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Subgenre Sampler
That Sinking Feeling (1979)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Hughes - The Bill Forsyth (LOCAL HERO) ‘touch’ for gentle, ironic comedy, is fully evident in this first feature. Chronicling a small–scale scam…
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner… - The final gasp of the AIRPORT series of disaster thrillers, which still attracted top stars right up to this nadir. Here, the titular supersonic…
Third Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine… - A scathing black comedy about terrorism, one of the final films of German provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A hilariously indiscriminate plot…
Thirst (1979)- Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Henry Silva, David Hemmings - Stylish, if slight horror–thriller in which a Satanic cult kidnap a woman to convert her into a vampire of royal stock. Eerie atmosphere now…
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) (1979)- Feat. John Alderton, Pauline Collins
- Spinoff to UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, this features John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their roles as Thomas, the chauffeur, and Sarah, the…
Tim (1979)- Dir. Michael Pate
Feat. Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie - Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie are the young simpleton and older woman drawn together in this adaptation of Colleen McCullough's first novel.
Tin Drum, The (1979)- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. David Bennett - One the best films ever made with a child protagonist, David Bennett is unforgettable as a 12–year–old who refuses to grow up and…
To Forget Venice (1979)- Dir. Franco Brusati
Feat. Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson - Brooding melodrama about an extended family reunion in the house of an Operatic matriach.
To the Manor Born (TV Series) (1979-1981)- Feat. Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
- Fondly remembered British comedy series in which the recently widowed Audrey Forbes–Hamilton (Keith) finds she has to relinquish her stately…
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Playback (1979-1993)- Dir. Julien Temple, Jeff Stein, Jesse Dylan
- A well–chosen selection of MTV hits from the back catalogue of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, showcasing the band's blue–eyed soul and…
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