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Star Trek - The Motion PictureStar Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
Star Trek I-X BoxsetStar Trek I-X Boxset (1979-2002)
12–disc boxset of all ten 'original' and 'Next Generation' Star Trek feature films.
Starting OverStarting Over (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen
James L. Brooks scripted this classic breakup comedy with Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh (fresh off AN UNMARRIED WOMAN) as divorcees trying to get…
StoneStone (1979) Recommended
Dir. Sandy Harbutt
Feat. Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt
Hailed as one of the great bikie movies, but with a few unintentional laughs along the way as renegade cop Stone (a John Farnham look and…
Tempest, TheTempest, The (1979)
Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick
One of dir. Jarman's early triumphs, reimagines Shakespeare's final play as a blend of Edwardian drama, cabaret carnival and punk jamboree, all…
Testament of Youth (Mini-series)Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)
Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James
Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
That Sinking FeelingThat Sinking Feeling (1979) Recommended
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 '79The 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, TheThird Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979) Recommended
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…
ThirstThirst (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…

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