List some movies you like from the 1970's only & see if you can impress me, are you able?
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April 27th, 2020
I like comedy, action, westerns, horror, gangster & war films.
Been watching a few during these lockdown days & would be open to any suggestions from the motley crew that is Fluther.
Be advised however, I know a lot so hit me with some hidden gems.
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Ahh, my first customer :D
I watched Fiddler on the Roof again and now have had this in my mind for days.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Shootist
Go Over There
Jaws
Sensible Slacks
Being There
Dirt Sandwich
Where the Red Fern Grows
Who dat?
Patton
Lost at the Mall
The Outlaw Josey Wales
What a Beautiful Blazer
The Poseidon Adventure
Duel
Have you ever heard of these?:)
@RedDeerGuy1 Hardly a hidden gem but a good call nonetheless. My daughter is currently sat watching The Phantom Menace, I say watching, she’s glancing in between texts to her friends.
@lucillelucillelucille I have no idea what Jaws is, tell me, is it any good?
Those are fine films, I love Cuckoo’s Nest & Duel, been a while since I saw either, cheers!
@chyna Another good option, not watched it for years & so a definite consideration.
@ucme What about “What a Beautiful Blazer” starring every country music performer from that decade?
@ucme-Speaking of that have you seen Shit Ton ll?
Invasion of the Bee Girls, 1973.
The story line is ridiculous. “A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.”
But the women are beautiful and, honestly, isn’t that how any man would want to go?
It’s on Amazon Prime.
@LuckyGuy Interesting, what a way to go though!
@ucme -No, It was the backstory of the 2 Mules for Sister Sara.
My favorite 1970s films (in order of most favorite):
Harold and Maude (1971)
Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
Being There (1979)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
The French Connection (1971)
The Seven-Ups (1973)
The Duelists (1977)
All the President’s Men (1976)
The Conversation (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Alien (1979)
Animal House (1978)
Silent Running (1972)
Duel (1971)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
And two great Westerns almost from the 1970s:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
(It interests me just how frequently you seem to have very different tastes and ideas from me, so I’d be curious to see how well we agree on good 70s films. ;-) )
Top Secret!! off by 4 years. 1984. Also 1984 in 1984. I have difficulty going further back seeing I was a toddler at the time.
Here’s a pic of the Queen Bee in her lab.
Bzzzzzzzz.
@Zaku I like all but 7 of those, a fine list.
Saw The French Connection a couple of days ago, love the sequel too.
@LuckyGuy She’s a honey with a sting in the tail, no tits to speak of though :D
@RedDeerGuy1 A poor excuse mate, the second world war was way before my time but I know who started it :D
I love Three Days of the Condor & watched one last night called Rollercoaster.
It starred George Segal & Timothy Bottoms…that name makes me laugh because I’m mature that way.
Here’s a quick, informative video of how they change a woman into a Bee girl. Transformation
Note how she exits the process with a facial, makeup, and a complicated 1970s hairdo. That’s some fancy bee juice!
Such Good Friends starring Dyan Cannon. a hilarious dark comedy.
Also, what I think was Peckinpah’s best, Straw Dogs.
And the classic, Clockwork Orange.
@ucme Sorry. I will try to give better excuses from now on.
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
@Jonsblond A Wilder/Pryor gem, not as good as Stir Crazy but funny still.
The Panic in Needle Park
Dog Day Afternoon
The Conversation
Serpico
Taxi Driver
(Yes, I’m very much a fan of ‘70’s Al Pacino.)
I’ve seen Being There on several lists…good choice. My list, in no particular order:
The Exorcist
Blazing Saddles
The Godfather
MASH
Dark Star (it’s so bad it’s good! But drinking helps.)
Grease
Heaven Can Wait (even though it’s a remake)
Halloween
3 Days of the Condor
Deliverance
The Omega Man
Animal House
The Jerk
Smokey and the Bandit
The Choirboys
Oh God!
Yeah, that ought to be a start.
The Dutchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Saturday Night Fever
The In Laws (original version with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin) – hilarious!
