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Subgenre Sampler

 
Boys in Company C, TheBoys 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 HorsemanComes 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…
ConvoyConvoy (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. 
CycloneCyclone (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, TheDeer Hunter, The (1978) Recommended
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, TheDriver, 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 MasterDrunken 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' SouthGoin' 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, TheGreat 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…
HooperHooper (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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