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Subgenre Sampler
Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi - Portrayal of early 20th century peasantry in Lombardy, this un–melodramatic alternative to Bertolucci’s NOVACENTO, examines with quiet…
Twelfth Night (1978)- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Alec McCowen, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendal… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Unknown War, The (1978)- Burt Lancaster narrates this enormous 20–part documentary series on the conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Up in Smoke (1978)- Dir. Lou Adler
Feat. Cheech and Chong - Cheech and Chong's first movie is their best and most remembered. They transpose their popular doped–out comic routines for the big screen, in…
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer - Enjoyably hokey British sci–fi adventure film about a perilous trip to the lost world of Atlantis where Doug McClure and his expedition…
Water Babies, The (1978)- Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw… - The children's classic by Charles Kingsley, given a sterling treatment by its English cast and some nifty animation. A young chimney sweep finds…
Watership Down (1978)- Dir. Martin Rosen
- A family of rabbits escape impending threats of nature and make a perilous journey in search of a tranquil burrow. Adapted from Richard Adams'…
Who'll Stop The Rain? (Dog Soldiers) (1978)- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty… - Classic post–Vietnam War thriller has journalist Moriarty ditching his journalistic career for heroin–smuggling, recruiting wife Weld and…
Who's Who (1978)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Adam Norton, Simon Chandler, Philip Davis - The slobbish and the snobbish are unflatteringly portrayed in this early Mike Leigh ensemble piece, a little on the heavy side with its somewhat…
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