Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Boys in Company C, The (1978)- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey… - A rugged and absurdist action film about young soldiers scarred by the horrors and blunders of war. Faintly critical of America’s involvement, this…
Comes A Horseman (1978)- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth… - An unusual attempt to transfer the grand mythos of the Western to a latterday setting, with Fonda playing a ranch boss, who mixes it up with a cousin…
Convoy (1978)- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine - Derived from the eponymous pop anthem, Kris Kristofferson's 'Rubber Duck' musters a band of disgruntled truckees to wage a protest.
Cyclone (1978)- Dir. René Cardona Jr.
Feat. Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Lionel Stander - Mexican survival horror with a brutal cyclone pummeling the first 20 minutes of the film, resulting in an airplane crash, and a group of survivors…
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep - A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
Driver, The (1978)- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani… - Memorable exercise in action stylistics from dir. Hill (THE WARRIORS), which opposes specialist getaway driver Ryan O’Neal with maniacal cop Bruce…
Drunken Master (1978)- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Jackie Chan - The martial arts comedy that put Jackie Chan on the map tells the tale of a disobedient son learning the art of Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop…
Goin' South (1978)- Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd… - The ‘Western’ done as farce, with troublesome outlaw Jack Nicholson rescued from the gallows by Mary Steenbergen, in a marriage of…
Great Train Robbery, The (1978)- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland - Smooth–running recreation of purportedly the first train robbery ever, of a load of gold bullion in 19th century Ireland. Sean Connery…
Hooper (1978)- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field… - Burt Reynolds capitalizes on the success of SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT with this equally irreverent action–comedy as an aging Hollywood stuntman who…
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