30-11-2002 10:27									#31
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...And Justice for All - Didn't see it.

Annie Hall - Good movie... for a Woody Allen movie. Amazingly, shot in the very same New York that Taxi Driver and Saturday Night Fever were set.

Apocalypse Now - Good movie, but too incoherent to be Coppola's best.

Chinatown - Like AH, I strongly suspect that this is the best movie in the list. There isn't a single flaw in this film and it is a very rewarding 2 hours spent.

A Clockwork Orange - Didn't like it. Kubrick makes great-looking movies that have no soul, and this is the film that kind of defines that rule.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - An engaging movie that looked upon aliens as our Saviours rather than our Nemesis (Exorcist, Alien)

The Deer Hunter - The movie that gave Michael Cimino the right to destroy United Artists.

Dog Day Afternoon - One of the weaker films on this list, Pacino shows us glimpses of the great over-actor that he will become.

The Exorcist - Best. Horror. Movie. Ever. I'm serious, this is one creepy flick. Get the DVD!

The French Connection - Kudos to those who can name the Three Degrees on sight in this movie (they're the girl band that is singing in the bar that Popeye and his partner rassle.)

The Godfather - I think the Soprano's have finally taken over as the number-one mafia pop-culture reference, but the Godfather remains a class act. Perhaps the greatest Guy Movie ever made. The Godfather changed the way Hollywood handled movie distribution, teaching studio executives to lean towards a wide, heavily advertised initial distribution, rather then letting a movie grow into it's audience over a 3-6 month period.

The Godfather Part II - This movie was so great, it made the previous movie even better.

Jaws - Defined summer blockbuster like no movie before it, Jaws remains a very engaging film with a perfectly paced and gripping last 45 minutes.

The Last Picture Show - Haven't seen it.

MASH - Not bad, but I've never been the biggest fan of Altman.

Nashville - Haven't seen it.

Network - Faye Dunaway screws herself to the top of the rat race at a big-three network.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - This was back when Jack Nicholson still acted, rather than playing a variant of the role of "Jack Nicholson." If you know what I mean.

Patton - Coppola wrote this movie, and his Academy Award for the script helped save his position as director on The Godfather.

Rocky - The "Blair Witch" of it's day, Rocky was a local film shot on a shoestring budget that hit it big.

Saturday Night Fever - How can one claim to know 70s American cinema and not watched this movie? I think that the interesting thing about SNF is that it is yet another New York movie, shot around the same time as Annie Hall and Taxi Driver, and yet it is in a totally different world than the other two films.

Star Wars - Unfortunately, the biggest film of the 1970's was the film that effectively spelled the beginning of the end of literate, adult American cinema for at least a decade.

Taxi Driver - Among the top 3 films of the decade, it is interesting to note that Taxi Driver was written by Paul Schrader, a man who was raised in a strict Calvinist theology by his parents, and who didn't see his first movie until the age of 18. Schrader also wrote American Gigolo, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ.

	30-11-2002 11:08									#32
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	30-11-2002 16:44									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Comedies: No Mel Brooks? Blazing saddles, was that 70's?

Plus Young Frankenstein

And what about Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

	30-11-2002 18:48									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Tingkai Plus Young Frankenstein

Whenever I think about watching this movie..I will allways rememeber him telling....."Walk this way..while hunched over"..then saying..No.this way...

	30-11-2002 20:08									#35
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Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

	30-11-2002 20:10									#36
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Taxi Driver was hands-down the worst movie I've ever sat through.

	30-11-2002 20:23									#37
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Taxi Driver was hands-down the worst movie I've ever sat through.

Ack! Most over-rated movie maybe but worst? Surely you're exagerating or you just haven't seen many movies. How many? 3, 5..?

Not a huge fan of 70s films but one of the best films I have ever seen was Blue Collar. Another Paul Schrader film, an overlooked classic, Richard Pryor(definately not a comedy), Harvey Keitel and the Police chief from Homicide: Life on the Street. Amazing film, please watch it, if you can find it.

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quote: he French Connection - Kudos to those who can name the Three Degrees on sight in this movie (they're the girl band that is singing in the bar that Popeye and his partner rassle.)

I've been looking for that song for years, and can't bloody find it, even on Kazaa...

	01-12-2002 07:59									#39
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Apocalypse Now
A Clockwork Orange
The Exorcist
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
MASH
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

All get my seal of approval.

And the Shining and the Monty Python movies are missing from the list, of course.

