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Movies of the Seventies; Celluloid of the Free & the Tales that were Brave

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  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Get Carter and The Taking of Pelham 123 certainly!
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
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    Some of my favorite films can be found in the 70s. In particular the best crime films ever made have come from that decade... a rather long list of some of my favorite 70s films:

    Dirty Harry
    Magnum Force
    The French Connection/ French Connection II
    Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
    Charley Varrick
    Kelly's Heroes
    Beneath The Planet of the Apes
    Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
    The Omega Man
    Play Misty For Me
    The Godfather
    The Godfather Part II
    Across 110th Street
    Dillinger
    The Seven-Ups
    The Conversation
    Chinatown
    Freebie and the Bean (delightfully non-PC buddy cop movie with Alan Arkin and James Caan!)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    Night Moves
    The Killer Elite
    Assault on Precinct 13
    Demon Seed
    The Gauntlet
    Suspiria
    Blue Collar
    Capricorn One
    High-Ballin'
    Apocalypse Now
    Alien
    The Black Hole
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited March 2018 Posts: 17,821
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Get Carter and The Taking of Pelham 123 certainly!

    A bit curious about Pelham, really - with Red Grant himself, Robert Shaw being one of the cast. Never seen the 2009 remake, either.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,622
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    Some of my favorite films can be found in the 70s. In particular the best crime films ever made have come from that decade... a rather long list of some of my favorite 70s films:

    Dirty Harry
    Magnum Force
    The French Connection/ French Connection II
    Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
    Charley Varrick
    Kelly's Heroes
    Beneath The Planet of the Apes
    Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
    The Omega Man
    Play Misty For Me
    The Godfather
    The Godfather Part II
    Across 110th Street
    Dillinger
    The Seven-Ups
    The Conversation
    Chinatown
    Freebie and the Bean (delightfully non-PC buddy cop movie with Alan Arkin and James Caan!)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    Night Moves
    The Killer Elite
    Assault on Precinct 13
    Demon Seed
    The Gauntlet
    Suspiria
    Blue Collar
    Capricorn One
    High-Ballin'
    Apocalypse Now
    Alien
    The Black Hole
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Great list. Forgot about Charley Varrick which I have. Directed by the brilliant Don Siegal.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    The killer Elite (1975),
    That's a weird film. It's like someone told Peckinpah he *needed* to enter into the martial arts films at that time, and he wasn't 100% into it. Still, meh Peckinpah is still Peckinpah!

  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,622
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    The killer Elite (1975),
    That's a weird film. It's like someone told Peckinpah he *needed* to enter into the martial arts films at that time, and he wasn't 100% into it. Still, meh Peckinpah is still Peckinpah!

    I agree. It's odd. But I love James Caan! He's always good value.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    The killer Elite (1975),
    That's a weird film. It's like someone told Peckinpah he *needed* to enter into the martial arts films at that time, and he wasn't 100% into it. Still, meh Peckinpah is still Peckinpah!

    A bit like TMWTGG? :D
    Really liked The Getaway, so The killer Elite is naturally a film that (on paper) sounds interesting, given that it's the same director.
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    The killer Elite (1975),
    That's a weird film. It's like someone told Peckinpah he *needed* to enter into the martial arts films at that time, and he wasn't 100% into it. Still, meh Peckinpah is still Peckinpah!

    I agree. It's odd. But I love James Caan! He's always good value.

    One of the reasons it caught my interest!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,622
    Rollerball would be a better bet!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,832
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Rollerball would be a better bet!

    Well, that's a stone cold CLASSIC.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,622
    Caan is marvellous in it as is the great John Houseman!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2018 Posts: 17,832
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Yes, I found ROLLERBALL (1974) to be quiet unsettling as a lad (I guess I was twelve when I saw it; one of the early HBO films, or Home Box Office, as it was called).

    I saw it in the theatre at a classic films revival at 16. It blew me away. I was too young for it when it came out. I own it on Blu Ray, and last time I watched it it was like the first time. It's an art house Sci-fi that also pleased crowds with the sport/violence angle.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Just watched the trailer for Rollerball. That looks like a unsettling movie!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,622
    It's really great film. Maud Adams is in it. Well directed by Norman Jewison.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited March 2018 Posts: 17,821
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    It's really great film. Maud Adams is in it. Well directed by Norman Jewison.

    You had me at Adams - will have to check it out! Interestingly Rollerball is available on iTunes, just like The Killer Elite. Might buy both, and watch them as a double feature.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited September 2018 Posts: 4,537
    My None Bond 60/70's collection:

    DVD:
    Pippi Långstrump ''Dutch title: Pippi Langkous'' Tv Series (1969)
    The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
    The Saint Season 1&2 (1962-1964)
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) With Bernard Lee
    The Champions Tv Series / All 30 episodes (1968–1969)
    Grand Prix (1966) 2 Part Cut

    Starsky and Hutch Season 1 (1975)
    The Persuaders! - 12 Episodes (1971-1972)
    Profumo di donna (1974) Original Spanish ''Scent of a Woman''
    And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
    The Incredible Hulk Tv series (1977)
    Wuthering Heights (1970) With Timothy Dalton

    BD:
    The Great Escape (1963)
    Easy Rider (1969)

    Jaws (1975)
    Midnight Express (1978)
    Taxi Driver (1976)
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