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American Film Theatre - Lost in the StarsAmerican Film Theatre - Lost in the Stars (1974)
Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques
The innovative 1930s musical collaboration between Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill was ambitiously adapted in this American Film Theatre…
American Film Theatre - RhinocerosAmerican Film Theatre - Rhinoceros (1974)
Dir. Tom O'Horgan
Feat. Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black
Possibly the least appreciated of the American Film Theatre adaptations, this version of Eugene Ionesco's fable of totalitarianism is in fact perhaps…
American Film Theatre - The MaidsAmerican Film Theatre - The Maids (1974)
Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant
Atmospheric, though slightly muted version of Jean Genet's notorious play, itself based on a notorious French murder case, where two maids immersed…
Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzApprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss
A baby–faced Richard Dreyfuss excels as a pushy Jewish con–artist / entrepreneur in this teeming, energetic coming–of–age…
Arabian NightsArabian Nights (Il Fiore Delle Mille e Una Notte) (1974) Recommended
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Tessa Bouche
For the final part of his “Trilogy of Life”, Pasolini interweaves several of the tales of the ‘Thousand and One Nights’,…
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, TheAutobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (1974) Recommended
Dir. John Korty
Feat. Cicely Tyson, Richard Dysart, Michael Murphy
Notable classic tele–drama based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines, set in the early 1960's, where a woman born into slavery in…
Between WarsBetween Wars (1974)
Dir. Michael Thornhill
Feat. Corin Redgrave, Judy Morris, Arthur Dignam
Insightful portrait traces the career of famed Australian psychiatrist Dr Edward Trenbow, as he embarks on his groundbreaking research of…
Brief EncounterBrief Encounter (1974)
Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley
The BBC revisit David Lean's classic unrequited romance, with Richard Burton and Sophia Loren excellent as would–be lovers who meet on a train…
California SplitCalifornia Split (1974) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. George Segal, Elliott Gould, Gwen Welles
A terrific gambling lark–come–cautionary tale from director Robert Altman, starring George Segal as a casual gambler who befriends a…
ChinatownChinatown (1974) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston
Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…

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