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Animal HouseAnimal House (1979) Recommended
Feat. John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen…
National Lampoon's frat–house classic with a grossly hilarious Belushi.
Apocalypse NowApocalypse Now (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
A harrowing account of a soldier's hazardous river journey, his mission to assasinate a renegade colonel who has gone mad in the depths of the…
Apocalypse Now ReduxApocalypse Now Redux (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
Twenty years after its release, dir. Coppola’s expressionist epic of the Vietnam War, is ‘healed’ (redux in Latin) by the re–inclusion of…
Arabian AdventureArabian Adventure (1979)
Dir. Kevin Conner
Feat. Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Mickey Rooney…
Sumptuous Arabic fantasy set around a treasure hunt for the mystical Rose of Elil. Good f/x and a great British cast make for smooth entertainment.
Armchair Thriller CollectionArmchair Thriller Collection (1979-1981)
Feat. Ian McKellen, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong
With memorably unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, this anthology series became a significant hit for Thames…
AshantiAshanti (1979)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Omar Sharif…
When his wife is kidnapped by Arab slave traders, UN medic Michael Caine hops aboard a camel and goes on an adventure quest to retrieve her. Caine…
Baby Snakes - Frank ZappaBaby Snakes - Frank Zappa (1979) Recommended
Dir. Frank Zappa
Feat. Frank Zappa
A massively extended concert film from iconoclastic musician Zappa, that is interspersed with the extraordinary claymations of Bruce Bickford. Even…
Battlestar Galactica (Original TV Series)Battlestar Galactica (Original TV Series) (1979)
Feat. Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Jane Seymour…
The followup television series to the 1978 feature–film concerning the future plight of the human race when persecuted by the powerful Cylon…
Beneath the Valley of the UltravixensBeneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979)
Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Kitten Natividad
Russ Meyer plunges deep into absurd self–parody for his last completed feature – a raunchy sex–farce about a small town couple who…
Benjamin Britten: A Time There WasBenjamin Britten: A Time There Was (1979)
Dir. Tony Palmer
Revered British composer Benjamin Britten’s life and times is given the royal Tony Palmer treatment in this comprehensive, loving portrait of…

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