	01-12-2002 09:12									#40
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Taxi Driver was hands-down the worst movie I've ever sat through.

Taxi Driver was hands-down one of the best movies I've ever sat through.

	01-12-2002 13:55									#41
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Taxi Driver reminded me a lot of Death Wish or vice versa. I can't remember which came out first.

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Those clamoring about Monty Python: I didn't know that one American made those works American films .

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Isn't Terry Gilliam an American?

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quote: Originally posted by Hueij Isn't Terry Gilliam an American?

I think he is, but he was the only American in the group. And Monty Python movies were British productions, I think. Even George Harrison helped to produce some of them ("Life of Brian").

	02-12-2002 07:59									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Those clamoring about Monty Python: I didn't know that one American made those works American films .

I was using the Oscar definition of American and Foreign movies.

Okay, okay. Mea culpa.

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"Taxi Driver" almost got Reagan killed.

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and I mentioned this in the 80's thread. I think the Shining was made in the 70's.

let me check on that....

I was wrong (doesn't happen too often ). It was made in 1980

	03-12-2002 14:44									#48
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many of these movies I have not seen.

I haven't seen deliverance. I do want to see this film- don't ask me why .

Apocalypse now- obvious choice. I voted for it.

Close Encounters of the Thrid kind. Even as a kid I was intrigued by this movie despite the slow pace. Although I was young and could never stay up to 11 PM. It was years before I actually seen the ending

The Deer Hunter. I was young when I seen this. It seemed too slow. I need to rewatch it. I didn't vote for it.

The godfather. even as a kid I love the first two movies. easy vote

Jaws. You gotta admit this was a classic. Sure they got some shark facts wrong. But still a good flick

Mash. I didn't vote for it. the movie is slow. But it does have its good points. But boy the lyrics to that song are a downer . No big suprise they took the lyrics out for the mash tv series theme song.

Rocky. I can't remember if I voted for this one. Great flick. Classic

Saturday Night fever. blech!!

Taxi Driver. I still haven't seen this film all the way through. It does look good though.

Star Wars. obvious choice. It's good despite mediocre acting and story.

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Cold Hand Luke.

But i voted for Cuckoo's nest.

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"The Electric Horseman" with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Redford plays a ex rodeo champion who kidnaps a famous race horse because its owners are mistreating it. It is a very cool movie IMO.

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quote: Originally posted by Richelieu Cold Hand Luke.

Cool Hand Luke

In fact Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Robert Redford movies don't seem to feature in the list even though these guys were the biggest box office stars of the period.

Same with Faye Dunaway, Barbara Streisand and Meryl Streep

	16-12-2002 05:46									#53
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i could have sworn i saw patton in the 80's poll.

slightly before my time anyways, but when did it come out?

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"Same with Faye Dunaway, Barbara Streisand and Meryl Streep"

Faye was in Chinatown and Meryl was in Deer Hunter.

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And Cool Hand Luke was 1967! C'mon people, get it right!

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quote: Originally posted by jdd2007 i could have sworn i saw patton in the 80's poll. slightly before my time anyways, but when did it come out?

You may have indeed, but it would have been wrong!

It won 8 Academy Awards in 1970, including Best Picture! Best Actor to George C Scott.


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	16-12-2002 08:27									#57
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT "Same with Faye Dunaway, Barbara Streisand and Meryl Streep" Faye was in Chinatown and Meryl was in Deer Hunter.

Yes - I thought Meryl gave a wonderful performance in The Deer Hunter

No disaster movies in this list, nor musicals

	16-12-2002 08:47									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Yes - I thought Meryl gave a wonderful performance in The Deer Hunter No disaster movies in this list, nor musicals

AH..when you refer to "Disaster" movies are you referring to ..maybe..a Woody Allen Film??..like Bananas??

	16-12-2002 09:23									#59
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I know you don't want a serious answer

BUT, there was a lot of disaster movies Towering Inferno, Earthquake, The Poisodon Adventure

Comedies too - Mel Brookes movies?

What's up Doc?

Ah - there's another star we missed.

	16-12-2002 09:40									#60
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Don't forget the "Airport" series of airline disaster movies!

Chinatown was magnificent -- I don't know why it isn't getting more votes. How did the last line go?

"Let it go, Jake, it's Chinatown"

Anyway, Jack's in his prime in these movies.

Rocky was also good, but it's so hard to detach it from what came later not many bother to try.