey, Arthur Hill… - Sweet minor comedy in which aged charmer Olivier persuades two teenage lovers – American boy, French girl – to run off together.…
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