Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Irishman, The (1978)- Dir. Donald Crombie
Feat. Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke… - Rousing tale of hard living Irish teamster Paddy Doolan whose refusal to acquiesce to fashionable new technology pushes his family close to ruin in…
Kent Chronicles, The (The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers) (1978-1979)- Dir. Lee H. Katzin, Russ Mayberry, Sidney Hayers
Feat. Andrew Stevens, William Shatner, Tom Bosley… - A trilogy of mini–series adaptations based on the bestselling novels by John Jakes (North and South), also known as the American Bicentennial…
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…
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