Overlooked 70s movie thread.

[FAUlty Gator]

Just finished “Rolling Thunder”. Holy hell. Great movie. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones.

Next two that I’ve been meaning to see for a while are “Sorcerer” and “Silent Partner”.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Just finished “Rolling Thunder”. Holy hell. Great movie. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones.

Next two that I’ve been meaning to see for a while are “Sorcerer” and “Silent Partner”.

Rollerball
The Jericho Mile
Brubaker

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Rollerball
The Jericho Mile
Brubaker

Love Brubaker, sterring Alonso Mosley.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Love Brubaker, sterring Alonso Mosley.

I’m Mosley!!

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Feb 1, 1980 --- American Gigolo (Kind of an end to the 1970's)

-Badlands
-Shampoo
-Little Big Man
-Last Picture Show
-McCabe and Mrs. Miller
-Barry Lyndon

 

[h-hawk]

Day for Night
Carnal Knowledge

 

[seminoleed]

Feb 1, 1980 --- American Gigolo (Kind of an end to the 1970's)

-Badlands
-Shampoo
-Little Big Man
-Last Picture Show
-McCabe and Mrs. Miller
-Barry Lyndon

Great call for a great movie. I admit I waited awhile for Cybill to come propose to me.

 

[seminoleed]

99 and 44/100% Dead. 1974, starring the Rifleman himself, Chuck Connors.

Also, Mr. Majestyk.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Serpico

 

[BrunoMars420]

The majority of the movies in that era suck

 

[seminoleed]

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Serpico

Yes to both. Great flicks.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Silver Streak is not just one of Doodle's favorite "underrated" movies of the 70s....it's one of Doodle's favorite movies. Period.
Harry and Tonto is another "overlooked" 70s great, despite winning several Oscars including Art Carney for best actor.
Being There with Peter Sellers is one of those films folks say, "Oh yeah, I've totally heard of that" but then they can't tell you what it's about.

 

[wneff]

Just finished “Rolling Thunder”. Holy hell. Great movie. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones.

Next two that I’ve been meaning to see for a while are “Sorcerer” and “Silent Partner”.

All three are great. Sorcerer is probably my favorite of the three, but hard to beat Rolling Thunder. Wish someone would make RT w/ Paul Schrader original script.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

The majority of the movies in that era suck

huh?

 

[ICWestfan]

Breaking Away
Badlands

There are a shit-ton of great movies from the 70's, many of which are overlooked because they are from 40-50 years ago. Some of my favs-
The Omen
AMerican Graffiti
The Deer Hunter
The China Syndrome
Animal House

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

This came out in 1980 but it’s close enough for me.

How could I forget this one!

Used Cars (1980) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy

1h 53m | R

m.imdb.com

@FAUlty Gator !

 

[FAUlty Gator]

This came out in 1980 but it’s close enough for me.

How could I forget this one!

Used Cars (1980) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy

1h 53m | R

m.imdb.com

@FAUlty Gator !

Classic. Squiggy in the sewer!

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Lots of good conspiracy genre flicks in the 70s. I’m adding the “Parallex View” to my “need to watch” list.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Lots of good conspiracy genre flicks in the 70s. I’m adding the “Parallex View” to my “need to watch” list.

Onion Field
Three Days of the Condor
Blowout - watched this recently. Forgot how good Travolta was as a young actor.

 

[ICWestfan]

This came out in 1980 but it’s close enough for me.

How could I forget this one!

Used Cars (1980) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy

1h 53m | R

m.imdb.com

@FAUlty Gator !

Yeah, this is a great movie. Poor old Toby.
Toby gets run over

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

Hooper
Heaven’s Gate. A box office bomb that was actually a pretty good film, IMO.

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

Not sure if it’s overlooked. But 3 Days of the Condor is one of my favorite movies ever.

 

[seminoleed]

Lots of good conspiracy genre flicks in the 70s. I’m adding the “Parallex View” to my “need to watch” list.

Yes. An excellent thriller. As I recall, was that George Peppard in the lead role? I may have it confused with something else.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Yes. An excellent thriller. As I recall, was that George Peppard in the lead role? I may have it confused with something else.

Warren Beatty I believe.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Listen do a podcast. Duel was actually a made for TV movie they later had a theatrical release.

The director was Steven Spielberg.

It’s too bad the generic cable networks don’t show some of these instead of non stop marvel movies.

 

[Mister_Man]

Breaking Away
Badlands

There are a shit-ton of great movies from the 70's, many of which are overlooked because they are from 40-50 years ago. Some of my favs-
The Omen
AMerican Graffiti
The Deer Hunter
The China Syndrome
Animal House

Great movies. The China Syndrome was excellent. There is a lot of tension. Oddly enough, Jane Fonda looked older in that movie but she was 42.

 

[Mister_Man]

Enter the Dragon.
Mean Streets

These are probably not overlooked:
Dog Day Afternoon
All the President's Men

 

[BNIBoiler]

1. SuperFly.
2. Shaft

The soundtracks alone is worth watching those movies.

 

[im4hawks50595]

Two good car chase movies from that era gone in sixty seconds and vanshing point

 

[seminoleed]

Warren Beatty I believe.

I looked it up, and you're correct. However, despite Beatty, it's still a good movie.
I was thinking of The Groundstar Conspiracy with Peppard. Also a great movie.

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

The only time these two icons starred together...

 

[Hawk_4shur]

I’m Mosley!!

Your sunglasses are very nice.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Your sunglasses are very nice.

I love that movie. Could quote it for days.

DeNiro doing great comedy; Grodin stealing the movie from him; Yaphet stealing it from Grodin and finally Farina stealing it.

And I haven’t even mentioned Ashton or Baker Hall or Pantoliano. Why is everyone telling me to go **** myself?

My group of dumbass friends rip out the Seranno’s got the disks line whenever we hit the terminal in Vegas.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Private Benjamin

 

[RonaldMexico]

Feb 1, 1980 --- American Gigolo (Kind of an end to the 1970's)

-Badlands
-Shampoo
-Little Big Man
-Last Picture Show
-McCabe and Mrs. Miller
-Barry Lyndon

Since we are including 1980, have to go with Hollywood Knights.

 

[RonaldMexico]

Two good car chase movies from that era gone in sixty seconds and vanshing point

Pretty sure Gone in 60 Seconds is from the early 2000s……..

 

[Scott559]

Pretty sure Gone in 60 Seconds is from the early 2000s……..

Original 1974.

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Crime, Drama

1h 38m | PG

www.imdb.com

 

[pablow]

Of these, The In-Laws is must see.

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Coma (1978)

The In-Laws (1979)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972) (Charles Grodin at his finest)

 

[Pinehawk]

Lots of good conspiracy genre flicks in the 70s. I’m adding the “Parallex View” to my “need to watch” list.

It's a new movie, but @FAUlty Gator, have you seen 'Nowhere' yet? It's about a couple trying to immigrate to a new country by hiding in a shipping container, which during a storm falls overboard in the middle of the ocean. On Netflix.