1971 movies

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Music | Sci-Fi
Countries: Japan
Actors: Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba, Yukihiko Gondo, Eisaburo Komatsu, Tadashi Okabe, Wataru Omae, Susumu Okabe, Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Teruzo Okawa, Koji Urugi
Directors: Yoshimitsu Banno
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By this time, Gojira, defender of the Earth, has become a national phenomenon, akin to the Loch Ness Monster, especially with children, ingrained into the Japanese conciousness. However, the Japanese people still don’t realize that destroying the earth will summon the millennias-old protector. A young boy finds a dangerous monster that thrives on toxic waste that he names Hedorâ, a pun on the Japanese word for sludge, “hedoro.” In his dreams, he wishes for Gojira to defeat Hedorâ and, hopefully, persuade people to stop polluting the earth. Gojira, coincidentally, fights the monster because of the destruction to the environment.

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Don 'Red' Barry, Timothy Bottoms, Craig Bovia, Peter Brocco, Judy Howard Chaikin, Kendell Clarke, Eric Christmas, Maurice Dallimore, Robert Easton, Kathy Fields, Larry Fleischman, Eduard Franz, Anthony Geary
Directors: Dalton Trumbo
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A young American soldier (Joe) in WW I is wounded by a landmine. He loses his arms, legs and eyes as well as his ability to hear, speak or smell. Lying in hospital, he is not able to distinguish if he is awake or if he is dreaming. Trying to find out, he relives his story in strange dreams and memories. One day, Joe finds a way to communicate with the doctors…

Vanishing Point (1971)

Friday, July 10th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Timothy Scott, Gilda Texter, Anthony James, Arthur Malet, Karl Swenson, Severn Darden, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Lee Weaver
Directors: Richard C. Sarafian
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Kowalski, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Fransisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol they start a chase to bring him into custody. Along the way, Kowalski is guided by Supersoul - a blind DJ with a police radio scanner. Throw in lots of chase scenes, gay hitchhikers, a naked woman riding a motorbike, lots of Mopar and you’ve got a great cult hit from the early 70’s.

Fright (1971)

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Honor Blackman, Susan George, Ian Bannen, John Gregson, George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Tara Collinson, Maurice Kaufmann, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Michael Brennan
Directors: Peter Collinson
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Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda’s nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child’s biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.

The French Connection (1971)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso
Directors: William Friedkin
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William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Maisie MacFarquhar, Elsie Taylor, Noelle Rimmington, Noel Davis, Sydney Bromley, Richard Pearson, Patricia Mason
Directors: Roman Polanski
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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice, James Hayter, Anthony Ainley, Howard Goorney, Avice Landone, Charlotte Mitchell, Wendy Padbury, Tamara Ustinov, Simon Williams, Robin Davies, Harry Fielder, Geoffrey Hughes
Directors: Piers Haggard
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Horror thriller set in 17th century England about the children of a village slowly converting into a coven of devil worshipers.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, William Windom, Sal Mineo, Albert Salmi, Jason Evers, John Randolph, Harry Lauter, M. Emmet Walsh, Roy Glenn, Peter Forster, Norman Burton
Directors: Don Taylor
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The third chapter of the Apes saga. Two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius and Zira travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like celebrities — until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives!

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King, Christopher Walken, Val Avery, Dick Anthony Williams, Garrett Morris, Stan Gottlieb, Paul Benjamin, Anthony Holland, Richard B. Shull, Conrad Bain, Margaret Hamilton
Directors: Sidney Lumet
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A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn’t know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Straw Dogs (1971)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne, Cherina Schaer, Colin Welland, Michael Mundell
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.

Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bill Mumy, Barry Robins, Miles Chapin, Darel Glaser, Bob Kramer, Marc Vahanian, Jesse White, Ken Swofford, David Ketchum, Elaine Devry, Wayne Sutherlin, Vanessa Brown, William Bramley, Frank Farmer, Charles H. Gray
Directors: Stanley Kramer
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A group of adolescent boys, placed in a summer camp by their otherwise too busy parents, find themselves unable to fit in and are soon branded as bedwetters by their fellow campers and unsympathetic counselor. After their counselor exposes them to what they perceive as a cruel slaughter of corralled bison, these misfits are soon drawn to a common purpose to break free of their camp and free the bison. On their way to free the bison, individual flashbacks reveal the relationships each has with his own family and give insight to their reasons behind wanting to set the bison free. Karen and Richard Carpenter’s singing of the title song occurs now and again throughout the movie to underscore the the drama.

Melody (1971)

Monday, January 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild, Colin Barrie, Billy Franks, Ashley Knight, Craig Marriott, William Vanderpuye, Peter Walton, Camille Davis, Dawn Hope, Kay Skinner, Lesley Roach, Sheila Steafel, Roy Kinnear
Directors: Waris Hussein
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Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children’s point of view.

Klute (1971)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Rita Gam, Nathan George, Vivian Nathan, Morris Strassberg, Barry Snider, Betty Murray, Jane White, Shirley Stoler, Robert Milli, Anthony Holland
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
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After a businessman disappears the FBI draw a blank except for some unpleasant letters he wrote to a call-girl. His small-town friend John Klute travels to the big city to seek her out. At first their relationship is wary, and she sees him as just another guy to manipulate. But someone may already be stalking her, and as Klute’s activities add to the danger a bond of sorts starts to grow.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Paul Michael Glaser, Ray Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen Ruskin, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich
Directors: Norman Jewison
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Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of ’shtetl’ life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.