For cat lovers, Harry and Tonto
a fun one, Smokey and the Bandit.
Close Encounters of the _____ Kind (don’t remember if it’s first or third).
Papillon (Steve McQueen, classic).
The Goodbye Girl (another Richard Dreyfus)
Papillon
Taxi Driver
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Little Big Man
The Last Picture Show
Star Wars
Mad Max
Blazing Saddles
One flew over the cuckoos’ nest
Apocalypse now
A clockwork Orange
Logan’s run
Deer Hunter
High Plains Drifter
Carrie
@jca2 you beat me to Papillon, one of my all time favorites.
Lots of good movies here, most I’ve seen multiple times but always worth a watch.
So many to choose from that decade, others I will be watching again soon include…
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Enter the Dragon
Halloween
Mad Max
Life of Brian
Dirty Harry
The Deer Hunter
The Omen
Escape from Alcatraz
Deliverance
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Plenty time on my hands for the time being so lots of movie nights to come.
Cheers persons of the www
E T. , 5 Easy Pieces, The Exorcist, Day of the Jackal, Scarface. Cotton Comes to Harlem. Go Tell the Spartans,
^^E.T. is from the 80s.
Awesome jellies who answered Silver Streak and The Goodbye Girl ( I have DVDs )
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Starting Over ( Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh )
A New Leaf ( Elaine May and Walter Matthau )
The Lickerish Quartet
( I love this type of musical score by Italian composers like Cipriani and Morricone )
The Conversation ( Gene Hackman )
Taste The Blood of Dracula
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter
The President’s Analyst. Our Man Flint. Watermelon Man. Where’s Poppa?
Special awesome award to the jelly who mentioned “The Duellists” by the great Sir Ridley Scott. The film’s magnificent cinematic canvass oozes with intoxicating ( non-digital ) film texture.
Mazes and Monsters came out in 1982. Oh I have one Rockey I. 1976.
Murder by Death
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Has anyone mentioned A Star is Born?
@kruger_d I love Pelham, know the script by now nut never tire of seeing it.
@ucme He looks good with glasses too
@lucillelucillelucille Haha, I think of you evey time I see him in that, as well as his other films.
I picture you bored with the plots, nodding off & then Rob appears & your little face lights up.
Is that anywhere near close? :D
@ucme -That is exactly it. Especially with that movie.
I did like him in A Man for All Seasons though…and The Hireling. Forget The Deep
@ucme it’s a stinker
Have you ever seen Raising Arizona? I can’t get through it and I’m told it’s funny.
Patton
MASH
Love Story
Zig Zag
Rio Lobo
The Delta Factor
WUSA
The Christine Jorgensen Story
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
A Man Called Horse (including sequels)
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
Airplane (including sequels)
What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?
Catch-22
The Traveling Executioner
Gimme Shelter
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Kelly’s Heroes
The House of Dark Shadows
Battle of Cable Hogue
Little Big Man
Chisum
i Love My Wife
Myra Breckinridge
Have fun!!! ;}
Fritz the Cat X rated Adult animation, best after smoking a joint.
@ucme -Me too and I like the Coen Bros. films.
My favorite movie from when I was little, “The Aristocats” 1970, when I was 4. Our first cat was named Dutchess, after the mother cat.
@lucillelucillelucille I keep trying to get you to see one of their finest Blood Simple.
Watch it before the month is out or I will bother you forever lol
@ucme You’re going to have to launch a fairly expensive ad campaign with radio & tv spots to get me to see it. Why, i don’t know.
@ucme -Besides Oh brother, I liked Miller’s crossing.
@lucillelucillelucille Do you know, I have not yet seen Oh Brother?
Meant to a few times but never got round to it, that has to change!
What’s Up Doc (Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal)
High Anxiety (Mel Brooks)
The World’s Greatest Lover (Gene Wilder)
Dracula (the one with Frank Langella)
Same Time Next Year (Alan Alda)
Romantic Comedy (Dudley Moore)
Going South (Jack Nicholson)
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