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Subgenre Sampler
Les Miserables (1978)- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Richard Jordan, John Gielgud… - Well–regarded adaptation of Hugo's seminal novel. Perkins excels as the obsessive Javert, and director Jordan does an admirable job compressing…
Jesus of Nazareth (Mini Series) (1977)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft… - Touched by the hand of Franco Zeffirelli and a who's–who of famous thesps, this is the most respectfully detailed and complete retelling of the…
Roots (TV Mini-series) (1977)- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky et al
Feat. Maya Angelou, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Moses Gunn - Engrossing TV mini–series traces the misfortunes of an African family forcibly transported to America as slaves. The lives of subsequent…
1900 (Novecento) (1976)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Robert De Niro - Spectacular saga spans the first half of 20th Century Italy, and follows two men, one a peasant (Gerard Depardieu), the other a nobleman (Robert de…
Swashbuckler (1976)- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle… - Refreshingly unselfconscious pirate yarn with Robert Shaw crossing swords with a fey Peter Boyle against Caribbean backdrops. Released at a time…
La Maman Et La Putain (the Mother and the Whore) (1974)- Dir. Jean Eustache
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun - At just over three and a half hours, this domestic chamber drama – probably the last great film of the French New Wave – is not for the…
War and Peace (TV Mini-series) (1972)- Dir. John Davies
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies - Hugely ambitious television production of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel, told through twenty 45–minute episodes. Boasting beautiful design and…
Water Margin (Seven Blows Of The Dragon) (1972)- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Ti Lung - Perhaps the most spectacular of the 1970s Hong Kong swordplay productions by the Shaw Bros, this epic is set in 12th century Sung Dynasty China,…
Kidnapped (1971)- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins… - A dashing Michael Caine heads this ambitious adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tales of 18th century Scotland. Grand, if ultimately unrealised…
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman… - The last Czars of Russia get an appropriately lavish send–off in this wagon–load of Hollywood corn. With Tom Baker (as Rasputin) and…
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